RAWALPINDI: Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators will face off today in the 21st fixture of the eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.
With 8 points, Islamabad United sit 3rd in the PSL 2023 points table with 4 wins and 2 losses from their 6 matches of the league. Azam Khan is the top scorer for United with 198 runs and a strike rate of 180. He has struck 14 sixes and 19 fours so far. Meanwhile, Hasan Ali has been the best seamer for Islamabad, having bagged 8 wickets while bowling at an average of 19 and an economy rate of 9.50.
Having won only one out of their 6 matches of the season, Quetta Gladiators are placed at the bottom spot in the points table with 2 points. Martin Guptill is the top scorer for Gladiators with 166 runs at a strike rate of 129. He has struck 5 sixes and 17 fours in the season. Mohammad Hasnain has been the best bowler for Quetta. He picked up 8 wickets while bowling at an average of 19 and an economy rate of 8.16.
Lahore Qalandars Thrash Multan Sultans in Match-20
Lahore Qalandars became the first team in the league to qualify for the playoffs as they eased past Multan Sultans by 21 runs in the 20th match of PSL 8 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Qalandars set a 181-run target for Sultans, who fell 21 runs short of victory as the visitors could only make 159-7 in 20 overs.