LAHORE
\nA whirlwind knock by youngster Sameer Minhas backed by a superb all-round display from captain Shadab Khan steered Islamabad United to their first victory of the HBL Pakistan Super League 11 as they crushed Quetta Gladiators by eight wickets here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.
\nChasing 184, United achieved the target with 10 balls to spare for the loss of only two wickets thanks to Sameer\u2019s unbeaten career-best knock of 82 and 69 not out cracked by Shadab.
\nUnited had lost one match in the ongoing season while their second game was washed out. For Gladiators, it was their second loss of the edition.
\nShadab, earlier in the day, fared impressively with the leather (3-23) too to earn the player-of-the-match award.
\nUnited lost opener Devon Conway (18 off 19 balls), caught by Ahmed Daniyal at short third man off mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed, as United ended powerplay at a solid 58-1.
\nAndries Gous (two) was cleaned up by Abrar in the seventh over to leave United at 61-2 in the seventh over.
\nAt this stage, opener Sameer and Shadab took charge to make sure they do not lose any more wickets as they built a match-winning partnership of 128 runs while cruising towards the target.
\nBatting in an aggressive mode, the duo helped their side reach 100 off 11.4 overs. Sameer completed the fifty in just 32 balls while Shadab reached his off just 29.
\nSameer faced just 48 balls striking eight fours and three sixes while Shadab plundered five fours and four sixes during his 39-ball blast.
\nThe pair then raced to 150 off 15.4 overs making the target look much easier and completed their 100-run stand off mere 57 balls.
\nFor Gladiators, Abrar was took two wickets for 29 runs while the rest struggled.
\nEarlier after electing to bat first, Gladiators posted 183-5 off the stipulated 20 overs thanks to Hasan Nawaz\u2019s belligerent 66 not out. However, the total did not prove enough in the end.
\nAfter skipper Saud Shakeel (42 off 26) and Shamyl Hussain (21 off 15) got their team to a flying start of 50 in just 4.2 overs, the team dipped in the middle losing five wickets for the addition of 43 runs in around seven overs.
\nGladiators had raced to 60-1 in powerplay after having lost Sha\u00admyl who was dismissed by pacer Salman Irshad in the fifth over.
\nSaud\u2019s crucial scalp was claimed by Shadab in the ninth over as the batter failed to play a slog sweep and was caught by Haider Ali at backward point. Saud hit three fours and as many sixes.
\nThe scoreboard read 71-2. The skipper was followed by Khawaja Nafay (18 off 14) dismissed by slow left-arm orthodox spinner Imad Wasim in the 11th over which made it 88-3 before Ben McDermott (three) and Bevon Jacobs (nought) were sent back to the hut on successive balls by Shadab in the next over.
\nGladiators were now 93-5 and a collapse was on the cards but it was not to be as Hasan and Tom Curran (29 not out off 22 balls) got together to stitch a 90-run unbeaten stand. After posting 100 in 13.1 overs they changed gears to touch 150 in 18 overs. Hasan faced 36 balls and struck six fours and three sixes while Curran hit a couple of fours and a maximum.
\nBesides Shadab\u2019s three-wicket burst, Imad and Salman chipped in with a wicket each.<\/p>\n
SCOREBOARD
\nQUETTA GLADIATORS:
\nSaud Shakeel c Haider b Shadab 42
\nShamyl Hussain c Haider b Salman 21
\nKhawaja Nafay c Haider b Imad 18
\nHasan Nawaz not out 66
\nBen McDermott b Shadab 3
\nBevon Jacobs c&b Shadab 0
\nTom Curran not out 29
\nEXTRAS (W-4) 4
\nTOTAL (for five wickets, 20 overs) 183
\nDID NOT BAT: Ahmed Daniyal, Alzarri Joseph, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq
\nFALL OF WICKETS: 1-50 (Shamyl), 2-71 (Saud), 3-88 (Nafay), 4-93 (McDermott), 5-93 (Jacobs)
\nBOWLING: Green 2-0-19-0 (1w), Mirza 4-0-39-0 (1w), Faheem 2-0-23-0 (1w), Salman 4-0-42-1 (1w), Imad 4-0-37-1, Shadab 4-0-23-3<\/p>\n
ISLAMABAD UNITED:
\nDevon Conway c Ahmed b Abrar 18
\nSameer Minhas not out 82
\nAndries Gous b Abrar 2
\nShadab Khan not out 69
\nEXTRAS (LB-7, W-11) 18
\nTOTAL (for two wickets, 18.2 overs) 189
\nDID NOT BAT: Mark Chapman, Haider Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Salman Mirza, Salman Irshad, Chris Green
\nFALL OF WICKETS: 1-44 (Conway), 2-61 (Gous)
\nBOWLING: Joseph 3-0-29-0 (2w), Curran 3-0-39-0 (1w), Abrar 4-0-29-2, Ahmed 3.2-0-42-0 (1w), Saud 1-0-8-0, Usman 4-0-35-0 (2w)
\nRESULT: Islamabad United won by eight wickets.
\nMAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Shadab Khan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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