Quetta Gladiators captain Saud Shakeel won the toss and decided to bat against Hyderabad Kingsmen. Saud Shakeel and Shamil Hussain opened the innings for Quetta, but Saud Shakeel was dismissed for just 4 runs, while Raylee Rossouw also returned to the pavilion without opening his account, but then Shamil Hussain and Hassan Nawaz put up a brilliant batting performance for the third wicket to take the team’s score forward. Shamil Hussain completed his second fifty in the tournament and was dismissed for 54 runs, while Hassan Nawaz also played a fine innings of 53 runs.
In the allotted 20 overs, Quetta Gladiators could score 174 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Chasing a target of 175 runs, Hyderabad Kingsmen could only score 134 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Irfan Khan and Hassan Khan were the top scorers for Hyderabad Kingsmen with 33 and 31 runs respectively. Abrar Ahmed got 3 wickets and Ahmed Daniyal got 2 wickets for Quetta Gladiators. Earlier, Quetta Gladiators were defeated by Karachi Kings while Hyderabad Kingsmen were defeated by Lahore Qalandars.
