Quetta Gladiators in 2021
# Quetta Gladiators in 2021

The Quetta Gladiators is a franchise cricket team that represents Quetta in Pakistan Super League (PSL). It was one of the six teams that competed in the 2021 season. The team was coached by Moin Khan, and captained by Sarfaraz Ahmed, where Umar Gul was a bowling coach.

## Season standings

### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Islamabad United (3rd) | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.859 |
| 2 | Multan Sultans (C) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1.050 |
| 3 | Peshawar Zalmi (R) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0.586 |
| 4 | Karachi Kings (4th) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.115 |
| 5 | Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.589 |
| 6 | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | −1.786 |

* The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
* advanced to Qualifier
* advanced to Eliminator 1

## League fixtures

* Match 1 20 February 2021 20:00 (N) Scorecard

| Quetta Gladiators 121 (18.2 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 126/3 (13.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Chris Gayle 39 (24) Arshad Iqbal 3/16 (4 overs) | | Joe Clarke 46 (23) Mohammad Hasnain 2/18 (4 overs) |

* Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Arshad Iqbal (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 4 22 February 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Quetta Gladiators 178/6 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 179/1 (18.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Chris Gayle 68 (40) Haris Rauf 3/38 (4 overs) | | Fakhar Zaman 82* (52) Zahid Mahmood 1/28 (3 overs) |

* Lahore Qalandars won by 9 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 8 26 February 2021 20:00 (N) Scorecard

| Quetta Gladiators 198/7 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 202/7 (19.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed 81 (40) Saqib Mahmood 3/34 (4 overs) | | Haider Ali 50 (29) Dale Steyn 2/44 (4 overs) |

* Peshawar Zalmi won by 3 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Haider Ali (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 12 1−2 March 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Quetta Gladiators 156/7 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 157/4 (17 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed 54 (41) Faheem Ashraf 3/11 (4 overs) | | Paul Stirling 56 (33) Zahid Mahmood 2/29 (4 overs) |

* Islamabad United won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Faheem Ashraf (Islamabad United)
* Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was postponed for one day due to Fawad Ahmed testing Positive for COVID-19.
* Match 14 3 March 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Quetta Gladiators 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 154 (19.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Usman Khan 81 (50) Shahnawaz Dahani 3/44 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Rizwan 66 (50) Qais Ahmad 3/21 (4 overs) |

* Quetta Gladiators won by 22 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Qais Ahmad (Quetta Gladiators)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 18 11 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard

| Quetta Gladiators 133 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 137/0 (10 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Jake Weatherald 43 (35) Mohammad Wasim 2/12 (4 overs) | | Colin Munro 90* (36) |

* Islamabad United won by 10 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)
* Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
* Naseem Shah replaced Andre Russell as a concussion substitute for Quetta Gladiators.
* Match 19 12 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard

| Peshawar Zalmi 197/5 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 136/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| David Miller 73 (46) Mohammad Nawaz 2/33 (4 overs) | | Sarfaraz Ahmed 36* (28) Mohammad Irfan 3/27 (4 overs) |

* Peshawar Zalmi won by 61 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: David Miller (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Saim Ayub replaced Faf du Plessis as a concussion substitute for Quetta Gladiators.
* Match 23 15 June 2021 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Quetta Gladiators 158/5 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 140 (18 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Jake Weatherald 48 (41) James Faulkner 3/25 (4 overs) | | Tim David 46 (27) Khurram Shahzad 3/14 (3 overs) |

* Quetta Gladiators won by 18 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Usman Shinwari (Quetta Gladiators)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 25 16 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard

| Multan Sultans 183/5 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 73 (12.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shan Masood 73 (42) Khurram Shahzad 2/26 (4 overs) | | Jake Weatherald 19 (10) Imran Tahir 3/7 (2 overs) |

* Multan Sultans won by 110 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shan Masood (Multan Sultans)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* As a result of this match, Quetta Gladiators were eliminated from the tournament.
* Match 29 19 June 2021 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Karachi Kings 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 162/6 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Danish Aziz 45 (13) Arish Ali Khan 4/28 (4 overs) | | Sarfaraz Ahmed 51* (33) Mohammad Ilyas 3/39 (4 overs) |

* Karachi Kings won by 14 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Danish Aziz (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
