Quetta Gladiators in 2020

The Quetta Gladiators is a franchise cricket team that represents Quetta in Pakistan Super League. It was one of the six teams that competed in the 2020 season.

Quetta Gladiators
2020 season
Coach Moin Khan
Captain Sarfraz Ahmed
PSL 20205th (eliminated)
Most runs Shane Watson (247)[1]
Most wickets Mohammad Hasnain (15)[2]
← 2019

The team was captained by Sarfraz Ahmed, coached by Moin Khan and mentored by Viv Richards. Shane Watson was the team leading run-scorer[1] while Mohammad Hasnain was leading wicket-taker.[2]

The team won four of its ten fixtures and were eliminated for the first time in group stage.[3]

Squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  Unavailable.
  •  *  Injured.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Notes
Batsmen
19Ahmed Shehzad (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991Right-handedleg break2019
20Jason Roy (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium2020Overseas
42Khurram Manzoor (1986-06-10) 10 June 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break2020
93 Ahsan Ali (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break2019
96Umar Akmal (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990Right-handedRight-arm off spin2019Unavailable
N/AOmair Yousuf (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998Right-handed–2020
All-rounders
02Aarish Ali Khan (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000Right-handedLeft-arm orthodox2020
21Mohammad Nawaz (1994-03-21) 21 March 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2016
31Ben Cutting (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2020Overseas
33Shane Watson (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018Overseas
48Anwar Ali (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018Replacement for Umar Akmal
84Keemo Paul (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2020Overseas
Wicket-keepers
45Azam Khan (1987-05-22) 22 May 1987Left-handed—2019
54Sarfaraz Ahmed (1987-05-22) 22 May 1987Right-handed—2016Captain
Bowlers
16Naseem Shah (2003-02-15) 15 February 2003Right-handedRight-arm fast2019
23Abdul Nasir (1998-12-25) 25 December 1998Right-handedRight-arm Off break2020
44Zahid Mehmood (1988-03-20) 20 March 1988Right-handedRight-arm leg break2020Replacement for Naseem Shah
52Fawad Ahmed (1982-02-05) 5 February 1982Right-handedRight-arm leg break2019Overseas
56Tymal Mills (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992Right-handedLeft-arm fast2020Overseas
87Mohammad Hasnain (2000-04-05) 5 April 2000Right-handedRight-arm fast2019
99Sohail Khan (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984Right-handedRight-arm fast2020

Season standings
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Multan Sultans (3rd) 10 6 2 2 14 1.031
2 Karachi Kings (C) 10 5 4 1 11 −0.190
3 Lahore Qalandars (R) 10 5 5 0 10 −0.072
4 Peshawar Zalmi (4th) 10 4 5 1 9 −0.055
5 Quetta Gladiators 10 4 5 1 9 −0.722
6 Islamabad United 10 3 6 1 7 0.185
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Season summary

Quetta Gladiators started their campaign by defeating Islamabad United by 3 wickets in the opening game of the tournament.[4] In their second match, Quetta lost to Peshawar Zalmi by six wickets.[5] The team won their next two matches against Karachi Kings[6] and Islamabad United respectively,[7] both by five wickets. Quetta then went on a losing streak, facing defeat in their next four matches. Their ninth match was abandoned due to rain.[8] In their last match of the group stage, Quetta defeated Karachi Kings by 5 wickets[9] equaling points with Peshawar Zalmi but failed to qualify for knockouts due to low run-rate. They finished on fifth and were eliminated from the tournament.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. "Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. "Quetta crash out despite crushing Karachi in last round-robin fixture". Geo TV. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. "Quetta Gladiators defeat Islamabad United by three wickets". Samaa News. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. "Kamran Akmal's 55-ball 101 powers Peshawar Zalmi's big win". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. "Quetta Gladiators beat Karachi Kings". Aaj News. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. "Quetta beat Islamabad to go on top of PSL points table". The Nation. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  8. "PSL 2020: Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans abandoned due to rain". The News International. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  9. "PSL 2020, Match 30 – Quetta Gladiators beat Karachi Kings by 5 wickets". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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