Lahore Qalandars claim first win of PSL 5

By Abid Usman

LAHORE: Quetta Gladiators have lost seven wickets while chasing 210-run target set by Lahore Qalandars in the 16th fixture of 5th edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) at Gaddafi Stadium.
Ben Dunk and Samit Patel stood 155-run partnership for 4th wicket turning the tide towards Lahore Qalandars after losing 3 early wickets.
Ben Dunk scored a spectacular inning of 93 runs off just 43 balls with the help of 3 fours and 10 sixes before getting caught out on the last ball.
Samit Patel scored 71 runs off 40 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. He was caught out by Mohammad Nawaz on Ben Cutting s delivery.
Earlier, Quetta Gladiators had won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Team Quetta made one change in their playing 11. Fawad Ahmed replaced Sohail Khan for Today s match. Lahore Qalandars made three changes. Seekkuge Prasanna replaced David Wiese, Muhammad Faizan replaced Maaz Khan while Ben Dunk replaced Dane Vilas.
Squads:
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Chris Lynn, Mohammad Hafeez, Ben Dunk (wk), Sohail Akhtar (capt), Mohammad Faizan, Samit Patel, Sekkugge Prasanna, Dilbar Hussain, Salman Irshad, Shaheen Afridi
Quetta Gladiators: Shane Watson, Jason Roy, Ahsan Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed (capt&wk), Azam Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Ben Cutting, Anwar Ali, Fawad Ahmed, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah