THE “EL-CLASICO” OF PSL MATCHES

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Peshawar one of the beautiful cities and the capital of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Quetta is the Capital of Balochistan the southern province of Pakistan. Quetta was known as the little Paris back in the days, the word Quetta is taken from Balochi Language “Koh E Taha” which means between the Mountains. “Koh” in Balochi means “Mountains” and “Taha” means In between. If you look at Quetta geographically it is surrounded by mountains.


Anyhow let’s talk about the respective teams of both the provinces Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators, who have produced some nail biting thriller matches in all the seasons of HBL PSL T20. No wonder people call it the “El-Clasico” of the PSL matches whenever they play against each other.  
“El-Clasico is the name given in football to any match between fierce rivals Real Madrid and FC Barcelona”.

HEAD TO HEAD

Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators have played 10 matches against each other so far in the Pakistan Super League. Out of those 10 matches Zalmi has won 5, Gladiators have won 4 and one of their matches ended up in a No Result. 3 of those 10 matches have been playoffs (2 Qualifiers & 1 Eliminator) the two qualifiers have won by Quetta Gladiators and the eliminator was won by Peshawar Zalmi. The best thing about the playoff matches between these two teams is that all 3 matches have been won/lost by 1 run. Quetta won by 1 run in 2016 and 2017 and Peshawar won by 1 run in 2018. They also played the final match of the PSL 2017 at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore which was won by Zalmi. Peshawar Zalmi’s and Quetta Gladiators highest total in the PSL against each other is: PZ-199 and QG-200 scored in a same match which Quetta won by 1 run.
Muhammad Hafeez During PSL

TOP BATTING PERFORMERS

Muhammad Hafeez has scored the most runs 273 whenever  these two teams have met in the PSL, 2nd on the list is Kevin Pietersen with 195 runs, 3rd Darren Sammy 179, 4th Tamim Iqbal 146, 5th Sarfaraz Ahmed 140 followed my Rilee Rossouw with 130 runs and placed 6th in the list.

TOP BOWLING PERFORMERS

The fast and fiery fast bowler Wahab Riaz of Zalmi tops the list with 19 wickets in Zalmi vs Gladiators matches, 2nd Muhammad Nawaz 15 wickets, 3rd Hassan Ali 9 wickets, 4th Muhammad Asghar 9 wickets and Afridi with 8 wickets placed on 5th position in the list.

Wahab Raiz During PSL

(NOTE: Afridi only played the 1st two seasons of PSL for Peshawar Zalmi, in the 3rd season he is representing Karachi Kings)

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