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  • PSL4: Gladiators won by eight wickets

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    Gladiators have maintained their winning momentum by hitting victory stand in all its games. Photo: PSL Gladiators have maintained their winning momentum by hitting victory stand in all its games.

    Opener Shane Watson and Rilee Rossouw took Gladiators home in a comfortable 161 run-chase against Multan Sultans at the at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

    Gladiators won by eight wickets in 18th over, with Watson's blitz of 61 runs off 40 balls, including 11 boundaries.

    Rossouw scored 67 off 45 with 10 boundaries and one six on 148.88 strike rate

    Hot-in-form Umar Akmal contributed 17 runs off 18 balls in the run chase.

    Muhammad Irfan Junior and Shahid Afridi took one wicket each from Sultans in the encounter.

    With today's win Gladiators have maintained their winning momentum by hitting victory stand in all its games.

    Skipper Shoaib Malik offered resistance against the Gladiators' bowling attack with his score of 53 off 37 with four boundaries and two sixes at the strike rate of 143.24, before giving his wicket on the ball of fast bowler Sohail Tanvir.

    Muhammad Irfan (Junior) and Ghulam Mudassar took two wickets each, while Muhammad Nawaz, Fawad Ahmed and Sohail Tanvir took one wicket each.

    Gladiators'dropped Ahmad Shehzad as the opener failed to perform in the previous two games.

    Squads

    Quetta Gladiators

    Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Sunil Narine, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Shane Watson, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Nawaz, Rilee Rossouw, Umar Akmal, Fawad Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Asghar, Danish Aziz, Ahsan Ali, Ghulam Madassir, Mohammad Hasnain, Harry Gurney, Ahmed Shahzad, Azam Khan, Jalat Khan, Mohammad Irfan Jr

    Multan Sultans

    Shoaib Malik (c), Andre Russell, Shahid Afridi, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, James Vince, Shan Masood, Qais Ahmed, Nicolas Pooran, Mohammad Abbas, Irfan Khan, Umar Siddiq, Laurie Evans, Nauman Ali, Mohammad Illyas, M Junaid, Daniel Christian, Tom Moores, Ali Shafiq, Shakil Ansar, Hammad Azam, Chris Green.