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Quetta Gladiators
کوئٹہ گلیڈی ایٹرز
Nickname(s)QG
LeaguePakistan Super League
Personnel
CaptainPakistan Sarfraz Ahmed
CoachPakistan Moin Khan
OwnerNadeem Omer (Omer Associates)
Team information
CityQuetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Colours
Founded2015
Official websitewww.quettagladiators.com

Quetta Gladiators (Urdu/Template:Lang-bal; Template:Lang-ps) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket franchise that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team is nominally based in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan. The franchise was established in 2015 as a result of the formation of the PSL by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and is owned by Omar Associates.[1] As of 2016, the team is captained by Sarfraz Ahmed and coached by former Pakistani cricketer Moin Khan.

Franchise history

In December 2015 the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) unveiled the owners of all five city-based franchises for the inaugural season the Pakistan Super League. The Quetta franchise was sold to the Karachi-based company Omar Associates for US$11 Million.[2][3]

2016 Season

See also: Quetta Gladiators in 2016
Grant Elliott took 11 wickets in six matches

Quetta began their 2016 campaign with comfortable wins over Islamabad United and Karachi Kings before edging past Peshawar Zalmi in a closely fought match.[4] A defeat against Lahore Qalanders[5] was followed by a big win over Islamabad in which New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott, who had just joined the team, proved instrumental in the win as he took 3 key wickets to restrict United to 117. The win took the team to the top of the table[6] and was followed by a victory against Karachi which saw the Gladiators confirmed as the first team to make the play-off stage of the 2016 season.[7]

Quetta finished 2nd in the PSL table behind Peshawar, winning six of their eight matches.[8] In the first qualifier match Quetta defeated Pershawar by one run, with the Gladiators scoring 133 thanks to a score of 53 by Kevin Pietersen and 37 by Kumar Sangakkara. In reply Peshawar scored 132 after taking the match to the last ball.[9] This win qualified Quetta for the final in which they lost to Islamabad by six wickets, posting a total of 174/7 with scores of 64 by Ahmed Shehzad and 55 by Sangakkara.[10]

Ahmed Shehzad finished as the team's leading run scorer with 290 runs, whilst Mohammad Nawaz took with 13 wickets to be the leading wicket taker for the team.

2017 season

See also: Quetta Gladiators in 2017

Kumar Sangakkara and Grant Elliott were released by Quetta just a few days before the PSL transfer window came to an end in September 2016.[11] Sangakara was taken by Karachi Kings while Grant Elliot joined the Lahore Qalandars.[12]

Quetta retained 10 players in advance of the 2017 Pakistan Super League players draft and signed eight during the draft. The signings including foreign players Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite, Tymal Mills, and David Willey. However, of these only Tymal Mills will be joining the team as the other players were unavailable. Mahmudullah Riad and Rilee Rossouw joined the team as a replacement for Mohammad Nabi and David Willey while Nathan McCullum and Thisara Perera replaced Rovman Powell and Carlos Brathwaite. A number of reasons have forced the changes, from injury to some players to others not getting no-objection certificates to scheduling clashes with international cricket.[13][14]

In their opening game of the 2017 season, Quetta Gladiators managed to defend a target of 137 against the Lahore Qalanders. The match was closely fought and went down to the penultimate over where the Gladiators won by 8 runs. Debutant Hasan Khan emerging player of Quetta was adjudged player-of-the-match for his all round performance of 2 important wickets and a quick-fire 16 runs at the end.[15] In the following match, Gladiators beat Karachi Kings by 7 wickets. After an initial stutter in pursuit of 160, that saw them at 30/3, Riley Roussow and Sarfaraz Ahmed combined in an unbeaten partnership of 130 for the fourth wicket to take the Gladiators home with 5 balls to spare. Rilee Rossouw was adjudged man-of-the-match for his unbeaten, match-winning knock of 76 off 53 balls.[16]

During the second leg of the tournament, in Sharjah, the Gladiators suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of defending champions, Islamabad United. After putting up a target of 149 in their 20-overs, that saw the Gladiators struggling to accelerate their innings, they lost by 5 wickets.[17] In the following game, against Peshawar Zalmi, the match was abandoned after repeated showers and the two teams shared the points from the bout.[18] Continuing their campaign, the Gladiators successful chased down 201 against the Lahore Qalandars in what many pundits labeled as the match-of-the-season.[19][20] Kevin Pieterson and Sarfaraz Ahmad were instrumental in the chase through a 101-run partnership. The former who was going through a lean patch in this PSL struck form and hit 88 from 42 balls - including 8 sixes, as the Gladiators plundered 78 runs from the last 3.5 overs to seal the match.[21]

As the tournament shifted back to Dubai, the Gladiators continued their winning streak by beating Karachi Kings by 6-wickets. The team's chase of 155 was commandeered by a 105-run opening partnership between Ahmad Shahzad 54(40) and Asad Shafiq 45(33) - the highest of this edition's PSL.[22] This win also effectively made the Gladaiotrs the first team to qualify for the play-offs.[23] Continuing on, the team lost both of their last two matches of the league stage - against Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi respectively. In the former, the Gladiators imploded in the chase of 166 despite a 2nd-wicket partnership of 133 between Kevin Pieterson 69(43) and Ahmad Shahzad 53(43). Requiring, seven runs from the last two overs, the team fell short by 1 run.[24] In the next match, the Gladiators could only manage a below-par score of 128 batting first. However, the team fielded and bowled quite well to have the chasing Zalmis reduce to 52-6 before Shahid Afridi took his team home with 2-wickets to spare.[25]

Team identity

The team name and the official logo were revealed on 6 January 2016 in Quetta during a ceremony held by team owner Nadeem Omar. The logo depicts a variant of the ancient Roman 'Galea' helmet, worn by gladiators during their fights. The helmet is flanked by two bats that are poised as gladiatorial swords.[26] The team's primary kit colours are Purple and Golden. The kit was revealed on 7 January 2016 in a launch ceremony held in Quetta.

Singer Faakhir Mehmood is the brand ambassador of team. He joined Faheem Allan Fakir to sing the theme song of the team; "Chaa Jaye Quetta".[27][28]

In early 2017, Quetta chose pop singer Annie Khalid as their team ambassador.[29] Other notables joining Quetta in ambassadorial roles are Chaman-based footballer Kaleemullah and Quetta-based MMA fighter Ahmed Mujtaba.[30]

For the season 2016, Edenrobe and ACM Gold were the team's title sponsor and official partners respectively.[31] For second season, Jubilee Insurance became Quetta's main title sponsor.Master Oil is Quetta's Associate sponsor and Chovaka and KHL are team's official partners.PTV Sports and Suno FM 89.4 are official media partners.Tapmad is team's official streaming partner.[32]

Year Kit Manufacturer Front Branding Back Branding Chest Branding Sleeve Branding
2016 Edenrobe ACM Gold PTV Sports, Zong
2017 Jubilee Insurance Omar Associates Master Oil PTV Sports

Current squad

Kevin Pietersen is the icon player of Quetta Gladiators

Players with international caps are listed in bold.[33]

  •   denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •   denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
As of 27 February 2017
Name Nation Batting Style Bowling Style Joined Notes
Batsmen
Ahmed Shehzad Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Leg break 2016
Kevin Pietersen England Right-hand Right-arm Off Break 2016 Foreign/first pick/icon player
Asad Shafiq Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Off break 2016
Rilee Rossouw South Africa Left-hand Right-arm Off break 2017 Foreign
Anamul Haque Bangladesh Right-hand — 2017 Foreign
All-rounders
Saad Nasim Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Leg break 2016
Luke Wright England Right-hand Right Arm Medium Fast 2016 Foreign
Thisara Perera Sri Lanka Left-Hand Right Arm Fast-Medium 2016 Foreign
Umar Amin Pakistan Left-hand Right-arm medium 2017
Mohammad Nawaz Pakistan Right-hand Slow Left Arm Orthodox 2016
Mahmudullah Bangladesh Right-hand Left-arm Off break 2017 Foreign
Elton Chigumbura Zimbabwe Right-hand Right arm medium-fast 2016 Foreign
Sean Ervine Zimbabwe Left-hand Right arm Medium 2017 Foreign
Anwar Ali Pakistan Right-hand Right arm Fast medium 2016
Wicket-keeper
Sarfraz Ahmed Pakistan Right-hand — 2016 Captain
Bismillah Khan Pakistan Right-hand — 2016
Morne van Wyk South Africa Right-hand — 2017 Foreign
Bowlers
Umar Gul Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Fast 2016
Tymal Mills England Right-hand Left-arm Fast 2017 Foreign
Nathan McCullum New Zealand Right-hand Right-arm Off break 2016 Foreign
Zulfiqar Babar Pakistan Right-hand Slow Left-arm Orthodox 2016
Mir Hamza Pakistan Right-hand Left-arm Medium Fast 2017
Hasan Khan Pakistan Right-hand Slow left-arm Orthodox 2017
Noor Wali Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm Medium 2017
Aizaz Cheema Pakistan Right-hand Right-arm medium-fast 2016
Rayad Emrit Cricket West Indies Right-hand Right arm fast-medium 2017 Foreign

Management and coaching staff

Name Position
Nadeem Omar (Omar Associates) Owner
Pakistan Moin Khan Head coach
Pakistan Abdul Razzaq Assistant/Bowling coach[34]
Cricket West Indies Sir Viv Richards Batting coach/Mentor[35]
England Julien Fountain Fielding coach

Captains

No. Nat Player From To Mat Won Lost tie NR %
1 Pakistan Sarfraz Ahmed 2016 present 20 12 7 0 1 60.00

Result summary

Performance summary in Pakistan Super League
Year Pld Won Loss NR Tied SR(%) Position Summary
2016 10 7 3 0 0 70.00 2/5 Runners-up
2017 10 5 4 1 0 50.00 2/5 Runners-up
Total 20 12 7 1 0 60.00

Head-to-head record

[36]

Opposition Span Mat Won Lost Tied NR Success Rate
Template:Cr-PSL 2016–present 5 2 3 0 0 40.00%
Template:Cr-PSL 2016–present 4 4 0 0 0 100.00%
Template:Cr-PSL 2016–present 4 3 1 0 0 75.00%
Template:Cr-PSL 2016–present 7 3 3 0 1 42.85%

See also

References

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