DUBAI: Islambad United beat Quetta Gladiator by one run in the 17th thrilling match of Pakistan Super League 2017.
Ahmed Shehzad and Pietersen made the highest 130 run partnership of the tournament.
Complete brain implosion from Quetta in the end. 130 run partnership in a chase of 165, Mahmudullah in the hut, Perera in the hut, Nawaz in the hut and out came Anwar Ali. They will not forget this. That's a lesson in throwing a match away.
Muhammad Sami, Man of the match said, "Wasn't thinking too much, was hoping they make mistakes and a new batsman would come in. I worked out what to bowl - to hit the length because it was skidding on. Hopefully I'll have many more awards".
Sarfaraz said: "Didn't think this would happen. Sami bowled really well. That's cricket. It was our fault. We didn't take it easy but Sami bowled well. Out set batsmen fell and that's what put the pressure on us. We'll try to win and get the momentum into the play-offs in the next match".
"Cricket is a funny game. When you think the game is over, this can happen. We were in the hunt. You never know when it's 5-6 in the last over, because all it takes is a couple of dot balls for the batsmen to try and go for the big one. Credit to Raees and Sami for bowling well. We were nowhere near the game till the 18th over. We're happy to win this and I think now we're on the way. Hussain Talat was also a big plus to us. He looked really good on debut", said Misbah.
Birthday boy Sami bowled that last over. He won't forget this either. Its the beauty of T20, unpredictable.
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