The Quetta Gladiators are a franchise cricket team that represents Quetta in the Pakistan Super League. They were one of the six teams that competed in the 2019 season.
The team was captained by Pakistani Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, coached by Moin Khan and mentored by Viv Richards, while Abdul Razzaq served as Assistant Coach. They became the Champions for the first time, after being the Runners-up twice in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. They became champions after defeating their arch-rivals Peshawar Zalmi in the final on 17 March at National Stadium. They finished second after the completion of their group stage matches, winning seven matches from their ten matches. They defeated Peshawar Zalmi in the Qualifier to reach the finals.
Australian player Shane Watson was the team's and season's best batsman with 430 runs from 12 matches. He won the Green Cap and Hanif Mohammad award for best batsman of the season, while Sohail Tanvir with 15 wickets from 12 matches was the leading wicket taker for the team and finished in the top five bowlers of the season.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 14 February 2019 + No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowlling style Year signed NotesBatsmen04Rilee RossouwLeft-handedRight-arm off break2019Overseas05Saud ShakeelLeft-handedLeft-arm orthodox201919Ahmed ShehzadRight-handedRight-arm leg break201823Ahsan AliRight-handedRight-arm leg break2019All-rounders21Mohammad NawazRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018033Sohail TanvirLeft-handedLeft-arm medium fast201833Shane WatsonRight-handedRight-arm fast medium2018Overseas47Dwayne BravoRight-handedRight-arm medium fast2019Overseas48Anwar AliRight-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018814Dwayne SmithRight-handedRight-arm medium2019Overseas18Danish AzizLeft-handedSlow left-arm orthodox201974Sunil NarineLeft-handedRight-arm off-spin2019OverseasJalat KhanLeft-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019Wicket-keepers45Azam KhanLeft-handed—201954Sarfaraz AhmedRight-handed—2019Captain96Umar AkmalRight-handedRight-arm off spin2019Bowlers010Max WallerRight-handedRight-arm leg break2019Overseas10Ghulam MudassarRight-handedRight-arm off break201911Harry GurneyRight-handedLeft-arm medium fast2019Overseas17Mohammad AsgharLeft-handedSlow left-arm orthodox201922Mohammad IrfanRight-handedRight-arm fast201920Mohammad HasnainRight-handedRight-arm fast201952Fawad Ahmed Right-handedRight-arm leg-break2019Overseas16Naseem ShahRight-handedRight-arm fast2019Injured, replaced by Mohammad Hasnain.
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Season standings Points table
Season summary Gladiators finished the group stage with second position by winning seven of their matches and losing three. They then defeated Peshawar Zalmi in the qualifier by 10 runs to reach the final.
In the final in Karachi, Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. Gladiators restricted Zalmi to 138–8 in 20 overs with pacer Mohammad Hasnain finishing his four overs with the figures of 3-30 and Dwayne Bravo finishing with 2-24. In the second innings, Ahmed Shehzad scored unbeaten 58 runs off 51-balls. Rilee Rossouw, who made 39 not out off 32 balls, took the winning single. Gladiators achieved the target in 17.5 overs defeating Peshawar Zalmi by 8 wickets to win their first title. Gladiators' Hasnain was awarded man of the match award.
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