The final match was played between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi in a packed 32,000 capacity
National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan.
Report Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field. In the first innings, Peshawar Zalmi's openers
Imam-ul-Haq and
Kamran Akmal were out early-on, for 3 runs off 4 balls at 1.3 overs and for 21 runs off 15 balls at the end of the fourth over, respectively. Following which
Sohaib Maqsood, added 31 runs for the third wicket with
Umar Amin before getting caught at long off scoring run-a-ball 20. Amin, the top scorer for his side, was caught out at deep mid-wicket after making 38 runs off 33 balls.
Nabi Gul was caught out at 14.4 overs for 9 runs off 12 balls.
Kieron Pollard was caught behind for seven off 12 balls. Later,
Darren Sammy and
Wahab Riaz added 28 runs for the seventh wicket. Zalmi scored 138-8 in 20 overs batting first with Quetta Gladiators' pacer
Mohammad Hasnain finishing his four overs with the figures of 3-30 and
Dwayne Bravo finishing with 2-24. In the second innings, Quetta Gladiators'
Ahmed Shehzad, who scored 58 runs not out off 51-balls and
Ahsan Ali, who scored a 18-ball 25 added 47 for the second wicket after opener
Shane Watson was run out for seven runs in the third over. Shehzad's unbroken partnership of 73 runs for the third wicket with
Rilee Rossouw who made 39 not out off 32 balls, helped Gladiators achieve the target in 17.5 overs. Rossouw took the winning single. Thus, Gladiators won their maiden PSL title by beating Zalmi by eight wickets. Hasnain was named the man-of-the-match. ==Scorecard==