Quetta Gladiators Vs Rawalpindiz, PSL 2026: RWP's Batting Woes Laid To Bare As QTG Win By 61 Runs In Karachi

Quetta Gladiators registered a 61-run victory over Rawalpindiz in match 18 of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026 at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday, April 10. The QTG batted first after being sent into bat as they amassed a formidable 182.

Rilee Rossouw (53) and Hasan Nawaz (39) played handy knocks with vital contributions from Saud Shakeel (42) and Jahandad Khan (21) as they posted a massive score on the board.

In reply, Mohammad Rizwan went back in the first over for a duck and others followed suit. Daryl Mitchell (30) and Saad Masood (31) did bring some hope for RWP but in the end, their batting-order collapsed tremendously, not living upto the fight.

The defeat meant RWP remained bottom of the PSL 2026 points table with zero points whereas QTG slot into the fifth spot.

Quetta Gladiators vs Rawalpindiz, PSL 2026: Toss Update

Rawalpindiz have won the toss and have opted to field.

Quetta Gladiators vs Rawalpindiz, PSL 2026: Playing XIs

Quetta Gladiators XI: Sam Harper, Khawaja Nafay (wk), Saud Shakeel (capt), Rilee Rossouw, Hasan Nawaz, Bevon Jacobs, Jahandad Khan, Khalil Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed, Kashif Bhatti, Usman Tariq.

Rawalpindiz XI: Mohammad Rizwan (capt & wk), Usman Khawaja, Yasir Khan, Daryl Mitchell, Sam Billings, Abdullah Fazal, Saad Masood, Mubasir Khan, Asif Afridi, Ben Sears, Mohammad Amir.

Quetta Gladiators vs Rawalpindiz, PSL 2026: Captain Quotes

Saud Shakeel - We will need to assess the conditions based on the batting powerplay, but I think 170 will be a good score. We've struggled for momentum in the middle overs, which is something we need to address. Four changes for us.

Mohammad Rizwan - We're going to bowl. The way the pitches have played, we can't predict the winning total. We'll have to be confident and look to win games. We haven't applied the finishing touches so far, that's what we need to concentrate on. We have the players, we've had strategies, it's just about the right choices. We have a few changes..