Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United

Quetta Gladiators beat Islamabad United by 30 runs at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 21 May 2025. Quetta won the toss, chose to bat, and posted 209/6 across their 20 overs. Islamabad United fell short at 179 all out. The result was shaped in the powerplay of the first innings, where Quetta scored 70 runs from the opening six overs, and sealed in the death phase of the chase, where Islamabad lost five wickets trying to find 31 runs per over. Faheem Ashraf was named Player of the Match. Quetta's win moves them to 12 victories in 23 meetings against Islamabad, edging ahead in a rivalry that has been level for most of its history.

The innings breakdown tells the story plainly. Quetta's 72 middle-over runs and 67 from the death gave them a total that sat just above Gaddafi Stadium's average first-innings score of 208 across 145 matches. Islamabad's reply was always chasing the game. Their 45 powerplay runs came in below the venue average of 46, and the 98 middle-over runs, though substantial, left them needing a near-impossible finish. Five wickets in the death overs ended the contest.

Islamabad's recent form coming into this fixture had been patchy. Four defeats in their last five games, including two losses to Quetta earlier in the season, put pressure on them to produce a strong performance here. They couldn't find it on the night.