de Villiers ends it in style! A gently spinning delivery sits up and is put away through cover to put Gladiators, finally, out of their misery
Gladiators vs Qalandars, 17th Match at Dubai, PSL, Feb 27 2019 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Qalandars won by 8 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
6.43pm Back to back losses for Quetta Gladiators, and this one was set up by Lamichhane's 4 for 10 and then finished off by an unbroken 74-run stand between AB de Villiers and Haris Sohail. No surprises, Sandeep Lamichhane is Player of the Match.
Abhijato: "My Crystal Ball is ecstatic. "You know what all my angles are?" it asks me, knowing my exams are coming soon. "What?" I enquire. "360°!" it says, and continues jumping around. It won't fall down, I can assure you, for it is on Cloud Nine at the moment. AB and his clinical beauty can only be applauded. What a player!"
Salman Zafar: "Back to Back losses!! Confidence level down and that's going to be hurting QG in upcoming matches."
de Villiers threads another single through cover point
Haris stays deep and forces off the back foot, straight to cover
Rossouw serves up a very tame long hop, Haris rocking back and slamming it over the legside infield to raise the hundred
Haris comes down the track and sends a powerful drive at short extra cover, stinging the fielder's fingers
a straight-batted backfoot punch brings one to long on
punched through cover, off the back foot
looped down leg, and AB gets some boot on it to turn the strike over
Well, this is interesting. Rossouw will have a bowl. Gladiators waving the white flag?
a short, slower ball bouncer brings another single into the deep
I'm hearing that Ryan ten Doeschate will fill in for de Villiers at Qalandars while he's away
pulled out to deep square leg for one more
pushed out to wide long on for a single, and he's into the 40s
a slower ball from Tanvir at 110km/h barely gets above knee height, and again de Villiers finds short fine leg with his paddle-pull
de Villiers glances off his pads, but he can't place the shot past short fine leg
Avi: "So eager to see sandy being declared man of the match " -- Won't be long now, with just 16 more required
and another easy single to long off keeps de Villiers on strike for the next over
worked with the spin into the leg side
whipped down to long on for one
AB checks his cover drive, but can't find the gap
punted down the ground, one the bounce to long off for one
Over 17 • LQ 107/2
Qalandars won by 8 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)