PSL 2020: Peshawar Zalmi beat Quetta Gladiators by 30 runs.

A supremely out-of-form Ahmed Shehzad's lethargic 11-ball 6 ramped up the pressure on the rest of Quetta Gladiators batsmen that eventually derailed their run chase against Peshawar Zalmi on Thursday.

Chasing 171 in a rain-shortened 15-over match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, the defending champions were off to just the start they needed as both their openers - Shane Watson and Jason Roy - had wrestled the run rate of 11.4 under control.

However, when Watson departed with the score at 45-1, in walked Shehzad, who had failed in each of his previous three innings and this one was no different. His half a dozen runs over almost two overs saddled Roy with the pressure who took one too many risks and...

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