Gladiators slay Tigers

Bangladesh players Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim, both representing the Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League, had horrible outings yesterday as their side suffered a 5-wicket defeat against the Quetta Gladiators at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Mushfiqur scored just 6 runs off 5 balls, hitting one four, while Shakib took 19 balls to score 10.

On the back of Shoaib Malik's 45, Karachi scored 126. Grant Elliot took four wickets for Quetta.

After the exchange, Shakib was smashed for 34 runs in his four overs, picking up a solitary wicket. Ahmed Shehzad's 41, Kevin Pietersen's 26 and Sarfraz Ahmed's 29 took Quetta home with seven balls to spare.

SCORES IN BRIEF

KARACHI KINGS: 126 for 9 in 20 overs (Malik 45, Shakib 10, Mushfiqur 6; Elliot 4-14)
QUETTA GLADIATORS: 127 for 5 in 18.5 overs (Shehzad 41, Sarfraz 29 not out; Shakib 1-34)
Result: Quetta Gladiators won by 5 wickets.