Saturday turned out to be a memorable day in Pakistan Super League because the followers obtained to witness the primary hattrick of the eighth season through the Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans match. The uncommon feat was achieved by Abbas Afridi of Sultans, who helped his aspect clinch a nine-run win in a high-scoring thriller. Asked to bat first, the Mohammad Rizwan-led Sultans posted a whopping whole of 262/3 in 20 overs with Usman Khan smashing 120 off 43 balls. Later, the Gladiators additionally put up an awesome battle however had been restricted for 253/8, courtesy of Afridi’s hattrick.

Afridi’s hattrick story started within the seventeenth over after he dismissed Mohammad Nawaz for 16 on the fifth supply, adopted by Umaid Asif on the very subsequent ball. Notably, each the batters had been caught by Kieron Pollard. Afridi then went on to take away Umar Akmal on the primary supply of the nineteenth over and registered the primary hattrick of PSL 8.

Afridi with the BIG WICKET #HBLPSL8 | #SabSitarayHumaray | #QGvMS pic.twitter.com/t1VfuF8wrR

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 11, 2023

Teamwork by Afridi and Pollard to ship the QG batters packing #HBLPSL8 | #SabSitarayHumaray | #QGvMS pic.twitter.com/BdssBvn4yJ

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 11, 2023

FIRST hattrick of the #HBLPSL8
Abbas Afridi on a ROLL

#SabSitarayHumaray | #QGvMS pic.twitter.com/sM3KCdQUMG

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) March 11, 2023

It was an awesome outing for Afridi as aside from taking a hattrick, he additionally achieved a five-wicket haul. For the Gladiators, Omair Yousuf scored 67 off 36 balls whereas Iftikhar Ahmed scored 53 off 31 balls. Umar Akmal additionally performed a fast knock of 28 off 10 balls. However, all this wasn’t sufficient as they fell quick by 9 runs.

Talking about PSL, Islamabad United will tackle Peshawar Zalmi of their final league match on Sunday whereas Lahore Qalandars will probably be going up towards Karachi Kings on the identical day. The qualifier match of the season will probably be performed on Wednesday whereas the summit conflict will probably be held on March 19.

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