Lahore Qalandars gamers carry teammate Sikandar Raza as they have fun after their victory within the PSL X last match between Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Might 25, 2025. — AFP
Sikandar Raza hit the profitable runs to seal the Pakistan Tremendous League title for Lahore Qalandars on Sunday, having landed simply 10 minutes earlier than the toss after a mad sprint from England.
The 39-year-old was carried off the sphere on the shoulders of his celebrating teammates after having jumped on a airplane to Pakistan straight after Zimbabwe’s innings defeat within the Nottingham Check on Saturday.
Raza hit 22 not out with two sixes and two fours to present the house group an exciting six-wicket victory over Quetta Gladiators with one ball to spare.
“Had dinner in Birmingham, breakfast in Dubai, drove to Abu Dhabi for lunch, took a flight and had dinner in Pakistan,” stated Raza, who scored a half-century in his nation’s heavy defeat to England.
“I guess this is the life of a professional cricketer, and I’m truly humbled and blessed to have that life.”
Needing 13 off the final over to finish a 202-run chase, Raza struck a six and a 4 to assist seal the title.
Sri Lankan Kusal Perera led the chase with an undefeated 31-ball 62 studded with 5 boundaries and 4 sixes, including 59 runs in the course of the unbroken fifth-wicket stand.
Opener Mohammad Naeem scored 46, with half a dozen sixes and one boundary, and Abdullah Shafique hit 41 to set Lahore on the right track to make the best profitable chase in a PSL last.
Lahore sealed their third title following triumphs in 2022 and 2023.
Hasan Nawaz scored an excellent 76 to raise Quetta to 201-9 after they received the toss and batted.
Coming in at 21-2, Nawaz added 67 for the fourth wicket with Avishka Fernando (29) and 46 with Dinesh Chandimal (22).
Skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi was the decide of Lahore’s bowlers with 3-24.
It was Faheem Ashraf (28) who lifted Quetta previous 200, taking 23 off the final over from Salman Mirza.
