Lahore Qalanders’ captain Shaheen Shah Afridi (centre) celebrates with the trophy with gamers through the victory ceremony on the finish of PSL X closing on the Qaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore on Could 25, 2025. — X/@lahoreqalandars
LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars etched their identify into Twenty20 cricket historical past on Sunday by efficiently pulling off the highest-ever run chase in any T20 closing, as they dramatically secured the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 10 title, chasing down 202 runs towards Quetta Gladiators with only one ball to spare.
This thrilling victory marks the primary time a group has ever efficiently chased a goal exceeding 200 runs in a T20 closing match. The earlier file for the very best profitable chase in a T20 closing was 200 runs, achieved by Kolkata Knight Riders towards Kings XI Punjab within the 2014 Indian Premier League (IPL) closing.
In a notable accident, Quetta Gladiators turned the primary group to lose a T20 closing after posting a rating of 200 or extra on the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore.
Shaheen turns into most profitable captain
Including to the Qalandars’ historic triumph, captain Shaheen Afridi cemented his legacy as essentially the most profitable captain in PSL historical past. By main his group to their third PSL title, the 25-year-old left-arm pacer turned the primary captain to clinch three championships.
Afridi had beforehand guided the Qalandars to back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023, setting a brand new benchmark far forward of all different PSL trophy profitable captains, who maintain no a couple of title.
• Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars) — 3
• Misbah-ul-Haq (Islamabad United) — 1
• Darren Sammy (Peshawar Zalmi) — 1
• JP Duminy (Islamabad United) — 1
• Sarfaraz Ahmed (Quetta Gladiators) — 1
• Imad Wasim (Karachi Kings) — 1
• Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) — 1
• Shadab Khan (Islamabad United) — 1
Epic showdown
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 sector on the shoulders of his celebrating teammates after having jumped on a airplane to Pakistan straight after Zimbabwe’s innings defeat within the Nottingham Take a look at on Saturday.
Raza hit 22 not out with two sixes and two fours to offer the house group an exciting six-wicket victory over Quetta Gladiators with one ball to spare.
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 through 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 heading in the right direction to make the very best profitable chase in a PSL closing.
Lahore sealed their third title following triumphs in 2022 and 2023.
Hasan Nawaz scored an excellent 76 to elevate 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.
