The 2016 Pakistan Super League Final was a

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match played on 23 February 2016, at

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between

Quetta Gladiators Quetta Gladiators (Urdu, Balochi: ; Pashto: کویټه ګلیډیټرز) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket franchise that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They play most home games at the 27,000-capacity Gaddafi Stadium ...

and

Islamabad United Islamabad United ( ur, ) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). It was the inaugural champion of the Pakistan Super League. The team is based in Islamabad, the capital ci ...

to determine the winner of the 2016 season of the

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. Islamabad defeated Quetta by six wickets to win the first title of the Pakistan Super League. Islamabad won the toss at elected to field first.

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of Islamabad United was the man of the match, scoring 73 runs from 51 balls. The final was sold out with a final attendance of around 25,000. The final marked a successful culmination of PSL's first season.

Route to the final

Group stage

Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United finished the group stage in second and third positions respectively on the league's points table. Quetta won six out of eight games in the group stage and finished second on the table with 12 points. Quetta batted second in seven of their matches and chased the tournament's highest total, 201 against

Lahore Qalandars Lahore Qalandars ( ur, ; pnb, لہور قلندرز; abbreviated as LQ) is a Pakistani professional cricket franchise which plays in the Pakistan Super League, representing the city of Lahore. The home ground of the team is Gaddafi Stadium. ...

in their last group match. Islamabad began the tournament with four defeats in their first six matches, but won their last two group stage matches to qualify for the playoffs in third place with eight points.

Group stage series

Match

Background

The match was played at the

– the same venue at which the opening match of the league was also played between the two teams. Two days before the final all tickets were sold out.

Report

The toss was won by Islamabad who chose to bowl first. Their captain

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explained the decision by stating that dew could develop later in the second innings of the game, making it harder to field last. Both teams were unchanged from their respective previous matches. Quetta's innings began with opener

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being dismissed caught behind for 0 in the first over off Mohammad Irfan.

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then joined the opener Ahmed Shehzad and was dismissed by

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after scoring a run-a-ball 18.

Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and the ...

and Ahmed Shehzad scored fifties to help the total to 174/7 in 20 overs. Andre Russell took three wickets and became the leading wicket taker of the tournament. Islamabad started the chase with

and

Sharjeel Khan Sharjeel Khan ( ur, شرجیل خان; born 14 August 1989)
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hitting consecutive boundaries off Anwar Ali. Sharjeel was dismissed by

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after scoring 12 runs from 11 balls.

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joined the Smith and both scored fifties with Misbah ul Haq scoring the winning runs in the 19th over.

Scorecard

Toss: Islamabad United won the toss and elected to bowl. , colspan="4", Extras (lb 2)
Total 174–7 (20 overs) , 17 , 7 , 8.7 RR Fall of wickets: 0–1 (Bismillah Khan, 0.3 ov), 33–2 (Pietersen, 5.1 ov), 120–3 (Sangakkara, 14.3 ov), 135–4 (Mohammad Nawaz, 15.4 ov), 147–5 (Ahmed Shehzad, 16.3 ov), 153–6 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 17.4 ov), 168–7 (Anwar Ali, 19.4 ov) Target: 175 runs from 20 overs at 8.75 RR , colspan="4", Extras (lb 5)
Total 175–4 (18.4 overs) , 13 , 11 , 9.37 RR Fall of wickets: 54–1 (Sharjeel Khan, 5.4 ov), 139–2 (Smith, 15.3 ov), 147–3 (Russell, 16.1 ov), 173–4 (Khalid Latif, 18.2 ov) Result: Islamabad United won by 6 wickets

Match Officials

Notes

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References

{{Pakistan Super League Pakistan Super League Finals 2016 Pakistan Super League