With the eighth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) set to get underway from February 13, Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi squared off in an exhibition match on the Bugti Stadium in Quetta on Sunday. Pakistan all-rounder Iftikhar Ahmed, who has been in glorious kind with the bat, smacked six sixes off Wahab Riaz after Quetta Gladiators had been put into bat first. He achieved the feat within the ultimate over of the innings because the Gladiators posted 184/5 in 20 overs.

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Iftikhar goes huge within the ultimate over of the innings!

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Earlier, Zalmi skipper Babar Azam opted to area after profitable the toss and Riaz offered them with a stable begin as he dismissed Ahsan Ali and Umar Akmal within the second over.

However, Iftikhar helped Gladiators put up a powerful whole on board, smashing unbeaten 94 off 50 balls.

Khushdil Shah was the second-highest scorer for Quetta Gladiators with 36 runs.

According to a report in Geo Super, as many as 16 HD cameras, together with drone, had been put in on the Bugati Stadium for the exhibition match.

The report additionally added {that a} particular pitch was ready for the exhibition match, whereas momentary seats had been additionally put in within the stands to facilitate followers.

Squads:

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (c), Danish Aziz, Saim Ayub, Haider Ali, Usama Mir, Usman Qadir, Aamer Jamal, Haseebullah Khan, Sufyan Muqeem and Azam Khan, Salman Irshad, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Shahid Afridi

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Umar Akmal, Bismillah Khan, Saud Shakeel, Umaid Asif, Abdul Wahid Banglazai, Aimal Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Omair Bin Yousuf, Mohammad Nawaz, Ahsan Ali

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