Watch: Samit Patel castles Jason Roy with a beautiful delivery

In the 16th Match of the Pakistan Super League 2020 played between Quetta Gladiators & Islamabad United at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, the deadlock were broken, the Lahore Qalandars finally have something to play for. With explosive batting performances coming from Ben Dunk and Samit Patel, they first registered a score in excess of 200 batting first and defended it with authority. This is the first win for Lahore having lost seven games on the trot (Four games in the last season).

They didn’t get the best of starts, with Chris Lynn and Fakhar Zaman playing some uncharacteristic cricket. The duo approached a bit cautiously and there were a few hits and misses as well. Both openers fell in quick succession and Mohammad Hafeez followed the suit with a first-ball duck. At 50/3, it seemed like the Qalandars will struggle to get anywhere past the 150-mark once again.

But the experienced Samit Patel and the explosive Ben Dunk ensured the home crowd at the Gaddafi stadium witnessed something special. The duo played some blazing shots and went straight to the fifth gear after seeing out a couple of overs. Dunk completed his half-century first and post that, he just dealt in sixes.

Samit Patel too joined the act and got to his half-century as the duo completed a 100-run stand. It seemed for a second that Dunk would get close to his hundred, but Samit Patel took bulk of the strike in the last three overs. Both players were eventually dismissed in the final over of the innings with Dunk scoring 93 off 43 deliveries, which includes 3 fours and 10 sixes. Samit Patel chipped in with a 40-ball 71.

The Qalandars posted 209 runs batting first, losing five wickets. Ben Cutting picked up two wickets for the Gladiators, but the pick of their bowlers was Mohammad Hasnain, who returned with figures of 1/32.

Samit Patel dismissed Jason Roy

Samit Patel showed his all round performance in the match and helped his team to register their first win this season not only with bat but also with his bowling skills. Samit Patel gave a major blow to Islamabad team as he clean bowled their star batsman Jason Roy in the 4th over of their innings. He eventually went off picking up 2 wickets in his full quota of four over giving away 32 runs.

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