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2025 Pakistan Super League final
Event2025 Pakistan Super League
Quetta Gladiators Lahore Qalandars
Quetta Gladiators team colors Lahore Qalandars team colours
201/9 204/4
20 overs 19.5 overs
Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets[1]
Date25 May 2025
VenueGaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Player of the matchKusal Perera (Lahore Qalandars)
UmpiresRashid Riaz
Asif Yaqoob
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The 2025 Pakistan Super League final was a Twenty20 cricket match played between Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators to decide the champion of the 2025 season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) on 25 May 2025 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.[2][3]

Lahore Qalandars won the match by 6 wickets, to win their third PSL title.[4]

Route to the Final

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League progression
Team Group matches Playoffs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Q1/E Q2 F
Quetta Gladiators 2 2 2 4 6 8 9 11 13 15 W L
Lahore Qalandars 0 2 4 4 4 6 8 9 11 13 W W W
Win Loss No result
  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Group stage

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Quetta Gladiators finished at the top of the 2025 Pakistan Super League group stage with 15 points, followed by Islamabad United and Karachi Kings, who each accumulated 12 points. Lahore Qalandars secured the fourth and final playoff position with 11 points.[5]

Playoffs

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In the qualifier on 21 May 2025, Quetta Gladiators defeated Islamabad United by 30 runs to reach into their fourth PSL final.[6]

In the first eliminator on 22 May 2025, Lahore Qalandars beat Karachi Kings by 6 wickets and progressed into the second eliminator.[7]

In the second eliminator on 23 May 2025, Lahore Qalandars defeated Islamabad United by 95 runs to reach their fourth PSL final. These results led to a final matchup between Quetta Gladiators and Lahore Qalandars.[8]

Match officials

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Match

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Match 34
25 May 2025
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
201/9 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
204/4 (19.5 overs)
Hassan Nawaz 76 (43)
Shaheen Afridi 3/24 (4 overs)
Kusal Perera 62* (31)
Abrar Ahmed 1/27 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Kusal Perera (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
  • By winning in the final, Lahore Qalandars became the most successful team alongside Islamabad United in PSL history.[9]

Scorecard

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Toss: Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.

Quetta Gladiators batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Saud Shakeel c †Perera b Afridi 4 6 0 0 66.66
Finn Allen c Rauf b Mirza 12 11 2 0 109.09
Rilee Rossouw c Afridi b Raza 22 11 4 1 200.00
Hassan Nawaz c Raza b Afridi 76 43 8 4 176.74
Avishka Fernando c Afridi b Hossain 29 22 5 0 131.81
Dinesh Chandimal c sub (Azab) b Afridi 22 13 0 2 169.23
Faheem Ashraf c Naeem b Mirza 28 8 2 3 350.00
Mohammad Amir b Rauf 0 2 0 0 0.00
Abrar Ahmed c Afridi b Rauf 0 1 0 0 0.00
Khurram Shahzad not out 2 3 0 0 66.66
Usman Tariq did not bat
Extras 6 (wd 6)
Total 201/9 (20 overs) 		21 10 10.05 RR

Fall of wickets: 1/17 (Shakeel, 2.4 ov), 2/21 (Allen, 3.1 ov), 3/58 (Rossouw, 6.2 ov), 4/125 (Fernando, 12.5 ov), 5/171 (Chandimal, 17.2 ov), 6/172 (H. Nawaz, 17.5 ov), 7/173 (Amir, 18.2 ov), 8/173 (Abrar, 18.3), 9/201 (Ashraf, 19.6 ov)

Lahore Qalandars bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Shaheen Afridi 4 0 24 3 6.00 2 0
Salman Mirza 4 0 51 2 12.75 0 0
Haris Rauf 4 0 41 2 10.25 2 0
Sikandar Raza 4 0 43 1 10.75 0 0
Rishad Hossain 4 0 42 1 10.50 0 0

Target: 202 runs from 20 overs at 10.10 RR

Lahore Qalandars batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Fakhar Zaman lbw b Abrar 11 10 2 0 110.00
Mohammad Naeem c Fernando b Ashraf 46 27 1 6 170.37
Abdullah Shafique c Shahzad b Tariq 41 28 4 1 146.42
Kusal Perera not out 62 31 5 4 200.00
Bhanuka Rajapaksa c Fernando b Amir 14 16 1 1 87.50
Sikandar Raza not out 22 7 2 2 314.28
Shaheen Afridi
Muhammad Akhlaq
Rishad Hossain
Haris Rauf
Salman Mirza
Extras 8 (lb3, wd 5)
Total 202/4 (19.5 overs) 		15 14 10.28 RR

Fall of wickets: 1/39 (Fakhar, 3.2 ov), 2/85 (Naeem, 8.4 ov), 3/115 (Shafique, 12.3 ov), 4/145 (Rajapaksa, 16.4 ov)

Quetta Gladiators bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Mohammad Amir 4 0 41 1 10.25 2 0
Khurram Shahzad 4 0 46 0 11.50 1 0
Faheem Ashraf 3.5 0 49 1 12.78 1 0
Abrar Ahmed 4 0 27 1 6.75 0 0
Usman Tariq 4 0 38 1 9.50 1 0

Result: Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets[10]

References

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  1. ^ "HBL PSL X to conclude with Qalandars locking horns with Gladiators in final". PCB. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Qalandars vs Gladiators: Lahore win PSL final by six wickets – updates". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Gladiators vs Qalandars, Final at Lahore, PSL, May 25 2025 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Kusal Perera, Sikandar Raza take Lahore Qalandars to title with record chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Pakistan Super League 2024-25 Points Table Standings". ESPN Cricinfo.
  6. ^ "Faheem's all-round show leads Gladiators into final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Shafique powers Lahore Qalandars into Qualifier 2". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Afridi, Mirza, Kusal Perera power Qalandars into PSL final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Praise pours in as Qalandars clinch third PSL trophy". Geo.tv. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Lahore Qalandars make history with record-shattering PSL X final chase". Geo.tv. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
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