Match overview

Lahore Qalandars beat Quetta Gladiators by 6 wickets at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 25 May 2025, chasing down a target of 202 with 204/4. Quetta had won the toss and elected to bat, making 57 runs in the powerplay before a strong middle phase of 85 from overs 7-15. However, they lost 5 wickets in the final five overs for 59 runs, which kept the total below what the early batting had promised. Lahore's reply was measured throughout, with MDKJ Perera taking the Player of the Match award for an innings that kept the chase on track.

The result extends Lahore's head-to-head lead over Quetta to 11-9 from 21 meetings. Lahore have now won three of the last five completed encounters, including a 79-run win earlier in this same PSL 2025 campaign at Pindi. This victory, at Lahore's home ground, carried added weight for the Qalandars' standings in the competition.

Venue and conditions

Gaddafi Stadium has staged 145 T20 matches, producing an average first-innings score of 208 and a second-innings average of 177. The gap between those two figures is significant. Chasing sides succeed only 43% of the time here, which makes Lahore's 204/4 a assured performance against the historical grain of the venue.

Powerplay scoring at Gaddafi averages 46 runs, so Quetta's 57 in the first six overs was an above-average start. Death-overs scoring averages 43, and both sides surpassed that: Quetta managed 59 in the final phase before losing 5 wickets, whilst Lahore powered to 73 for just 1 wicket in overs 16-20. In a venue where batters are regularly exposed by the new ball and the pitch firms up in the back end of chases, Lahore's death-overs composure was what separated them.

Toss data shows that 49% of toss winners at this ground choose to field, suggesting opinion is genuinely split on whether batting or bowling first is the better strategy. Quetta chose to bat and posted a competitive total. On another night, 201/9 would have been enough.

How to watch

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Recent form

Quetta Gladiators arrived at this fixture in strong form, having won four consecutive completed PSL 2025 matches against Islamabad United (twice) and Multan Sultans. Their only non-result in that run was a washed-out fixture against Lahore earlier in the season. A side that had found a consistent winning pattern, this defeat represents their first loss in completed matches across a five-game stretch.

Lahore Qalandars had similarly been in form, winning three of their previous four completed games. Their solitary defeat came against Karachi Kings. Going into this match, both teams were among the better-performing sides in the competition during the second half of the campaign. Lahore's ability to maintain that form in a high-pressure home chase, against a side that arrived with genuine momentum, will give their supporters reason for confidence as PSL 2025 moves towards its final stages.