Quetta Gladiators is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket franchise that competes in the Pakistan Super League.
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16 Facts About Quetta Gladiators
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Quetta Gladiators began their 2016 campaign with comfortable wins over Islamabad United and Karachi Kings before edging past Peshawar Zalmi in a closely fought match.
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The win took the team to the top of the table and was followed by a victory against Karachi which saw the Quetta Gladiators confirmed as the first team to make the play-off stage of the 2016 season.
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Quetta Gladiators finished 2nd in the Pakistan Super League table behind Peshawar, winning six of their eight matches.
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Quetta Gladiators retained 10 players in advance of the 2017 Pakistan Super League players draft and signed eight during the draft.
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Debutant Hasan Khan emerging player of Quetta Gladiators was adjudged player-of-the-match for his all round performance of 2 important wickets and a quick-fire 16 runs at the end.
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Batting first, the Quetta Gladiators set a target of 143 runs in a batting display that was punctuated with starts and stops on a two-paced pitch.
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The Quetta Gladiators were comprehensively beaten in the next game by Multan Sultans.
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The Quetta Gladiators continued with their winning streak as they beat Karachi Kings and Peshawer Zalmi in the next two games.
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Against, the Zalmis, Quetta Gladiators chased down a target 158 runs in the final over with 6 wickets in hand.
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Quetta Gladiators finished the group stage with second position by winning seven of their matches and losing three.
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Quetta Gladiators then went on a losing streak, facing defeat in their next four matches.
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Team's chant is Kai Kai Quetta Gladiators, which is taken from the war cry, Kai Kai, coined by the Baloch Regiment during World War II.
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In early 2017, Quetta Gladiators chose pop singer Annie Khalid as their team ambassador.
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Quetta Gladiators remained the ambassador in 2021 as well, when she was joined by actor Bilal Ashraf, who was recruited in 2020.
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On 23 January 2022, Quetta Gladiators unveiled the music video of its official anthem for the seventh edition of PSL, which featured actors Adnan Siddiqui and Ushna Shah, and comedian Syed Shafaat Ali.
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