Saud Shakeel Reacts to Quetta Gladiators PSL 11 Exit After Karachi Kings Loss

Quetta Gladiators captain Saud Shakeel looked disappointed after losing the latest PSL clash against Karachi Kings. With this loss, Quetta Gladiators are now out of the tournament, as they are currently at the bottom of the table with just three wins in ten matches.

Reacting to the early exit from the PSL 2026, Saud said that his team couldn’t grab important opportunities during the last few matches, which is why they have failed to make the playoffs.

“It was a very beautiful tournament, we couldn’t really grab some key things, and we also didn’t get back-to-back wins.” said Saud Shakeel after the match.

“I think overall, in this year, performances whether individual or from anyone didn’t come like that, because of which we went very far behind in the tournament. But we gave our full try. Sometimes things go in your favour, sometimes they don’t,” added Saud Shakeel.

Saud then highlighted how Quetta failed to deliver collective performances in different matches. He also said that the team couldn’t perform the way it did in the last final, so there is definitely disappointment in the Gladiators camp.

“Last time the way we played the final, this time we couldn’t perform that well, so sometimes you have to accept it. Somewhere there were problems in batting, somewhere in bowling, so it’s like that, you know, the combined effort didn’t show,” said Quetta Gladiators captain Saud Shakeel.

Speaking about the match, he said the team knew at the half time that they were at least ten runs short. Considering that, they tried to pick early wickets in the second innings, but credit to Karachi Kings, who outclassed them with a brilliant batting display.

“Yes, at halftime we felt that we were about ten runs short, but apart from that we felt these were good runs, and it wasn’t as easy as it looked when we were batting at that time.” said Saud Shakeel.

But they also played quite well in the second innings. But overall, if you see, we just couldn’t get that kind of a good performance throughout the tournament,” added Saud Shakeel.

For the unversed, Karachi Kings won the recent match against Quetta Gladiators in a convincing fashion, as David Warner’s breathtaking 89* led their response in the chase. By winning the match, Karachi Kings secured fourth position on the PSL 2026 points table, strengthening their chances to qualify for the tournament playoffs.