SHARJAH: Opener Fakhar Zaman's 94-run knock off 50 balls lifted Lahore Qalandars to 186 runs against Quetta Gladiators in the 26th match of the Pakistan Super League on Wednesday.

Zaman with nine fours and six sixes at the strike rate of 188.00 led Lahore to 186 for 4 - the second highest total of the season.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Gulraiz Sadaf's 42 runs off 27 balls in the middle-overs stabilised Qalandars' innings soon after the departure of skipper Brendon McCullum.

First Innings

Rahat Ali provided a breakthrough to Gladiators by picking the wicket of Anton Devcich (18) on the fifth over of the game. Anwar Ali took an exceptional catch on deep square leg. 

On the very next over, debutant Mir Hamza dismissed Agha Salman.

Skipper McCullum (5) was stumped on the ball of spinner Hasan Khan. 

Final Playing-11

Quetta: JJ Roy, SR Watson, KP Pietersen, Rameez Raja (2), RR Rossouw, Sarfraz Ahmed(capt & wk), Mohammad Nawaz (3), Anwar Ali, Hasan Khan, Rahat Ali, Mir Hamza

Lahore: Fakhar Zaman, AP Devcich, Agha Salman, BB McCullum(capt.), SP Narine, Gulraiz Sadaf(wk), Sohail Akhtar, Sohail Khan, MJ McClenaghan, Yasir Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi

Gladiators have made two changes as Mir Hamza and Jason Roy are in as Laughlin and Asad Shafiq are benched. Meanwhile, Qalandars unchanged for the third straight game.

Quetta are already through to the playoffs, along with Islamabad United who beat Multan Sultans to seal their place in the playoffs.

In eight matches so far, Sarfraz Ahmed?s XI has emerged victorious in five and lost three. With 10 points, Quetta are at second place, behind Islamabad (12 points).

Lahore Qalandars are already out of the race, but they will look to add some meaning to their PSL campaign with a third consecutive win tonight. After six straight defeats, Lahore beat Multan Sultans and Karachi Kings to add 4 points to their name.

In their last clash, on Feb 24, Quetta outclassed Lahore by 9 wickets. 

Possible scenarios 

The tournament is still open for three teams: Karachi, Multan and Peshawar. If Karachi manage to beat Zalmi tomorrow, then the line-up for the playoffs and eliminators will be completed, with Islamabad, Quetta, Multan and Karachi in the top four.

Which teams make it to the PSL playoffs? Here are the scenarios

United's 33-run win keeps Zalmi's hopes still alive in the tournament; Kings and Sultans anxiously await outcome of 27th match between Karachi and Peshawar

But, if Peshawar manage to beat Karachi, then Karachi and Multan will have to wait until Peshawar?s next match against Lahore on Friday.

If Peshawar win both of their remaining two games, they will move to the next playoffs, leaving Karachi and Multan to wait for the result of the last league match of PSL 3: Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings.