Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators is the PSL’s oldest rivalry — they contested the first final in 2016 — and Quetta have the better of it. This page is the definitive head-to-head record: every season’s results, the biggest wins, the highest scores and the games that defined the fixture.
Quick answer: Across 23 PSL fixtures from 2016 to 2026, Quetta Gladiators have won 12 and Islamabad United 10, with one match abandoned without a ball bowled (2024). The highest total in the fixture is Quetta’s 263/3 in 2025; the closest finish is Islamabad’s 1-run win in 2017.
Overall record
The two sides first met on 4 February 2016, in the PSL’s opening week. Since then they have faced each other 23 times. Quetta’s 12 wins to Islamabad’s 10 give the Gladiators the edge, though Islamabad have the one record Quetta cannot touch: three PSL titles (2016, 2018, 2024) against Quetta’s single crown in 2019.
Season-by-season results
- 2016: Quetta won both league games; Islamabad won when it mattered — the final.
- 2017: Islamabad swept both, including a 1-run thriller.
- 2018: One win apiece.
- 2019: Quetta swept both (by 43 runs and 7 wickets) on their way to the title.
- 2020: Quetta swept both again (5 wickets, 3 wickets).
- 2022: One win apiece.
- 2023: Islamabad swept both (2 wickets, 63 runs).
- 2024: One win each, plus the fixture’s only abandoned match.
- 2025: Quetta swept all three, including the 109-run record win.
- 2026: Islamabad won by 8 wickets at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
Fixture records
- Highest team total: Quetta Gladiators 263/3 (2025).
- Islamabad’s highest: 229.
- Lowest totals: Islamabad 117, Quetta 118.
- Biggest win (runs): Quetta by 109 runs (2025).
- Closest finish: Islamabad by 1 run (2017).
- Centuries: two in the fixture’s history, both for Quetta.
Landmark games
The 2016 final remains the fixture’s defining night — Islamabad chasing down Quetta to become the PSL’s first champions. The 2017 one-run win is the closest finish between any two sides in the rivalry. The 2025 demolition (263/3, won by 109 runs) is the most one-sided. And the 2026 reply — Islamabad’s 8-wicket win at Lahore — showed the rivalry’s habit of swinging back.
Who has won more, Islamabad United or Quetta Gladiators?
Quetta Gladiators: 12 wins to Islamabad United’s 10 across 23 PSL meetings, with one abandoned.
Who won the first PSL final?
Islamabad United beat Quetta Gladiators in the 2016 final to lift the inaugural trophy.
What is the biggest win between Islamabad and Quetta?
Quetta’s 109-run victory in 2025, built on their record 263/3.
