Playing kit Quetta Gladiators (Urdu, Balochi: کوئٹہ گلیڈی ایٹرز) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket franchise that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

[8][9] Quetta began their 2016 campaign with comfortable wins over Islamabad United and Karachi Kings before edging past Peshawar Zalmi in a closely fought match.

[13] Quetta finished 2nd in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) table behind Peshawar, winning six of their eight matches.

As for 2017 season, Kumar Sangakkara and Grant Elliott were released by Quetta just a few days before the PSL transfer window came to an end in September 2016.

The signings including foreign players Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite, Tymal Mills, and David Willey.

A number of reasons have forced the changes, from injury to some players to others not getting no-objection certificates to scheduling clashes with international cricket.

Debutant Hasan Khan emerging player of Quetta was adjudged player-of-the-match for his all-round performance of 2 important wickets and a quick-fire 16 runs at the end.

After an initial stutter in pursuit of 160, which saw them at 30/3, Riley Roussow and Sarfaraz Ahmed combined in an unbeaten partnership of 130 for the fourth wicket to take the Gladiators home with 5 balls to spare.

[22] During the second leg of the tournament, in Sharjah, the Gladiators suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of defending champions, Islamabad United.

[23] In the following game, against Peshawar Zalmi, the match was abandoned after repeated showers and the two teams shared the points from the bout.

The former who was going through a lean patch in this PSL struck form and hit 88 from 42 balls - including 8 sixes, as the Gladiators plundered 78 runs from the last 3.5 overs to seal the match.

[27] As the tournament shifted back to Dubai, the Gladiators continued their winning streak by beating Karachi Kings by six wickets.

[29] Continuing on, the team lost both of their last two matches of the league stage - against Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi respectively.

[32] In the final, the two teams met again, and Gladiators - the runners-up of the inaugural edition of the PSL, lost to Peshawar Zalmi by 58 runs.

Batting first, the Zalmis were struggling at one point at 112 for 6 before Darren Sammy scored 33 runs in the last two overs, taking the team's total to a respectable 148.

[35] In their opening game of the 2018 season, the Gladiators blemished their 100% success rate against Karachi Kings and lost to them for the first time - by 19 runs in the chase of 150.

[37] As the league stage shifted to Sharjah, the Gladiators beat Islamabad United by 6 wickets in the successful chase of a 135-run target.

Chasing a target of 153 runs, they lost wickets at regular intervals before cameos from the lower order ensured that the team won off a penultimate-ball six hit by Hasan Khan.

[51] In their last match of the group stage, Quetta defeated Kings by 5 wickets,[52] equaling points with Peshawar Zalmi but failed to qualify for the play-offs for the first time in team's history, due to low run-rate.

[64] Other notables joining Quetta in ambassadorial roles are Chaman-based footballer Kaleemullah and Quetta-based MMA fighter Ahmed Mujtaba.

On 23 January 2022, Quetta unveiled the music video of its official anthem for the seventh edition of PSL, which featured actors Adnan Siddiqui and Ushna Shah,[70] and comedian Syed Shafaat Ali.