- Lahore Qalandars have gained solely 3 out of the 11 matches with Peshawar Zalmi up to now
- Zalmis stay undecided over stand-in captain for Wahab Riaz
- Lahore’s bowling to fare in opposition to Peshawar’s batting in fascinating competitors
Followers will gear up for one more thrilling PSL 2021 conflict right this moment as Peshawar Zalmi and Lahore Qalandars tackle one another within the second recreation of the league on Sunday afternoon at Karachi’s Nationwide Stadium.
Qalandars completed runners-up in the course of the earlier season whereas Zalmi additionally has an excellent observe report the event. Zalmi is the one in every of solely two groups within the PSL that has performed the play-offs in every of the 5 editions up to now.
Led by Sohail Akhtar, the Lahore Qalandars will enter the sphere confidently and can look to proceed the momentum from the earlier version. Nonetheless, the Qalandars will lack the psychological benefit in opposition to Zalmi since they’ve gained solely 3 out of the 11 PSL video games performed between the 2 sides up to now. Peshawar, then again, have gained eight video games in opposition to the Qalandars.
The Zalmis have been undecided on choosing a stand-in captain to interchange right-arm quickie Wahab Riaz, who will miss the staff’s first fixture of the event after being despatched to isolation following an unintentional breach of the bio-secure bubble.
The competition seems to be like an encounter between Lahore’s bowling in opposition to Peshawar’s batting. The Qalandars options the world’s prime ranked T20 bowler, Rashid Khan, together with pacers corresponding to Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Dilber Hussain. This fiery assault shall be pitted in opposition to the likes of Kamran Akmal, Haider Ali, Imam ul Haq, Tom Kohler Cadmore and Shoaib Malik going through them. Sherfone Rutherford offers energy to Zalmi’s center order batting.
For Qalandars’ in batting, a superb begin in opposition to the Wahab-less Zalmi shall be necessary. Whereas the dip in Fakhar Zaman’s type shall be a trigger for fear, Hafeez’s stellar type will give Sohail Akhtar some confidence. The Qalandars’ administration can be hopeful that Ben Dunk will proceed along with his type for the aspect.
Zeeshan Ashraf can even show to be a shock for the Lahore Qalandars within the recreation.
Gamers to be careful for:
Rashid Khan – Lahore Qalandars
Kamran Akmal – Peshawar Zalmi
Match begin timing: 2:00pm
SQUADS:
Lahore Qalandars: Ben Dunk, David Wiese, Dilbar Hussain, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hafeez, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sohail Akhtar, Rashid Khan, Joe Denly, Samit Patel, Tom Abell, Zeeshan Ashraf, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Faizan, Maaz Khan, Zaid Alam, Ahmed Danyal
Peshawar Zalmi: Wahab Riaz, Abrar Ahmed, Kamran Akmal, Haider Ali, Umaid Asif, Ravi Bopara, Amad Butt, Iman-ul-Haq, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Amir Khan, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Saqib Mahmood, Shoaib Malik, David Miller, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sherfane Rutherford