- Lahore Qalandars will intention to proceed their successful streak once they tackle Quetta Gladiators at this time
- Gladiators shall be aiming to struggle again towards a robust Lahore workforce
- Each the groups have confronted one another 10 instances with win-loss leveled at 5-each
KARACHI: Lahore Qalandars will intention to proceed their successful streak once they tackle Quetta Gladiators in match quantity 4 of the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) on Monday.
Qalandars began their PSL marketing campaign with a 4-wicket win towards Peshawar Zalmi whereas Quetta, the 2019 winners, went down towards Karachi Kings within the event’s opener.
Gladiators shall be aiming to struggle again towards a robust Lahore workforce.
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Each the groups have confronted one another 10 instances with win-loss leveled at 5-each. Nevertheless, Qalandars had defeated Gladiators in each video games final season. Sohail Akhtar-led facet, after a win over Zalmi within the first match, should be assured to repeat the identical towards Sarfaraz XI.
Lahore, the runners-up of the 2020 version, will their hopes on Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Hafeez as soon as once more. Pakistan’s worldwide duo performed an instrumental function in workforce’s win within the first match.
The debutant, Salman Mirza, can be prone to be retained by them because the younger bowler from Lahore impressed everybody together with his 2-35 on Sunday’s match towards Peshawar Zalmi.
Most definitely, Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan shall be going again house after this recreation and he’ll, for certain, attempt to make it memorable for himself and his workforce earlier than he flies again house to hitch Afghanistan’s workforce for the collection towards Zimbabwe.
Equally, Gladiators shall be hoping for a similar from Chris Gayle who can be set to return house to hitch the West Indies squad for the collection towards Sri Lanka.
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Gayle scored 39 off 24 within the first match for Gladiators in a dropping trigger. The workforce’s head coach Moin Khan will hope for one more highly effective inning from the Jamaican cricketer.
Nevertheless, the type of different gamers should be a matter of concern for him.
Tom Banton, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Azam Khan, Ben Chopping, and Mohammad Nawaz should put some scores towards their title on the scorecard.
Mohammad Hasnain’s type shall be a lift for the workforce. Quetta should depend on their bowling to present the facet some confidence within the second match as their batsmen have been seen struggling within the opening match.
Gamers to look at:
Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Hasnain, Chris Gayle
Lahore Qalandars: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez.
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
Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Qais Ahmad, Anwar Ali, Saim Ayub, Tom Banton, Ben Chopping, Cameron Delport, Chris Gayle, Mohammad Hasnain, Arish Ali Khan, Azam Khan, Hassan Khan, Usman Khan, Zahid Mahmood, Abdul Nasir, Mohammad Nawaz, Faf du Plessis, Naseem Shah, Usman Khan Shinwari, Dale Steyn