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PSL 2022: Peshawar Zalmi to face Quetta Gladiators tonight
The match will begin at 7pm.
Karachi: In Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022, Peshawar Zalmi will lock horns with Gladiators in the thrilling match tonight at National Stadium. The match will begin at 7pm.
As per last season’s overview, Peshawar Zalmi lost and they would want to turn things around this year. While, Quetta Gladiators failed to make playoffs in PSL 6 and they would want to improve this time around.
In first match of PSL 7, Multan Sultans thrashed Karachi Kings by seven wickets. The match was played at National Stadium.
The Kings' bowlers could not perform up to the mark as they were already under pressure as the Babar Azam-led side had handed a meagre 124-run target to the Sultans, which they completed in 18.2 overs at the loss of three wickets.
Mohammad Nabi took two wickets and Mohammad Ilyas took one for the Kings.
Apart from Rizwan, Shan Masood scored 26 runs, Sohaib Maqsood 30 runs, and Tim David — who also ended the match in style with a massive six — scored 12 runs.
The Karachi Kings handed a meagre 124-run target to the defending champions Multan Sultans, as Imran Tahir picked up three wickets to restrict the Babar Azam-led.
The fall of wickets began in the 10th over when Tahir picked up the first and crucial wicket of Sharjeel Khan (43), who was on a roll with his opening partner and skipper Babar Azam.
Quetta Gladiators
Will Smeed, Abdul Bangalzai, Ben Duckett, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Iftekhar Ahmed, James Faulkner, Mohammad Nawaz, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Hasnain and Naseem Shah.
Peshawar Zalmi
Hazratullah Zazai, Kamran Akmal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Ben Cutting, Sameen Gul, Mohammad Amir Khan, Arshad Iqbal and Usman Qadir.