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Lahore Qalandars, Peshawar Zalmi to face off in PSL 7
Peshawar Zalmi have taken two points from their first two matches of the event, successfully chasing down 190 to defeat Quetta Gladiators before losing to Islamabad United by nine wickets two days later.
Karachi: In the ninth match of Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) seventh edition, Lahore Qalandars will square off against Peshawar Zalmi at the National Stadium in Karachi. The game is slated to begin at 7:30pm local time.
Peshawar Zalmi have taken two points from their first two matches of the event, successfully chasing down 190 to defeat Quetta Gladiators before losing to Islamabad United by nine wickets two days later.
In the meantime, Lahore Qalandars head into the match with winning momentum after defeating Karachi Kings by six wickets in their last match. Lahore lost to Multan Sultans by five wickets after failing to defend 206.
In Tuesday’s match, Multan Sultans thrashed Islamabad United by 20 runs.
Shadab Khan's 91 wasted as Sultans beat United. After the top order's early collapse, Shadab Khan played a sensational inning and scored 91 runs off 42 balls with the help of five fours and nine sixes.
No other batter could score even 25 runs against a strong Multan Sultans' bowling attack, who were able to restrict the United to 197 for the loss of 10 wickets in 20 overs.
Khushdil Shah picked up four wickets, David Willey three, while Anwar Ali and Rumman Raees took a scalp each.
Lahore Qalandars
Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Rashid Khan, David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohail Akhtar, Zeeshan Ashraf, Ahmed Daniyal, Fakhar Zaman, Phil Salt, Harry Brook, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Dean Foxcroft, Zaman Khan, Maaz Khan, Samit Patel, Syed Faridoun
Peshawar Zalmi
Shoaib Malik (c) Wahab Riaz, Liam Livingstone, Sherfane Rutherford, Haider Ali, Saqib Mahmood, Hussain Talat, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Qadir, Salman Irshad, Arshad Iqbal (Covid replacement: Ammad Butt), Sameen Gul, Kamran Akmal (Covid replacement: Imam-ul-Haq), Sirajuddin, Mohammad Amir Khan, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Haris