Lahore Qalandars
ended as the cellar dwellers in the first four editions of the Pakistan Super
League (PSL). However, the fortunes have turned for them this time around as
they made their maiden playoffs in the T20 tournament.
But ahead of the
playoffs, they lost their warm-up match against Multan Sultans and it would
have dented their confidence in fantasy
cricket leagues to some extent if not a whole lot. In the Eliminator,
they would be locking horns with Peshawar Zalmi in the second of Saturday’s
doubleheader at the National Stadium in Karachi.
In the first
round, the Qalandars beat the Zalmi once out of two times. The Zalmi, on the
other hand, got through with only four wins and also lost to the Sultans in the
warmups. They will have to pull their socks up in order to make further
progress.
Pitch and
Conditions
The pitch in
Karachi isn’t the worst for batting by any means. The batters have got runs
freely, but the bowlers have reaped benefits as well. Chasing should be the way
forward as the dew factor might play a huge role.
There are no
chances of rain with the temperature around the 25 degrees Celsius mark. The
humidity won’t be on the higher side with the numbers mostly in the mid-40s.
Playing
Combinations for LAH vs PES
Lahore
Qalandars
Fakhar Zaman,
Sohail Akhtar (C), Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Hafeez, Ben Dunk (wk), David Wiese,
Samit Patel, Mohammad Faizan, Usman Shinwari, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris
Rauf/Dilbar Hussain
Bench: Jaahid
Ali, Seekkuge Prasanna, Raja Farzan, Salman Butt, Dane Vilas
Peshawar Zalmi
Kamran Akmal (wk),
Imam-ul-Haq, Faf du Plessis, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Carlos
Brathwaite, Hardus Viljoen, Hasan Ali/Saqib Mahmood/Yasir Shah, Wahab Riaz (C),
Rahat Ali
Bench: Hasan Ali/Saqib Mahmood/Yasir Shah, Umer
Amin, Khurram Shahzad, Adil Amin, Mohammad Mohsin, Aamir Ali
Probable Top
Performers for LAH vs PES
Ben Dunk– Lahore Qalandars
Ben Dunk was in
sparkling form in the league stage of the 2020 PSL. He was arguably their
standout batsman. The left-hander notched 266 runs at an average and strike-rate
of 53.20 and 186.01 respectively.
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