The 24th match of PSL 2022 will see Islamabad United battle it out against the Peshawar Zalmi at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday, February 17, 2022.
Islamabad United have had a topsy-turvy campaign thus as they have consistently backed up a victory with a defeat. They come into this fixture on the back of a thrilling one-run win over Karachi Kings' but bucking the trend won't be easy as they will be without three of their major contributors.
England opener Alex Hales will not be available for the rest of the tournament while skipper Shadab Khan and pacer Zeeshan Zameer have been ruled out of Thursday's encounter due to injury they sustained during the last game against Karachi.
They will miss the presence of Shadab the most as the leg-spin all-rounder has been the major spearhead with both bat and ball this season. In his absence, hard-hitting batsman Asif Ali will lead the United.
Wahab Riaz's Zalmi, on the other hand, will look to take advantage of the absence of aforementioned names and back up their 24-run win over Quetta Gladiators and also avenge the nine-wicket they suffered at the hands of Islamabad earlier in the tournament.
The main was set-up by the middle-order duo of Shoaib Malik and Hussain Talat. While Shoaib racked up a 41-ball 58, his partner, Talat went one step ahead and hammered a 33-ball half-century. Ben Cutting provided the final flourish as he smashed four sixes off Riaz before Usman Qadir (1/25 in four overs) and Salman Irshad (2/37 in four overs) spearheaded a 24-run heist.
Match Details - Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi, PSL 2022
Date: 17th February 2022
Time: 08:00 PM IST
Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Broadcast: Sony Six, Sony Six HD, SonyLiV app and website
Pitch Report: The average 1st innings score in last 7 completed night games at the Gaddafi Stadium is 179, with chasing teams winning just three of them. Both sides will look to bat first and apply the choke in the second half.
Squads:
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan (c), Asif Ali, Azam Khan (wk), Athar Mahmood, Marchant de Lange, Danish Aziz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Wasim, Mubasir Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq (wk), Muhammad Musa, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Paul Stirling, Zafar Gohar, Zahir Khan, Zeeshan Zameer
Peshawar Zalmi: Wahab Riaz (c), Liam Livingstone, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Haider Ali, Saqib Mahmood, Hussain Talat, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Qadir, Salman Irshad, Arshad Iqbal, Sameen Gul, Kamran Akmal, Sirajuddin, Mohammad Amir Khan, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Umar.
Probable Playing XI:
Islamabad United:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Muhammad Akhlaq, Asif Ali (C), Azam Khan (WK), Liam Dawson, Danish Aziz, Faheem Ashraf, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Waqas Maqsood
Peshawar Zalmi:
Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Haris (WK), Liam Livingstone, Shoaib Malik, Hussain Talat, Sherfane Rutherford, Ben Cutting, Wahab Riaz (C), Usman Qadir, Mohammad Umar, Salman Irshad
CE Fantasy XI: Mohammad Haris (WK), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Shoaib Malik, Hussain Talat (C), Asif Ali, Ben Cutting, Faheem Ashraf, Usman Qadir, Salman Irshad, Waqas Maqsood
Captain: Hussain Talat
Vice-captain: Asif Ali