The 22nd match of PSL 2022 will see Peshawar Zalmi battle it out against the Quetta Gladiators at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday evening (February 14).
With three victories after 7 games apiece, both sides have had a similar journey thus far and with the season approaching its business end, they just can't afford another blip.
Peshawar will come into this game after having registered a commanding 55-run victory over Karachi Kings.
The victory was set-up by the opening duo of Hazratullah Zazai (59 off 42 deliveries) and Mohammad Haris, who smashed a whirlwind 27-ball 49.
The middle-order backed it up with rapid cameos which helped Peshawar post 193/6 in 20 overs. It proved to be more than enough thanks to a disciplined bowling performance and questionable approach from Babar Azam and his batsmen. Left-arm seamers Salman Irshad and Wahab Riaz were the pick of the bowlers, claiming two wickets apiece.
Quetta, on the other hand, will look to regain the winning momentum they'd gained by stitching consecutive victories before suffering a comprehensive 8-wicket defeat against Lahore.
The batting-unit, which was instrumental in them chasing 200+ totals in successive games, proved to be Quetta's undoing in the last fixture thanks to the duo of Shaheen Afridi and Rashid Khan, which sent their top-3- Jason Roy, Ahsan Ali, James Vince cheaply.
Iftikhar Ahmed resurrected the ship with a 39-ball half century but it didn't proved to be enough as Fakhar Zaman (53 off 42 deliveries) and Kamran Ghulam (55* off 39 deliveries) made a mockery of their total of 141.
This will be the second time that these two sides will meet each other this season. In the first encounter, Zalmi scripted a five-wicket-haul after they chased down 190 in the last over thanks to brilliant knocks from Shoaib Malik (48* off 32 deliveries) and Hussain Talat (52 off 29 deliveries).
Match Details - Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators, PSL 2022
Date: 15th February 2022
Time: 08:00 PM IST
Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Broadcast: Sony Six, Sony Six HD, SonyLiV app and website
Pitch Report:
The surface at the Gaddafi Stadium has been pretty good as both batsmen and bowlers have found considerable success.
The average 1st innings score in 5 completed night games at the Gaddafi Stadium is 179, with chasing teams winning two of them.
Squads:
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.
Quetta Gladiators:
Sarfaraz Ahmed (C & WK), Ahsan Ali, Ben Duckett, James Faulkner, Umar Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Khurram Shehzad, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, James Vince, Naseem Shah, Jason Roy, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Muhammad Ashar Qureshi, Noor Ahmad, Luke Wood
Probable Playing XI:
Peshawar Zalmi:
Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Haris, Liam Livingstone, Shoaib Malik, Ben Cutting, Sherfane Rutherford, Haider Ali, Wahab Riaz (c), Amad Butt, Mohammad Umar, Salman Irshad
Quetta Gladiators:
Jason Roy, Ahsan Ali, James Vince, Sarfaraz Ahmed (C & WK), Iftikhar Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Hassan Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Noor Ahmad, Naseem Shah, Ghulam Mudassar
CE Fantasy XI:
Mohammad Haris (WK), Jason Roy (C), Hazratullah Zazai, James Vince, Shoaib Malik, Liam Livingstone, Ben Cutting, Naseem Shah, Salman Irshad, Sohail Tanvir
Captain: Jason Roy
Vice-captain: Shoaib Malik