Match: PSL, match 2
Date: 21/2/21
Time: 6.30 pm India
Stadium: National Stadium, Karachi.
Last Season: 3rd in the table
Record:
- P 10
- W 5
- L 5
- NRR – 0.072
Last Season: 4th in the table
Record:
- P 10
- W 4
- L 5
- NR 1
- NRR – 0.055
Trends & Recent Form
Qalanders form and trends
- The Qalanaders lost in the final of the 2020 PSL by 5 wickets to the Karachi Kings.
- In the 2021 auction, they picked up Afgan spinner Rashid Khan. This will be his first appearance in the PSL.
- They added the experience of Samit Patel at the gold level as well.
- The Qalanders knocked out Zalmi in the first knock out game in 2020.
- Fakhar Zaman was the top scorer for the Qalanders in 2020 with 325 runs from 12 matches. He was second in the overall total runs table.
- The Qalanders are the favourites in the betting for the tournament.
Peshawar Zalmi form and trends
- Peshawar Zalmi is the thrid favourites to take the PSL title.
- Last year Zalmi was on target to qualify 2nd or top before losing their last 2 matches at the group stages and then finishing 4th. It was down to their net run rate that they were 4th and not 5th.
- They played the Qalanaders 3 times in 2020 and won just 1 of the matches. This was a rain-reduced match of just 12 overs.
- When the pressure was on Zalmi seems to struggle to take wickets.
- They added South African David Miller as their platinum buy at the auction. His aggressive middle-order batting will suit this team and the PSL.
Match Prediction & Tips
The opening game is always a tough one to call. We have seen enough from the Qalanders last year to think they will start strongly again this year.
Match Result: Qalanders to win 8/11.
They won 2 of the 3 head to heads and we think the addition of Rashid Khan moves them up to another level.
David Miller was a good buy for Peshawar Zalmi but Khan is another level up and has a vast experience of T20 cricket.
*Odds & Responsible gambling
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