Topic: Pakistan Super League #PSL Discussion Thread - page 13. (Read 6090 times)

Multan Sultans won the match by 60 runs against Lahore Qalandars. Lahore Qalandars 6 consistence losses in a row and now they are almost out of this tournament. The Player of the Match from Multan Sultan is Usman Khan for his amazing batting performance scored 96 from just 55 balls and reached the Multan Sultan's total to 200 plus runs. While Chasing down the target Lahore Qalandars only managed to score 154 runs all out in just 17 overs.

At yesterday's match, Babar Azam hit 1 six and 4 fours to Hunain Shah (the brother of Naseem Shah) and after affording back-to-back boundaries he was literally almost going to cry. After seeing his face you can understand it.    But these things went well for Hunain Shah because after affording boundaries by Babar Azam his values his up and now he is popular with not a bad name but he is going to become popular.

Yesterday's match was the best match of the Pakistan Super League in all seasons. Babar Azam's century, Azam Khan power-hitting using 30 and making 75 runs, ended the match suspense. That match was historical.

insha'Allah I also believe that Lahore Qalandar squad will emerge victory in today match which is being played against Multan Sultan squad.

We all know that Multan Sultan squad is favourite sqaud in this competition and defeated big and strong squads in their previous matches and today match, toss already done among both squads and Multan Sultan squad has begun this match with batting inning by winning toss and their inning is ongoing on crease. 12 overs have played by Multan Sultan squad and in these overs, Multan Sultan squad has gathered 112 scores which was decent scores with lost of two batter wickets. I feel that in remaining overs, Multan Sultan squad will collect 80 more scores. Muhammad Rizwan batter played very bad innings in today match and they batter 5 deliveries with 0 score. Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan both these batter displayed fantastic performance and made good batting partnership after lost of Reeza Hendricks batter wickets.

Yesterday Peshawar Zalmi youngster Haseeb Ullah Khan's game was not good, but he did very good wicket keeping. However wicket keeping has no value if batting is not good because keeping most people can easily do but the difference is in batting.

As before 2020, Rizwan had the same problem. At that time, he was in Karachi Kings and he also debuted in cricket in 2011 and in 2015, he played at least a match in a year because his performance was not good but his fielding and wicketkeeping were very good so in 2020 after PSL. He got a chance to play against South Africa and that was the best series of his career. After that series, he becomes a part of the 2021 World Cup. However, now he become a permanent player of Pakistan.

Also yesterday Arif Yaqoob played very well in the death over. This victory credit goes to Baber Azam as he decided to give spinner at death over on the second last over. Arif Yaqoob came in the second last over and at the first ball, he took a wicket then after giving one run another wicket he took from Islamabad United helped to Peshawar Zalmi team, but still, his hunger for wickets didn't stop. Another run and another wicket. He took 4 wickets in an over and gave 2 runs, when he came to the over so Islamabad lost 4 wickets but when he ended the over so they lost 8 wickets. The beauty of Arif Yaqoob spin.

Today is the match of Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultan which is again going to be hosted by Lahore, but this time, the Lahore crowd will not come as they came to the match of Peshawar Zalmi because more than half of Lahore is not from Lahore, More than half Pakistan supporting Peshawar Zalmi because of Babar Azam.   

These things can be proved true as all the crowd saying Babar Babar loudly and before him many players came like Imran Khan, MS Dhoni, and AB devillers but no one got this type of affection from their fans. However, if half of Pakistan supports Peshawar but still 12 million people are there (total Population) and hope that today again stadium will full as yesterday's match and we will see again see a century in the same stadium as yesterday.

The way Lahore Qalandars have been performing in this year's Pakistan Super League, many doubt that they will be able to win today's match. Lahore Qalandars are the only team in the 9th season of Pakistan Super League who have not won a match so far and today they will face the mighty Multan Sultans. Multan Sultans will try their best to win today's match as well as they try to maintain their position at the top of the table.

I think Lahore Qalandars are losing every match due to lack of leadership. Lahore Qalandars team has a lot of talented players but they have not managed to win a single match this season. If they want to win against Multan Sultan team today then all the players in their team have to give best performance of this season otherwise it is not possible.

Match Day 14 Lahore Qalandars Vs Multan Sultans
Still, LQ searching for a 1st victory in PSL 9 some close matches they lost also boost confidence but at the same time it will demotivate you and the other hand MS plays their 1st away match in PSL 9 because their 1st five games are in Multan currently MS is a leader of the Table and looking very confident while defending or chasing target.
Let's see what happens today.

I hope LQ registered their first victory today Insha'Allah.

19th over was just unbelievable. Before that, Islamabad were at 181/4, and they needed another 21 runs to win from 2 overs. Arif Yaqoob bowled the 19th over and picked up 4 wickets (including those of Colin Munro, Haider Ali and Faheem Ashraf), and conceded just 2 runs. And then Salman Irshad had to bowl the last over, and he did a decent job so that Zalmi could win the match. It was a match that Islamabad could have won with ease. But as a result of carelessness they lost it and along with it two valuable points.

What a knock by KING and what a game of cricket we see today. An excellent 19th over by Arif Yaqoob gave PZ a comeback to a game from nowhere. This is how unpredictable the game of cricket is and this is the beauty of this sport one minute down next minute up.

Peshawar Zalmi performed well today scoring 201 runs which is a huge run target. But Peshawar Zalmi bowling line is not doing very well. Islamabad United went into bat with the aim of winning and so far collected 159 runs by taking 3 wickets in 16 overs. Islamabad United's batting line looks very good, they need to score 43 runs off 24 balls to win which if they do well they will win. Azam Khan and Colin Munro are both at the crease and they both have performed well, Peshawar Zalmi need to get them out if they are to win.

Babar Azam played very well in today's match as he made a full century after September against Nepal but the century that he made against Nepal was in ODI but now we have seen a century in T20 with the same aggression.

Babar Azam made a century but still Islamabad United had a very good chance to win because if you see their run rate so almost their current and required run rate is similar. Azam Khan is present in crease as a great finisher or middle order you want to say. He almost made his 50 at this time maybe he completed or lost his wicket, but we see a great fight back. Anything can be happen it's cricket, we need to wait for the last balll to know who is the winner.

Finally, Babar Azam hit a century. Today is the day where we have seen his century with a beautiful style. He is a stylish batsman. If you remember he made his last T20 century in 2023 against New Zealand on the same ground and today he again made his century in the same Gaddafi Stadium ground.

The style of celebration was also the same as after making the century Babar Azam permanent do ''Prayer'' and then celebrate it. In the last century, his hairstyle, bat, and running are exactly the same as he did previously against New Zealand in April. The batsman that is going to break all the records that were published in cricket and these records will remain for the next 1 year maybe after Babar Azam retirement no one can beat this for many years.

Crucial game for both Zalmi and Islamabad United. A win here will increase chance of team to make it to next round. Looking at the scorecard, it looks like Zalmi are in better position to win the game. Babar Azam had a blistering knock of 111 runs on just 63 balls. Islamabad United are batting but they are not attacking Zalmi bowlers, after 7 overs IU are 50 for the loss of 2 wickets. 

Your vote should now go to Peshawar Zalmi.

Babar Azam's impeccable batting performance at this point helped his team Peshawar Zalmi to post a mammoth innings of 201 runs against Islamabad United. Earlier too Babar Azam's team scored 200 plus runs against the opposition in the 12th match of the Pakistan Super League and even won that match. Today they are walking in the same way today also they managed to score 200 plus runs and probably they will win this match against Islamabad United and if they win this match Peshawar Zalmi team will have the glory of winning three matches in a row. Babar Azam is the biggest credit behind Peshawar Zalmi's 201 runs in this match as he scored a scintillating innings of 111 runs today which is probably the third century of his Pakistan Super League career.

Today is the match of Peshawar Zalmi versus Islamabad United and in this match, you have seen Peshawar Zalmi performance in yesterday's match against Lahore Qalandar as same making 87 runs. At the same time Islamabad United's performance was also not too poor. They played good but on the last match of Islamabad United, their luck is not with them. But their performance was good.

Lahore Qalandar lost other matches but this time they lost against Peshawar Zalmi and I think all the matches that they played in this PSL they will lost due to their bad performance. And now there are more chances to lost of them because now they also lost Haris Rauf for this PSL. He got the same injury like Naseem Shah and Hence he also need very time to recover it.

Lahore Qalandars team luck was not good in the previous season and in this season but in 2022 and 2023 their luck was very good but now their team lacks good performances.

Match 13 Peshawar Zalmi VS Islamabad United

Another Big game for both teams PZ and IU both teams want a win today. PZ is in very good form and they wanted to win this match and register their 3rd consecutive win in PSL9 while IU desperately wants this victory to regain the moment.
Let's see who will win the game and perform well in all departments.

What's your stance on this thriller fixture?

My vote is in favor of IU.

Yet another very close loss for LQ but what a fight by Proteas player he is just brilliant bad luck for Lahorie's. They just decided on an extra 20-30 runs which cost them at the end and from me LQ is almost out of this tournament.

Peshawar Zalmi won this match by 8 runs against Lahore Qalandars. The Player of the Match is Saim Ayub youngster's performance outstanding in this match scored 88 runs in just 55 balls, unfortunately missed his well-deserved century by 12 runs short but he performed very well and reached the Peshawar Zalmi total to 211 runs. While chasing down the target Lahore Qalandars only managed to score 203 runs in a loss of 6 wickets and just lost the match 8 runs short in the total.

What a unbeatable performance of Multan Sultan squad in today match against Quetta Gladiator squad and defeated Quetta Gladiator squad with 13 scores and Quetta Gladiator sqaud was unable to achieve 180 scores defeating target. Today Queatta Gladiator sqaud lost this match due bad play in batting inning and Jason Roy  did not displayed actual performance and just collected 12 scores before going to out. Sajjad Ali batter was wiped out at 2 scores and Mohammad Wasim  also did not made real strength and got out at one score which was so bad performance. Multan Sultan squad already were on top 1 rank in standing table and emerging victory in this match they have solidified their rank as number 1 in this competition. Other match also ongoing on crease among Peshawar Zalmi squad and Lahore Qalandar squad.

What a Start by PZ ...incredible that King and Saim both played very nice shots and built an innings towards a big total of 200+.
After 8 overs 74-0.
This is what PZ is lacking in their team and I think today they get this momentum back.