Topic: Pakistan Super League #PSL Discussion Thread - page 8. (Read 6428 times)

At yesterday's match, when Karachi needed 3 runs in 1 ball so I remember a thing after this type of chasing, firstly, in the 2022 World Cup when Shadab Khan was out and he also out to Nawaz in the hungry of runs so it could be very difficulty for Pakistan. Then Shaheen Shah Afridi was doing batting and Pakistan needed 3 runs in 1 ball so Shaheen Shah Afridi tried to hit four on the front side but Zimbabwe team already knew that he could do a thing like this that's why the bowler already placed a fielder in the near of front side, and Shaheen Shah Afridi was able to make just 1 run on that ball, which cause of Pakistan lose.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-2022-23-1298134/pakistan-vs-zimbabwe-24th-match-group-2-1298158/full-scorecard

Today match between Islamabad United and Multan Sultans is very important for Islamabad United. Islamabad United is in number 3rd position on the point table with 9 points. They played 9 matches so far in this PSL and won 4 matches and also lost 4 matches, 1 match is drawn between Lahore Qalandar and Islamabad United. While Multan Sultans is already qualified for the playoff Islamabad United must win this match to qualify for the Super Four of the Pakistan Super League.

Today the 27th match of Pakistan Super League will start, and this 27th match will be attended by Multan Sultan vs Islamabad United team. Among these two teams, Multan Sultan team is occupying the top first place in the points table. So in today's match I will support Multan Sultan team, I think this team is the strongest among these two teams.

Karachi Kings team is performing very well towards the last. The Karachi Kings team had a poor start and ended up at the bottom of the points table, but they have improved themselves over a long period of time and are currently ranked fifth in the points table. Although they have won only four games out of nine matches, they are a little behind because of less wins in more matches. At least they don't have much chance so if they can perform very well in the few matches ahead then I think they will definitely get a chance to play the semi-final match.

It was an amazing match between Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars. Full of thrilling, both team were close to win where the victory was depending on last 1 bowl! Lahore Qalandars started batting first and Abdullah Shafique & Fakhar Zaman had done their half century Earlier. And then Sikandar Raza and specially David Wiese handle the finishing line where David Wiese did 24 runs from 9 bowls. 177 runs was score for target. As response, Karachi Kings was ready to make more runs earlier.. and they also successful with their mission. The end was thrilling where Shoaib Malik have hit the 4s and proof his value again by archive the victory

This was a very fantastic and close match. Lahore Qalandars performance through out the tournament remain worst but today the way team Lahore Qalandars played was marvelous. If Lahore team play from start that type of batting and blowing then their chances of qulaify would be high. What a poor last delivery from ZAMAN KHAN. Field was set in the off side but Zaman khan gives juicy full toss. Shoaib Malik will be happy from such delivery and he becomes hero for the team because not only he win the match for his team but also their hopes for next round will be now still alive.

At this time, anything can happen at the stadium of Karachi and I think this is the first time in Karachi where the crowd is too much in some enclosures. Just a catch dropped by Sikandar Raza and to explain this Lahore Qalandars has to be reviewed but the review was not good for Lahore Qalandars and Shaheen Shah Afridi is not happy with this. Just a ball left of Shaheen's over and the ball gone too high by Shoaib Malik and got for a four.
Now, Karachi has needed 8 runs in 6 balls to win. Also, it can be dangerous because now Shoaib Malik lost his strike and now the first ball of the last over is going to be played by Anwar Ali and I think it would be good if he will take single and gave a strike to Shoaib Malik.

Things not looking good for Karachi kings they need 65 more runs on just 34 balls and not many hitters left. Lahore Qalandars wont make it to next round and they will ensure that neither Karachi kings make it to next round. Magnificat batting from Fakhar Zaman and Shafique, both scored half centuries. Game is slightly towards LQ but KK still had a chance to win this game if Shoaib Malik and Irfan Khan can play a heroic innings.   

Karchi king positive start 48 runs without loss of any wickets in just 5th over of the match. Lahore qalandar batting first and scored 177 runs in loss of 5 wickets. From Karachi kings Zahid Mahmood picked 2 important wickets for his team by just giving only 27 runs and restricted Lahore under 180 runs. Karchi kings need 130 runs from 90 balls to win this match, James Vince played a good start 41 runs unbeaten.

The last week of the playoff is full of thrillers everyone wants to win the game and secure their position for eliminator and qualifiers, PZ and MS already qualify for the next stage of PSL9 now we will see which two teams proceed further and join PZ and MS.
About today's match LQ's win against IU boosted their morale and hopefully, they play with team spirit and win this game too.

Today is a must win game for Karachi Kings and the game is of zero interest for Lahore Qalandars. The PSL is getting interested as MS and PZ have qualified for play off stage while competition is between QG, IU and KK for the 3rd and 4th position. The last few games of PSL will be fun of action as three teams will be fighting hard for the next stage. IU last game will be against furious Multan Sultans and it will be difficult for them to beat them. 

In front of Babar Azam and Saim Ayub no one could struggle to win the match because on one side, Babar Azam hitting back to back cover drives while Saim Ayub didn't wait for just a second and hit sixes and didn't waste powerplay then in bowling also Saim Ayub took easily two wickets in every single match.

I think the greatest all-rounder of Pakistan is Saim Ayub. Faheem Ashraf, Muhammad Nawaz, and Imad Wasim are nothing in front of him. Yes, if a player can compete with him is Shadab Khan, he is a very good player but also we cannot understand Saim Ayub. He has started the innings of both batting and bowling (Alrounder), what a good player he is and that's a time when Pakistan needed this type of an all-rounder.

Today we will see the match between Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars and still, they had a very good chance to win but at the same time, if Karachi Kings will win it and Quetta loses their match tomorrow against Multan Sultans then Karachi Kings again win the match against Peshawar Zalmi on 11th March so it will be a chance to qualify on Semi-final for Karachi Kings. Quite difficult but still theoretically possible.

By the way, Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi are the only teams who have lost their match with Karachi Kings but I hope that if Lahore Qalandars loses then Peshawar Zalmi will not going to lose the match against Karachi Kings at Karachi.

I think Saim Aub is greater than the all-rounder of Pakistan without Shadab Khan, If you say that a small boy how beat Imad Wasim's and Faheem Ashraf's records so remember that in the 2017 World Cup, Imad Wasim took just 2 wickets in a whole cup, and also in the 2019 World Cup of ODI, he again took 2 wickets, then in 2021, he finally got 4 wickets while Saim Ayub took 4 wickets in just 2 matches. 
Also, we don't feel this, Imad Wasim didn't take wickets because the other Pakistani team playing well, and he did two overs in the T20 and in the ODI he did 6 overs of mid overs where all batsmen had active their peaceful mood  (focus on single and doubles) which see us that he is doing good bowling.

Islamabad United won the toss and decided to field first. Islamabad United captain made good use of his decision. Islamabad United managed to restrict Lahore Qalandars to just 162 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Islamabad United went into bat against the target of 163 runs given by Lahore Qalandars. Couldn't score good runs due to which Islamabad United lost by 17 runs. If Islamabad United batsmen could have batted responsibly then they could have won the match against Lahore Qalandars. Lahore Qalandars bowled very well especially Zaman Khan bowled very well. Zaman Khan took 4 wickets with 37 runs in 3.5 overs.

We have seen different types of celebrations on his fifty today (Baber Azam). A new Celebration comes in the town by Babar Azam. When Babar Azam completed his century then he put his locket in which a small bat was built with the color of grey and he kissed to hit and then showed it to the whole crowd and if you know, this same type of celebration done by Virat Kohli at the test match against England and he did that after making a full century. At Virat Kohli's locket, a rock was present of metal and Babar Azam also had metal. 2 best players and 2 same celebrations. 

Today's match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators is in progress. The bowling line-up of Zalmi was very good where they have bowlers like Aamir Jamal, Muhammad Zeeshan and others.

By the way, Muhamad Zeeshan didn't take wickets but he is used in a very good way by the captain to put pressure on the team who is the opponent. This ability is very good but at the same time, he should focus on his wickets because he is not playing for another country, he is playing for Pakistan and in Pakistan we have a lot of bowlers and the talent is so great that new bowlers are emerging that are better to each other.

Today we will see Babar Azam and Mohammad Amir playing against each other again. Last time, Babar Azam made a very good play against Muhammad Amir but if you remember still that in the last season of this PSL Babar Azam was out early at the first match by Amir. He could not play him but on 14 February when they again played to each other, on that time, Babar Azam hit a century and played very well against him but in this PSL, if we will see the same style and compare it with the previous season this time, at the first match, Babar played well against Mohammad Amir so anything can happen but always there are chances of improvement.

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If there is a match of Quetta and we are not talking about Amir so how the comment will finish? The player who out Tendulkar at 12 out of 11 at the World Cup of 2009, where was Mohammad Amir playing his first World Cup when he was of 16, while at the 2016 Asia Cup, he did come back after jail for 6 months and was banned for 4 or 5 years so on that time, he bowled all the Indian team.
Also with him Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir did match fixing with him but only Mohammad Amir came because Asif was starting to use drugs which caused he cannot be played any league and come back again Salman Butt didn't want to play but Amir is the only one who came again—the legend of the Pakistan Cricket team.

Match 25 Peshawar Zalmi Vs Quetta Gladiators
Another thriller is coming up live from Pindi Stadium in a couple of hours, both teams want to win this game earn the Qualify badge, and put themselves in a safe zone of PSL9.
Both teams are very good and use their strength to win the games previously either chasing or defending the total.
We all hope that today we see a good game of cricket

My vote is in favor of QG

What do you say about this encounter, Respected members, and which one is your favorite for this match?

The scenario is now getting clear for next round. Lahore Qalandars are out and Karachi Kings also have very low chances of making it to next round. KK can only qualify for the next round if they win both of there remaining games and one team from Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta loses all of there remaining games. Islamabad has one game left against mighty Multan Sultans which they might lose and if they lost that game then KK has to beat Lahore and Zalmi in last two matches.