Topic: Pakistan Super League #PSL Discussion Thread - page 8. (Read 6090 times)

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. 

With the win yesterday, Islamabad United got themselves to the second position in points table for the Pakistan Super League (PSL). However, there is still a large gap with Multan Sultans, who have 12 points from 8 matches. Three teams (Islamabad United, Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi) have 9 points each, while Qalandars are at the bottom with just 3 points from 8 matches. 6 more matches remain in the group phase, and after that the knockout phase will start. Karachi needs to work really hard if they want to qualify. 

Match 24 Islamabad United Vs Karachi Kings
KK want to win this match to secure a 3rd position in a group and previous match victory against Quetta also gel this team together and want to continue this winning streak but on other hand IU is in very crucial stage they do not want to lose their remaining two games.
Once again we hope IU took advantage of their home ground.
Lets hope for the best but now onwards PSL9 entre in a very interesting phase where bottom 2 teams fight for their survival to be in PSL9 and try to play eliminators.

It was the strong bowling lineup of Lahore Qalandars due to which they were able to have their first win in this PSL. I wonder why they were not so successful in the earlier matches of this tournament 



Zaman, van der Dussen, Afridi help Qalandars end losing streak. The man of the match was Rassie van der Dussen who scored 64 runs in 44 balls. However, I thought that Zaman Khan 4 wickets played a more vital role in this victory. 162 runs target was not that difficult, wasn't it the bowlers who made this target difficult for Islamabad United 
Anyway it was big blow for the Islamabad United team as they are on the fourth spot and they need that win to secure their place. Now they can't afford to lose the next match.

Congratulations Lahore Qalandar for this brilliant and first win in PSL series and i am very happy because Lahore Qalandar team break record to win this game finally 

Islamabad United team won toss and they decided to give a first batting chance to Lahore Qalandar team. This game was played on Rawalpindi Stadium and also lucky for Lucky for Lahore Qalandar team. Lahore Qalandar team set 162 runs in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets and this target was enough to win and Islamabad United team was failed to chase this target and lose this game by 17 runs. R.Dusseb in this game was won player of game award by scoring 64 runs in 44 balls with four 4s and four 6s. Z.Khan also played well from bowling side and he took down 4 wickets in 3.5 overs with 37 runs.

Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars have been out from his PSL. Now, the only four teams will qualify and these teams names are Quetta, Peshawar Zalmi, Islamabad United, and Multan Sultans.
Lahore Qalandars is out from PSL as Lahore needed points more than 7 while they had just a point, and in the three matches, if they won it so they can do 7 points but at the same time, Islamabad United also had matches and United are very strong team so now Lahore chance is zero, yes but if a miracle happen and Lahore won their all matches and Islamabad United will lose their all matches so maybe we can see them at final of Knockouts.

You have seen Lahore Qalandar's explanation in the last part but also Karachi Kings lost this PSL. This is the first PSL where Karachi Kings has the worst squad ever. They have no player in the Karachi Kings team who plays in the Pakistan cricket team without Shan Masood and he is playing only test matches because by chance he becomes the captain of the Pakistan test cricket team and on that test match, the poorest performance he has in that test.
He played well at the tour match but they had to need a victory on the test series, and with this type of useless players cannot give points to Karachi Kings and if by chance they come to Semi-final so they will lose it for sure.

Karachi Kings pulled off a shocker in today's match, defeating Quetta Gladiator who are second in the points table. Many people bet in favor of Quetta Gladiator team but they performed badly from the start. And from the beginning losing wickets to the last, the team was under the pressure of wickets and collected only 118 runs. Quetta Gladiator team. However, Karachi Kings team performed very well in the last moment, Hasan Ali of Karachi Kings team played the best role in today's victory. He gave the best bowling performance.

Lahore Qalandars have a golden chance to win today's match against Islamabad United. The way Lahore Qalandar kept Islamabad United's batting from the start today if they can maintain this good ball in the end they will win this match without hesitation. Lahore Qalandars may be the only team who are yet to win a single match in the 2024 Pakistan Super League season and may end their streak with a win in today's match. As Lahore Qalandars have lost every match many are pointing fingers at their team captain.

If Islamabad United want to win today's match they need 64 balls 106 they have only four wickets but it is difficult for them at the moment. On the other hand if Lahore Qalandar want to win today's match they need four wickets and they will win as fast as they can pick up four wickets.

Lahore Qalandar vs Islamabad United

Islamabad United won the toss and decided to bowl first, a bad decision because at night it was difficult to chase down the target. Lahore Qalandar scored 162 runs in a loss of 7 wickets in the first inning of the match. Islamabad United lost his 5 wickets in just 38 runs in the first 6 overs of the match. From Lahore qalandar Zaman Khan picked 2 important wickets and Shaheen Shah Afridi picked 1 wicket and controlled the match. Islamabad United needs 125 runs from the remaining 14 overs of the match to win this match but it seems very difficult for Islamabad United.

Every win is important now as it will decide the fate of the teams on where they are placed on the points table. As you know, in PSL the team who has the first position in the point table can play the Semi-final two times. First, the team that has the number 1 position so if that team loses the first Semi-final then the second Semi-final winner will again play the match between the loser of the first Semi-final match if the loser has first position.

I hope you have understood so at this time, Multan Sultan has the highest rank but Quetta and Peshawar Zalmi can also get this rank if Multan Sultan loses their all match and also Quetta so Peshawar Zalmi can do otherwise if Quetta needs to come so no matter Multan Sultan will win their all matches or Peshawar Zalmi but they should need to win all their remaining four matches. They can come at the first position without any dependence.

Yesterday another fact became clear that in this PSL, there is only one team that can beat Multan Sultans two times, otherwise instant of Peshawar Zalmi there are 5 teams still left that have competition with them 2 times but Peshawar Zalmi the only team who can beat them. If Peshawar Zalmi wins against Multan Sultans wasn't happened then Multan Sultans could have been an unbeatable team until this time but not to be.
After this victory, Peshawar Zalmi got third position at the point table. By the way, in the stadium, we can see a lot of fans of Peshawar Zalmi while other franchises have just a small amount of fans. Peshawar Zalmi rose again because of the legend Babar Azam.

Match 23 Islamabad United Vs Lahore Qalandars
LQ again came into the ground in search of victory as they knew they were out of the race of PSL9 and now they just tried to play their remaining matches and won it by ending their season in a good way.
On the other side, IU wants to win this game to be in the top 3 and try to secure themselves for a Qualifiers. IU has the advantage of playing at their home ground and surely they will take that on their side as well.
Now let's watch the next and last match of the day and hope it's a good game of cricket at Pindi stadium.

Come on IU lets win this game and clinch the 3rd position from PZ.

What a comprehensive win by Kk they completely shattered the QG in batting and bowling chased the target in 3 wickets and won a good game. Hassan Ali with very good bowling called for MAN OF THE MATCH and the losing momentum of KK stopped now it's a good sign for the KK team and fans.

Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators two teams have come to the field to play today's match in Pakistan Super League. Quetta Gladiators team came to bat and scored 118 runs in 19.1 overs.  Kings team.Now Karachi Kings team came to bat.They scored 69 runs for 2 wickets in 10.2 overs.Karachi Kings team needed 49 runs from 57 balls to win the match.

Karachi Kings might win today's match, as they bundled out Quetta Gladiators for just 118 runs. Tim Seifert and Shan Masood have started well for Karachi, and they may improve their NRR as well in addition to winning the match today. BTW, it was a horrible performance from the Gladiators. Hasan Ali was simply unplayable, as he returned figures of 4-0-15-4. He got the important wickets of Saud Shakeel, Khawaja Nafay and two other lower order batsmen. Blessing Muzarabani and Zahid Mahmood also offered good support.

I am sure that the Pakistani selectors have noted down the performance from Hasan Ali. T20 World Cup is not far away.