Analysis of Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United.

Author: Swaraj
04 Mar 2021 16:13:22
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Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United (15th match of PSL 2021)

  1. Current Performance: Islamabad United is sitting at the top half of the table with 3 wins from their 4 matches. Alex Hales is in good touch with the bat & Hasan Ali & Faheem Ashraf are doing a nice job with the ball. Captain Shadab Khan needs to step up his game. The middle order batters also need to start contributing.

Lahore Qalandars is also sitting at the top half of the table with 3 wins from their 4 matches. Fakar Zaman & Hafeez are doing the bulk of the scoring for their team & is in good touch with the bat. The other batters in the team need to start contributing. Captain Sohail Akhtar needs to score some runs at the top of the order. Their pacers are doing a decent job.

  1. Venue: Karachi National Stadium

As the matches are played in this same venue, we will not look into the previous venue records. Watch out for the series performances section & that will be the current venue records.

Avg 1st innings score in this season- 168/6.56

Avg 2nd Innings score in this season- 169/ 4.62

Batting 1st won – 1 time

Batting 2nd won- 13 times

Barring the last match, chasing team has won 13 matches in this competition. The captain winnings the toss will look to field first.

  1. Head To Head Record: These two teams met 10 times & Islamabad United has the clear cut upper hand with 8 wins to their name as Lahore Qalandars managed to win only 2 times.

Islamabad United [ISL]                                       Lahore Qalandars [LAH]

Batting 1st Won

ISL- 3 times            LAH- 0 times

Batting 2nd Won

ISL - 5 times          LAH - 2 times

Islamabad United against Lahore Qalandars

Philip Salt has scored 14 runs in 2 innings.

Shadab Khan has scored 138 runs in 6 innings & taken 10 wickets in 8 innings.

Faheem Ashraf has scored 34 runs in 3 innings & taken 14 wickets in 5 innings.

Hussain Talat has scored 75 runs in 3 innings & taken 0 wickets in 3 innings.

Asif Ali has scored 156 runs in 8 innings.

Zafar Gohar has taken 3 wickets in 1 inning.

Mohammad Musa has taken 1 wicket in 2 innings.

Lahore Qalandars against Islamabad United

Fakar Zaman has scored 181 runs in 7 innings (25.86 avg).

Sohail Akhtar has scored 125 runs in 5 innings (25 avg).

M.Hafeez has scored 113 runs in 3 innings & 2 wickets in 3 innings.

Ben Dunk has scored 25 runs in 1 inning.

Samit Patel has scored 16 runs in 2 innings & 1 wicket in 2 innings.

David Wisse has scored 31 runs in 2 innings & taken 2 wickets in 2 innings.

Saheen Afridi has taken 5 wickets in 3 innings.

Haris Rauf has taken 2 wickets in 3 innings.

Sandeep Lamichanne has taken 1 wicket in 1 inning.

  1. Predicted 11 & Series Performances:

Islamabad United

Player’s Name

Series Performances

  1. Paul Stirling (RHB)

1(2); 56(33)

  1. Alex Hales (RHB)

29(20); 46(21); 41(27); 23(13)

  1. Rohail Nazir (RHB + WK)

34(28)

  1. Shadab Khan (RHB + leg spin)

5(6) # 33/1(4); 0(1) # 32/0(2); 6(5) # 23/0(4); 21(17) # 25/1(3)

  1. Hussain Talat (LHB + RAM)

10(16); 42(31) # 25/1(2); 22(15); 1(1)

  1. Asif Ali (RHB)

9(9); 21(9); 19(12); 16(10)

  1. Iftikar Ahmed (RHB + RAO)

1(4); 49(37)# 10/0(1); 7(12); 28/0(2)

  1. Faheem Ashraf (LHB + RAM)

22(12)# 27/1(3); 25(15) # 28/0(4); 2(40 # 14/0(2); 11/3(4)

  1. Mohammad Musa (RAM)

39/0(4)

  1. Hasan Ali (RAM)

16/1(4); 36/1(4); 14/2(4); 23/2(4)

  1. Mohammad Wasim Jr.(RAM)

29/3(4); 30/0(4); 26/1(3); 20/0(3)

 

Opening + Death Overs- Hasan Ali+ Faheem Ashraf

Lahore Qalandars

Player’s Name

Series Performances

  1. Fakar Zaman (LHB)

15(15), 82(52); 9(11); 83(54)

  1. Sohail Akhter (RHB)

14(14), 21(26); 7(12); 0(0)

  1. Joe Denly (RHB)

31(29); 0(1)

  1. M.Hafeez (RHB + Off-spin)

33(26), 73(33) # 11/0(2); 60(35); 15(9) # 19/0(2)

  1. Ben Dunk (LHB)

22(14); 1(2); 57(43)

  1. David Wisse (RHB+ RAM)

0(1) # 30/1(4), 22/0(2); 13(8) # 8/0(1); 31(9) # 42/1(4)

  1. Samit Patel (LHB+ LAO)

8(11); 26(20) # 26/1(3); 27/1(2)

  1. Sandeep Lamichanne (leg spin)

 

  1. Ahmed Daniyal  (RAM)

41/0(4), 29/1(4); 24/0(3); 37/1(4)

  1. Haris Rauf (RAM)

38/3(4); 41/0(3.2) ; 32/1(4)

  1. Saheen Afridi (LAM)

14/3(4), 43/1(4); 29/2(4);  27/3(4)

 

Death Overs: Saheen Afridi + Haris Rauf

  1. Fantasy Team With Possible C/VC Options:

Wicket-Keeper- Rohail Nazir

Batsmen- Fakar Zaman, Alex Hales, Paul Stirling

All-Rounders- M.Hafeez, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, David Wisse

Bowlers- Saheen Afridi, Ahmed Daniyal, Mohammad Wasim

Small League C/VC Options- M.Hafeez, Shadab Khan, Alex Hales, Faheem Ashraf

Grand League C/VC Options- Paul Stirling, Rohail Nazir, Sohail Akhtar, Joe Denly

  1. Fantasy Talk:
  • In Lahore favoured team we must try Sohail Akhtar & Joe Denly in the batsman section dropping Fakar Zaman in few teams.
  • Hasan Ali in the bowling section is a must try. There will be credit issue in Dream 11.

         Sandeep Lamichanne is a must try in various teams if he plays.

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