Eliminator 1 - PSL'2021

Author: Shreyas
21 Jun 2021 04:51:25
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Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings - Eliminator 1 of the Pakistan Super League'2021, at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Points Table Scenario

PES - 10-5w/5l (3rd)
KAR - 10-5w/5l (4th)

Series Performers till now

PES

Shoaib Malik - 8th highest run (244), Avg (30.50) - 10M/10I
Sherfane Rutherford - 10th highest run scorer (241), Avg (34.43) - 10M/10I
Kamran Akmal - 11th highest run scorer (226), Avg (22.60) - 10M/10I

Wahab Riaz - 3rd highest wicket taker (14), Avg (21.86), SR (15) - 9M/9I
Mohammad Irfan - 14th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (28.86), SR (20.57) - 7M/7I

KAR

Babar Azam - Highest run scorer (501), Avg (71.57) - 10M/10I
Sharjeel Khan - 4th highest run scorer (312), Avg (31.20) - 10M/10I

Arshad Iqbal - 12th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (29), SR (19.50) - 8M/8I

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 135

Avg 1st Innings - 160
Avg 2nd Innings - 144

Highest total - 225/7 (Ireland vs Afghanistan - 30th November'2013)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

PES - 7-3w/4l (42.86%)
KAR - 6-3w/3l (50%)

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

PES

Shoaib Malik - 12th highest run scorer (273), Avg (34.13) - 12M/11I
Kamran Akmal - 20th highest run scorer (232), Avg (33.14) - 7M/7I

Wahab Riaz - 45th highest run scorer (7), Avg (25.71), SR (19.43) - 6M/6I

KAR

Babar Azam - 5th highest run scorer (359), Avg (44.88) - 11M/11I
Najibullah Zadran - 24th highest run scorer (221), Avg (36.83) - 12M/11I

Imad Wasim - 20th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (17.09), SR (16.91) - 9M/9I
Thisara Perera - 58th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (18.33), SR (15) - 5M/5I

(iv) Recent T20 Matches on this venue

1) Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United - 19th June'2021
149/10 vs 150/6 (ISL won by 4 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+4w=10w
Spinners - 4w+2w=6w

2) Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators - 19th June'2021
176/7 vs 162/6 (KAR won by 14 runs)

Sharjeel Khan - 45(34)
Danish Aziz - 45(13)
Chadwick Walton - 34(27)*
Babar Azam - 23(25)
Mohammad Ilyas - 3w
Arshad Iqbal - 2w

Pacers - 1w+5w=6w
Spinners - 5w+0w=5w

3) Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars - 18th June'2021
169/8 vs 89/10 (MUL won by 80 runs)

Pacers - 7w+9w=16w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

4) Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars - 17th June'2021
176/5 vs 169/7 (KAR won by 7 runs)

Babar Azam - 54(44)
Martin Guptill - 43(31)
Imad Wasim - 30(19)* & 1w
Mohammad Ilyas - 2w
Noor Ahmed - 2w
Abbas Afridi - 1w

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

5) Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi - 17th June'2021
247/2 vs 232/6 (ISL won by 15 runs)

Shoaib Malik - 68(36) & 1w
Kamran Akmal - 53(32)
Sherfane Rutherford - 29(8)
Wahab Riaz - 28(15)*
Umaid Asif - 20(9)*
Sameen Gul - 1w

Pacers - 1w+6w=7w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

6) Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators - 16th June'2021
183/5 vs 73/10 (MUL won by 110 runs)

Pacers - 3w+5w=8w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w

7) Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi - 15th June'2021
108/9 vs 109/4 (PES won by 6 wkts)

Abbas Afridi - 27(18)*
Sharjeel Khan - 25(24)
Imad Wasim - 19(31) & 2w
Najibullah Zadran - 17(27)
Aamer Yamin - 1w
Noor Ahmad - 1w
Hazratullah Zazai - 63(26)
Haider Ali - 16(16)
Wahab Riaz - 3w
Abrar Ahmed - 3w
Sameen Gul - 2w

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

8) Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars - 15th June'2021
158/5 vs 140/10 (QUE won by 18 runs)

Pacers - 3w+8w=11w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

9) Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United - 14th June'2021
190/4 vs 191/2 (ISL won by 8 wkts)

Babar Azam - 81(54)
Najibullah Zadran - 71(42)*
Sharjeel Khan - 25(17)
Abbas Afridi - 1w
Waqas Maqsood - 1w

Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

10) Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans - 13th June'2021
166/7 vs 167/2 (MUL won by 8 wkts)

Sherfane Rutherford - 56(40)
Kamran Akmal - 35(27)
Haider Ali - 28(30)
David Miller - 22(14)
Mohammad Irfan - 1w
Mohammad Imran - 1w

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

11) Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars - 13th June'2021
152/7 vs 124/10 (ISL won by 28 runs)

Pacers - 7w+4w=11w
Spinners - 0w+4w=4w

12) Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators - 12th June'2021
197/5 vs 136/9 (PES won by 61 runs)

David Miller - 73(46)
Kamran Akmal - 59(37)
Rovman Powell - 43(19)*
Mohammad Irfan - 3w
Umaid Asif - 2w
Wahab Riaz - 2w
Fabian Allen - 1w

Pacers - 2w+7w=9w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

13) Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United - 11th June'2021
133/10 vs 137/0 (ISL won by 10 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+0w=7w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

14) Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi - 10th June'2021
170/8 vs 160/8 (LAH won by 10 runs)

Shoaib Malik - 73(48)
Umaid Asif - 23(12)* & 1w
David Miller - 21(23)
Wahab Riaz - 17(10) & 1w
Sherfane Rutherford - 15(10)
Fabian Allen - 2w
Mohammad Imran - 1w
Mohammad Irfan - 1w

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 2w+5w=7w

15) Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings - 10th June'2021
176/5 vs 164/7 (MUL won by 12 runs)

Babar Azam - 85(63)*
Chadwick Walton - 35(23)
Thisara Perera - 2w
Waqas Maqsood - 1w
Imad Wasim - 1w

Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

16) Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars - 9th June'2021
143/9 vs 144/5 (LAH won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 8w+3w=11w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

SUMMARY OF WICKETS

Pacers
1st Innings - 65w
2nd Innings - 56w

Spinners
1st Innings - 24w
2nd Innings - 25w

Overall
121w:49w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Peshawar Zalmi (PES)

1. Wahab Riaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 17(10)&1w, 3w, 28(15)*&0w

2. Abrar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w

3. Amad Butt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

4. Bismillah Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 63(26), 0(1)

6. Fabian Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)&2w

7. Fidel Edwards
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Haider Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 28(30)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(6), 16(16)

9. Imam Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(4), 7(8)

10. Kamran Akmal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 72(50), 59(37), 35(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(6), 1(5), 9(9), 53(32)

11. Mohammad Amir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Mohammad Irfan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

13. Mohammad Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

14. Mohammad Imran Randhawa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Rovman Powell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(19)*&0w, 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 2(9)*, 14(11)

16. Waqar Salamkheil
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

17. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(12), 56(40)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(10), 2(5)*, 29(8)

18. Shoaib Malik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(7), 26(26), 2(6)&0w, 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(34)*&0w, 42(31)*, 9(20), 73(48), 0(2)&0w, 68(36)&1w

19. Umaid Asif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(12)*&1w, 0w, 20(9)*&0w

20. Sameen Gul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

Karachi Kings (KAR)

1. Imad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 14(5)*&1w, 0w, 19(31)&2w, 30(19)*&1w, 3(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0(1)&1w

2. Abbas Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 27(18)*&0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Aamer Yamin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Arshad Iqbal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

5. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 68(55)*, 7(9), 12(18), 81(54), 0(1), 54(44), 23(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(24)*, 1(8), 1(2), 85(63)*

6. Chadwick Walton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 1(2)* 0(1), 10(6), 34(27)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(23)

7. Danish Aziz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(10)*&0w, 45(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(4), 4(7), 43(31), 5(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(9), 11(16)

9. Mohammad Amir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

10. Mohammad Ilyas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Thisara Perera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(7)&0w, 3(4)&3w, 0(1)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)&2w

12. Mohammad Haris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(15), 72(35), 71(42)*, 17(27), 0(1), 12(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(11)*, 11(5)*, 11(6)

14. Noor Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Qasim Akram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(3)&0w

16. Sharjeel Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(17), 25(24), 13(10), 45(34)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(13), 4(6)

17. Waqas Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

18. Zeeshan Malik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
 

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
14 - 9w/5l (In favour of PES)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of KAR)

(iii) On this Venue
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of PES)

(iv) Recent head to head matches

1) Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi - 15th June'2021
108/9 vs 109/4 (PES won by 6 wkts)

Abbas Afridi - 27(18)*
Sharjeel Khan - 25(24)
Imad Wasim - 19(31) & 2w
Najibullah Zadran - 17(27)
Aamer Yamin - 1w
Noor Ahmad - 1w
Hazratullah Zazai - 63(26)
Haider Ali - 16(16)
Wahab Riaz - 3w
Abrar Ahmed - 3w
Sameen Gul - 2w

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

2) Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings - 3rd March'2021
188/5 vs 191/4 (KAR won by 6 wkts)

Sherfane Rutherford - 46(32)
Amad Butt - 27(7)*
Kamran Akmal - 21(17)
Mohammad Irfan - 1w
Mohammad Imran - 1w
Babar Azam - 77(47)*
Mohammad Ilyas - 2w
Abbas Afridi - 2w

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

3) Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings - 3rd March'2020
151/8 vs 152/4 (KAR won by 6 wkts)

Shoaib Malik - 68(55)
Babar Azam - 70(59)*
Chadwick Walton - 22(16)
Mohammad Amir - 4w
Aamer Yamin - 1w

Pacers - 8w+2w=10w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w

4) Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi - 21st February'2020
201/4 vs 191/7 (KAR won by 10 runs)

Babar Azam - 78(56)
Imad Wasim - 50(30)
Sharjeel Khan - 19(11)
Umaid Asif - 2w
Mohammad Amir - 1w
Kamran Akmal - 43(26)
Shoaib Malik - 16(12)

Pacers - 3w+5w=8w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

5) Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings - 12th March'2019
203/7 vs 142/10 (PES won by 61 runs)

Kamran Akmal - 86(48)
Imam Ul Haq - 59(40)
Wahab Riaz - 2w
Imad Wasim - 30(25)
Babar Azam - 13(9)
Mohammad Amir - 3w

Pacers - 6w+9w=15w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

ON THIS VENUE (HEAD TO HEAD)

1) Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi - 15th June'2021
108/9 vs 109/4 (PES won by 6 wkts)

Abbas Afridi - 27(18)*
Sharjeel Khan - 25(24)
Imad Wasim - 19(31) & 2w
Najibullah Zadran - 17(27)
Aamer Yamin - 1w
Noor Ahmad - 1w
Hazratullah Zazai - 63(26)
Haider Ali - 16(16)
Wahab Riaz - 3w
Abrar Ahmed - 3w
Sameen Gul - 2w

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

(v) Top Performers when these two sides meet

PES

Kamran Akmal - Highest run scorer (476), Avg (36.62) - 13M/13I
Shoaib Malik - 4th highest run scorer (203), Avg (29) - 8M/8I
Imam Ul Haq - 8th highest run scorer (115), Avg (57.50) - 2M/2I

Wahab Riaz - 3rd highest wicket taker (12), Avg (25.58), SR (20) - 11M/11I
Umaid Asif - 7th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (31.40), SR (27) - 6M/6I

KAR

Babar Azam - 2nd highest run scorer (444), Avg (49.33) - 11M/11I
Imad Wasim - 6th highest run scorer (136), Avg (22.67) - 10M/7I

Mohammad Amir - Highest wicket taker (16), Avg (21), SR (18.75) - 13M/13I

(vi) Toss Based Analysis - Head to Head

Peshawar Zalmi (PES)

1. Wahab Riaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 11(6)&2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w

2. Abrar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

3. Amad Butt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(7)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Bismillah Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 63(26)

6. Fabian Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Fidel Edwards
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Haider Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2), 9(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(3), 16(16)

9. Imam Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 56(43), 59(40)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Kamran Akmal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 104(65), 14(5), 75(51), 77(27), 0(5), 86(48), 4(8), 21(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(6), 14(12), 43(26), 9(9)

11. Mohammad Amir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Mohammad Irfan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w

13. Mohammad Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Mohammad Imran Randhawa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Rovman Powell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(9)*

16. Waqar Salamkheil
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 46(32)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(5)*

18. Shoaib Malik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(36), 51(27)*&1w, 68(55), 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 16(12), 0(2)&0w

19. Umaid Asif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

20. Sameen Gul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

Karachi Kings (KAR)

1. Imad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 50(30)&0w, 19(31)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(19)&0w, 6(1)*&0w, 26(27)&1w, 30(25)&0w, 0w, 0w

2. Abbas Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(18)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

3. Aamer Yamin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w

4. Arshad Iqbal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(5), 46(38), 78(56), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(7), 28(20), 66(50), 63(45), 1(4), 13(9), 70(59)*, 77(47)*

6. Chadwick Walton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(6)*, 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(16)

7. Danish Aziz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

8. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Mohammad Amir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 4w, 0w

10. Mohammad Ilyas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

11. Thisara Perera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Mohammad Haris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Noor Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Qasim Akram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Sharjeel Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(11), 25(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(3), 0(1)

17. Waqas Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(7)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Zeeshan Malik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) Peshawar Zalmi (PES):

OUT: David Miller
IN: Hazratullah Zazai

Probable XI

1) Kamran Akmal (Wk) - RHB
Last 10 - 53, 9, 35, 59, 1, 1, 6, 21, 3, 3, 37, 5, 8

2) Hazratullah Zazai - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0, 63, 0, 20, 2, 6, 4, 7, 59, 47

3) Haider Ali - RHB
Last 10 - 16, 28, 0, 3, 5, 3, 12, 14, 9, 36

4) Shoaib Malik - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 68r 1w, 0r 0w, 0, 2r 0w, 73, 1, 29*, 34, 11*, 26

5) Sherfane Rutherford - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 29, 2*, 50, 10, 15, 46, 6*, 36*, 15, 26

6) Rovman Powell - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 14, 2*, 4, 43*, 0, 7, 16, 19, 29r 1w, 2r 3w

7) Wahab Riaz (C) - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 28r 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 17r 1w, 28r 2w, 4w, 20r 2w, 0w

8) Abrar Ahmed - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 9w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 5w, 6w, 3w, 5w, 5w

9) Umaid Asif - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 20r 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 23r 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w

10) Sameen Gul - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 2w

11) Mohammad Irfan - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w

BENCH

12) Amad Butt - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 27r 0w, 23r 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 26r 0w, 0w, 0w

13) Waqar Salamkheil - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 1w

14) Mohammad Imran Randhawa - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 13r 1w, 2w, 46r 2w, 6r 2w, 0w, 0w, 100r 1w

15) Bismillah Khan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 42, 7, 73, 38, 16, 8, 0, 92, 48, 38

16) Imam Ul Haq - LHB
Last 10 - 7, 57, 5, 70, 0, 41, 48, 0, 24, 4

17) Mohammad Amir Khan - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 5w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w

18) Mohammad Imran - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w

Safe C/VC choices
Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik

B) Karachi Kings (KAR):

Probable XI

1) Sharjeel Khan - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 45, 13, 25, 25, 4, 18, 8, 0, 64, 27, 105

2) Martin Guptill - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 5, 43, 4, 6, 11, 44, 21, 35, 26, 20, 38

3) Babar Azam - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 23, 54, 0, 81, 85*, 2, 0, 52, 41, 2, 24

4) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 12, 0, 17, 71*, 11, 72*, 12, 0*, 45*

5) Chadwick Walton (Wk) - RHB
Last 10 - 35*, 10, 0, 1*, 35, 0, 0, 1, 4, 23, 9*, 18

6) Imad Wasim (C) - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 3r 0w, 30r 1w, 19r 2w, 0w, 0r 1w, 0w, 0, 1w, 1w, 1w, 12r 1w, 13r 1w

7) Danish Aziz - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 45, 16r 0w, 22r 2w, 15, 9r 0w, 3r 0w, 5r 1w, 65r 0w, 28r 4w, 101r 0w

8) M Abbas Afridi  - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1w, 27r 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w

9) Waqas Maqsood - LHB, LFM
Last 10 -  0w, 1w, 1w, 12r 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w

10) Noor Ahmed - RHB, Left-Arm Chinaman
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 1w

11) Mohammad Ilyas - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 4w

BENCH

12) Aamer Yamin - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 73r 0w, 17r 0w, 23r 1w, 1r 0w, 35r 3w, 7r 2w, 93r 1w, 19r 6w, 6r 2w

13) Zeeshan Malik - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 15, 1, 44, 4, 18, 3, 6, 5, 54, 17

14) Thisara Perera - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0r 0w, 0r 2w, 45, 32, 67, 52*, 58, 68, 3r 1w

15) Arshad Iqbal - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 2w

16) Mohammad Amir - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w

17) Mohammad Haris (Wk) - RHB
Last 10 - 7, 100, 20*, 54, 20, 1, 68, 19, 24

18) Qasim Akram - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 50r 1w, 27, 44r 0w, 67r 2w, 108r 0w, 5, 22r 0w, 60r 1w, 46r 0w, 30r 0w

Safe C/VC choices
Babar Azam, Sharjeel Khan

Differential C/VC choices

PES

Wahab Riaz, Haider Ali
Hit or Miss: Hazratullah Zazai

KAR

Najibullah Zadran, Imad Wasim
Hit or Miss: Martin Guptill, Mohammad Ilyas, Danish Aziz

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)

Wk - K Akmal
Bat - B Azam, S Khan, H Zazai, S Malik
AR - U Asif, I Wasim
Bowl - W Riaz, A Iqbal

Options for the remaining 2 spots -
1. Danish Aziz/Najibullah Zadran
2. Mohammad Irfan/Sameen Gul

If you want to accomodate Martin Guptill, remove A Iqbal for M Ilyas, and keep A Afridi as your third bowler in the team.

Options for GL -
Haider Ali, Chadwick Walton, Sherfane Rutherford

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:53:00 GMT
India legspinner displaces Rashid Khan at the top on the back of a Player-of-the-Series show against Australia
Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:46:44 GMT
Rajasthan and Haryana had already made it to the quarters, whereas Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Bengal will play the pre-quarter-finals
Mon, 04 Dec 2023 07:13:17 GMT
India's last-over hero in Bengaluru glad to get a chance to bounce back from an expensive start to win the game for his team
Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:55:16 GMT
Left-arm quick defends nine runs in final over; McDermott's fifty in vain for Australia
Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:26:46 GMT
Mumbai, Kerala, Karnataka in knockouts; other knockout spots will be finalised on December 5 after the last round of league matches
Sun, 03 Dec 2023 13:24:56 GMT
With the series in their bag, India might look to rest a few of their players in the final T20I
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:21:12 GMT
Among the top capped India players listed in the final pool are Veda Krishnamurthy, S Meghana, Meghna Singh and Devika Vaidya
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 14:50:48 GMT
The ten franchises have a total of 77 slots to fill at the auction on December 19 in Dubai
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 06:14:01 GMT
India's new middle-order batters starred before Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi left Australia in a tangle
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 04:26:32 GMT
Karnataka's 24-year-old left-handed batter Satheesh Shubha also earned a call-up for the Tests against England and Australia
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:57:16 GMT
Ajinkya Rahane, who was vice-captain on the West Indies tour earlier this year, has been dropped
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:10:13 GMT
Chahal and Samson return to the ODI squad, whereas Rinku and Sudharsan earn maiden call-ups in the format
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:05:07 GMT
Experimentation could be on the cards for both teams as hosts look to pick themselves up after the loss in third T20I
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:17:16 GMT
While the exact duration of his second term is not yet known, it will be at least until the 2024 T20 World Cup in June
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:14:40 GMT
Maxwell and Matthew Wade finished in a blizzard of boundaries after the equation came down to 43 off 12 balls
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:20:16 GMT
However, it isn't confirmed whether Dravid has accepted the offer, which comes days after India's defeat in the World Cup final
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:20:07 GMT
With Australia needing 43 off 12 balls, India seemed to have the advantage. Maxwell and Wade, though, had other ideas
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:09:25 GMT
Seamer last played for India in December 2022, and came in even as Mukesh Kumar was released for his marriage ahead of third T20I
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:55:06 GMT
India eye early series wrap as teams head to Guwahati in the east from the south-west corner of the country with a turnaround time of under 48 hours
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:08:49 GMT
A day after being released by Gujarat Titans, the keeper-batter made the second-fastest List A hundred by an Indian batter
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:45:43 GMT
The team management explains the reasons behind getting the Australia allrounder from Mumbai in an all-cash trade
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:41:00 GMT
The batter takes over from Hardik Pandya, who was traded to Mumbai Indians
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:10:18 GMT
"It has not sunk in yet that I am finally back where my whole cricketing journey started," Hardik says
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 07:34:34 GMT
How the ten IPL squads stack up after the player retention deadline of November 26, ahead of the auction on December 19
Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:12:33 GMT
Half-centuries from the top three and three wickets apiece for Bishnoi and Prasidh set up India's dominant display
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:04:26 GMT
He came into this T20I series after a prolific Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he averaged 96 with a strike rate of 143.28
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:46:11 GMT
Australia have World Cup winners Head, Maxwell and Zampa waiting in the wings, while India have all-round options in Dube and Washington to pick from
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 18:04:22 GMT
Allrounder's stint as captain of Gujarat Titans set to come to an end after two seasons
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 08:22:00 GMT
Tournament finishes as the most watched at venues and on TV and digital platforms
Thu, 23 Nov 2023 18:33:26 GMT
Three wickets off three successive deliveries in the final over left India needing one off one, before Rinku calmly bludgeoned a six as Sean Abbott bowled a no-ball
Thu, 23 Nov 2023 12:53:43 GMT
CSK have not yet said if they are going to release Stokes, having made him their most expensive auction buy ever ahead of the 2023 season
Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:44:41 GMT
India offspinner also raises concerns over the quality of the white Kookaburra ball used for bilateral series and IPL, as compared to the ones used in ICC events
Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:22:26 GMT
The two teams meet for their fourth separate series in India this calendar year, not including the World Cup which finished four days ago or the WTC final
Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:25:21 GMT
KKR are hoping for a change of fortunes after finishing seventh in both 2022 and 2023
Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:55:37 GMT
The move will be tested on a trial basis between December 2023 and April 2024 in men's ODIs and T20Is
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:46:27 GMT
Shreyas Iyer will be available for only the last two games
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 07:00:50 GMT
Labuschagne wasn't anywhere near Australia's World Cup squad until two months ago... but fate had something else in store for him
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 06:20:54 GMT
Indian coach lauds "exceptional leader" Rohit Sharma for "giving so much of his time and energy in the dressing room to the boys"
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 04:11:19 GMT
Rohit Sharma feels India were 20-30 runs short with the bat and one more early wicket away from making a game of it in Ahmedabad
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 04:06:10 GMT
The opener also took a spectacular catch earlier in the game to send back Rohit Sharma, after which Australia's bowlers put India in a chokehold
Sat, 18 Nov 2023 18:05:50 GMT
"I'm very happy [that even] at this age I'm leading the team into the final. I never thought it'll happen," India captain said
Sat, 18 Nov 2023 14:33:40 GMT
Can Jupiter take down the Sun, in front of over 100,000 hyper-partisan fans in blue?
Thu, 16 Nov 2023 03:46:12 GMT
India batter becomes the first to score 50 ODI hundreds, and also breaks Tendulkar's record for most runs in a World Cup
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 23:58:44 GMT
Virat Kohli set a new record for ODI hundreds in a rampaging batting display from the hosts to overwhelm New Zealand
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:24:15 GMT
New Zealand captain says India "didn't give us a sniff" after putting almost 400 on the board
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:38:28 GMT
"Every time he comes on to the park, he does something special," Gill says of Kohli
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:05:57 GMT
"We wanted to take that semi-final out of the equation, not to think too much about it"
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 18:16:22 GMT
India scored the highest total in a World Cup knockout match before Daryl Mitchell scored a scarcely believable 134 off 119
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:03:30 GMT
There is no ICC requirement that World Cup knockout matches must be played on unused pitches
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 03:33:38 GMT
Rohit and Co have racked up nine wins in a row while New Zealand have become what they need to be to win
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 23:18:21 GMT
There are eyes on the weather in Kolkata ahead of Australia facing South Africa
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:05:28 GMT
Ahead of the semi-final against New Zealand, Rohit Sharma says the team environment isn't dictated by results
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:22:27 GMT
The majority of the World Cup squad is likely to be rested with fringe players set to get opportunities
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:58:53 GMT
He is used to his side being underestimated, even after reaching the final of the previous two 50-over World Cups
Mon, 13 Nov 2023 06:20:12 GMT
Two of them are World Cup winners and one is a trailblazer in women's cricket
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 23:31:15 GMT
The group stage of the tournament is complete with the hosts signing off in style ahead of facing New Zealand in the first semi-final
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 18:57:31 GMT
Rahul Dravid was pleased with the bench strength that India have built up
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 17:07:21 GMT
A 160-run victory was set up by blistering hundreds from the middle-order
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 02:14:28 GMT
The group stage is almost complete with India looking to make it nine from nine against Netherlands
Sat, 11 Nov 2023 14:46:40 GMT
Will Rohit Sharma be tempted to tinker with his XI?
Sat, 11 Nov 2023 12:05:21 GMT
India's coach praised the contributions of the middle order, and was also pleased with how the team coped with Hardik Pandya's absence
Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:49:55 GMT
The 33-year old Punjab allrounder played three ODIs for India in 2016
Thu, 09 Nov 2023 23:38:51 GMT
New Zealand beat Sri Lanka to all but lock up another semi-final with India while Allan Donald is issued a please explain from the BCB
Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:37:02 GMT
Shubman Gill is the new No. 1 ODI batter, leapfrogging Babar Azam, while Siraj has reclaimed the top spot on the bowling table
Wed, 08 Nov 2023 01:02:03 GMT
Bottom-placed England face Netherlands in a match that could decide Champions Trophy qualification
Tue, 07 Nov 2023 17:09:41 GMT
What do Bangladesh, England, Netherlands and Sri Lanka need to do in their last World Cup fixtures?
Mon, 06 Nov 2023 23:58:54 GMT
An international first took place in a heated contest between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka while Afghanistan look to boost semi-final hopes
Mon, 06 Nov 2023 03:32:38 GMT
Five-wicket haul follows lower-order runs to highlight allrounder's crucial role
Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:00:39 GMT
Kohli's 49th ODI century and Jadeja's five-for widened the gap between India and the rest while Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have concerns over Delhi's air quality
Sun, 05 Nov 2023 18:27:45 GMT
"It's important that we stay in the moment. That's the constant talk from game one, it's not like we want to change anything," he adds
Sun, 05 Nov 2023 16:49:45 GMT
Kohli and Iyer lifted India to an above-par 326 for 5 and in return South Africa could manage just 83
Sun, 05 Nov 2023 16:24:23 GMT
India batter says Sachin Tendulkar's message is 'special' after equalling his world record
Sun, 05 Nov 2023 15:47:59 GMT
He got to the milestone on his 35th birthday in India's World Cup match against South Africa at Eden Gardens
Sun, 05 Nov 2023 00:02:56 GMT
Fakhar's century and rain put New Zealand's semi-final hopes in jeopardy while England are finally formally knocked out as Australia win five in a row
Sat, 04 Nov 2023 17:12:49 GMT
The big call at the toss, for either team, is whether to do what they do best or make the opposition do what they don't like too much
Sat, 04 Nov 2023 12:31:44 GMT
The allrounder had suffered an ankle injury while bowling against Bangladesh
Sat, 04 Nov 2023 02:09:56 GMT
Afghanistan power past Netherlands to put themselves firmly in the semi-final mix while undermanned New Zealand and Australia face Pakistan and England respectively
Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:11:55 GMT
Sri Lanka were blown away for just 55 while Afghanistan and Netherlands are set for a critical meeting
Fri, 03 Nov 2023 06:40:58 GMT
India batter says he has no issue tackling short-pitched bowling, following a match-winning 82 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai
Fri, 03 Nov 2023 05:40:07 GMT
India scored 357 for 8 and then their fast bowlers routed Sri Lanka for 55 in 19.4 overs
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 18:32:39 GMT
"How we approached the seven games has been quite clinical - everybody put in the effort"
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 17:23:38 GMT
Fast bowler becomes India's highest wicket-taker in World Cups, over-taking Javagal Srinath and Zaheer Khan
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 12:06:29 GMT
Also, can Sri Lanka and Netherlands still qualify?
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 06:47:10 GMT
The two teams will play an ODI at the Wankhede for the first time since the 2011 World Cup final
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 04:45:55 GMT
India captain says his spinners have "so much skill" to apply pressure on batters in home conditions
Wed, 01 Nov 2023 16:36:46 GMT
BCCI says there won't be any fireworks for remaining World Cup games in Mumbai and Delhi
Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:52:06 GMT
India are unlikely to bring the allrounder back until the final group game against Netherlands on November 12
Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:10:17 GMT
Shaheen and Fakhar combine to beat Bangladesh while South Africa and New Zealand meet in Pune just days after the Rugby World Cup final
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 23:18:14 GMT
Afghanistan and Sri Lanka face each other in a crucial game for their semi-final ambitions
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 18:24:44 GMT
The India captain says the side were "not great with the bat" in Lucknow, but having hung around to give his bowlers something to work with, he knew they could "do magic"
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 18:07:20 GMT
Allrounder had injured his ankle during the game against Bangladesh on October 19
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 17:42:09 GMT
Bumrah took three wickets as India successfully defended 229 against England
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 16:22:50 GMT
Rohit Sharma's 87 was pivotal to India scoring 229 on a tricky surface, a total they defended with aplomb
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 16:13:02 GMT
The top seven sides at the ODI World Cup along with hosts Pakistan will compete in the eight-team event
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 02:19:24 GMT
The Trans-Tasman meeting became a run-laden final-ball thriller as New Zealand fell agonisingly short while Bangladesh had a day to forget
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 06:08:36 GMT
Defending champions England are hanging by a thread with just one win from five matches
Sat, 28 Oct 2023 17:04:48 GMT
"There's something within the team that is definitely unsettled," former captain says
Sat, 28 Oct 2023 11:10:29 GMT
"That injury had, obviously, a huge impact on me and my career. It wasn't such a happy moment for me"
Sat, 28 Oct 2023 02:19:22 GMT
Pakistan's hopes slip further after a heartbreaking loss while Bangladesh and Netherlands aim to keep their tournament alive
Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:45:16 GMT
The tour will follow England's three T20Is and Test match, with both sets of matches to be played in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai
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