Previous season runners-up Peshawar Zalmi will face Lahore Qalandars in the 30th match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League 2022 at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Monday.
Both of these teams will want to finish in the top two of the points table so that they can get two chances in the playoff stages.
Lahore has managed six wins from nine matches whereas Zalmi has won five games from nine matches. Lahore has a better NRR (+0.852) and Zalmi will need to win a huge margin to finish in the second spot. But there is no doubt that Qalandars will be the favorite to finish in the top two.
Meanwhile, Lahore Qalandars had won their previous match against Islamabad United by a huge margin of 66 runs. On the other hand, Peshawar Zalmi had also won their last game against Islamabad United by 10 runs.
When these two teams had met each other earlier in the season, Lahore Qalandars had won by 29 runs.
Peshawar Zalmi Probable XI: Kamran Akmal (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Hussain Talat, Wahab Riaz (c), Usman Qadir, Sameen Gul, Arshad Iqbal.
Lahore Qalandars Probable XI: Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Ghulam, Samit Patel, Ben Dunk (wk), David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan.
Match: Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars, Match 30, Pakistan Super League 2022
Date and Time: February 21st, 2022, Monday, 07:30 PM IST Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
Pitch: The pitch is expected to assist the spinners in the middle overs and anything above 170 should be a good score.
Prediction: Lahore Qalandars will enter the contest as slightly favorites against Peshawar Zalmi.