Pakistan Super League #PSL Discussion Thread

[Farhan99]

Islamabad United have scored 243 runs in there 20 overs. Peshawar got early breakthrough by getting wicket of Andries Gous but after that Farhan along with Munro thrashed Peshawar bowling. Farhan played 52 balls and scored 106 runs that include five 6s and thirteen 4s. It's not an easy job to score 244 runs batting second but as I said earlier that Peshawar has players like Babar and Saim that have the capacity and capability to play big innings. If Islamabad team can get wickets of both of them early on then match will be under there control.

The 5th game of Pakistan Super League was played between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi. Islamabad United chose to bat first with Sahibzada Farhan and Andries Goud with 9 runs partnership. Colin Munro played one down but he lost wicket at a 2nd partnership of 153 runs. IU lost first wicket at 9 runs and second wicket at 153 runs. Sahibzada Farhan showed a thrilling performance with 106 runs which made everyone applaud him. Due to his great performance, IU scored a huge target of 244 runs. In the second inning, Peshawar Zalmi opened with Saim Ayub and Babar Azam but their partnership was not expected to end soon.  The top order performed worst while one player from the middle order deserved a round of applause for his excellent performance. Mohammad Haris scored 87 runs in just 47 balls. If other players had played well as him, they would probably have won the game. But IU won this game by a great margin of 102 runs.

[JunaidAzizi]

I am interested in this match of this league and the victory of Lahore Qalandar because in these matches, hard work and dedication are seen from both sides and it is fun to watch the match only when there is hard work and strength from both sides. The way Islamabad is playing, they will win the final of this league and will win this year too. Their batsmen have scored 236 runs in 20 overs, which is the strongest and biggest target so far. Islamabad has surprised everyone in this match with the runs they have scored, Peshawar Zalmi will also be worried about how and with how much effort they will complete this target. Because Islamabad bowling will also be tough in this match, which will make it difficult for Peshawar to win this match. Islamabad also seems to be dominating everyone and is winning the match. We have guessed this victory from Islamabad target, but for now Peshawar will bat with their own bat.

I watched the match, and it ended a while ago with a victory for Islamabad United. Once again, Peshawar Zalmi lost their match. They lost by a huge margin of 102 runs. They were all out in 18 overs, which was very disappointing. They have lost two matches in this PSL, and I thought they would learn a lesson from their previous match, but their performance was worse. Only one batsman scored well for the whole team, and that is not a good sign.

However, Islamabad United scored massively, they set a huge target compared to the previous team. Every team is doing great, and this time we will see a big fight in the final. Besides all this, congratulations to the Islamabad United fans for their great victory. Maybe we can see Islamabad as the victors in all their matches.

[ZAINmalik75]

Islamabad United Vs Peshawar Zalmi

Today is the match between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi. Peshawar Zalmi already lost their first game so they are at the bottom of the table, having 6th position and already thier run rate is in minus so they must win this game to get a higher position. In the last match they were facing Quetta Gladiators where Babar Azam was out on the very first over, so this time Babar Azam and Saim Ayub, both of them should make a partnership and shouldn't go for early boundaries.

Well just like I explained at pindi track chasing team struggle to chased the required even it's below 200, because in recent few matches opponent team just able to scored hardly below 150 while chased which is really concerning and horrible as both time Peshawar lose toss and get opportunity to chase and thus lose both time, not only Peshawar but several other too. Anyway after brilliant start from Farhan Islamabad scored 240+ and once again babar failed to execute his plan later Haris try his best but all in vain as none of his partner were holding other end for long to build partnership which will allow Peshawar to absorb pressure and at a same time execute on opponent bowling lineup. Hope Peshawar will bring back wood and ihsanullah to get some different results.

[WatChe]

I watched the match, and it ended a while ago with a victory for Islamabad United. Once again, Peshawar Zalmi lost their match. They lost by a huge margin of 102 runs. They were all out in 18 overs, which was very disappointing. They have lost two matches in this PSL, and I thought they would learn a lesson from their previous match, but their performance was worse. Only one batsman scored well for the whole team, and that is not a good sign.

However, Islamabad United scored massively, they set a huge target compared to the previous team. Every team is doing great, and this time we will see a big fight in the final. Besides all this, congratulations to the Islamabad United fans for their great victory. Maybe we can see Islamabad as the victors in all their matches.

Islamabad United gave huge target to Peshawar Zalmi which was not easy to chase but the way Zalmi lost the game is shocking. Only Haris Rauf gave tough time to Islamabad United bowlers apart from that whole Peshawar batting collapsed in front of United bowling. Babar Azam got out on just one run, he was out for duck in Zalmi first game against Quetta. Zalmi quickly need to create a strategy to make a come back in PSL otherwise if they keep losing like that them they will be out of PSL in first stage.

[Sithara007]

Islamabad United gave huge target to Peshawar Zalmi which was not easy to chase but the way Zalmi lost the game is shocking. Only Haris Rauf gave tough time to Islamabad United bowlers apart from that whole Peshawar batting collapsed in front of United bowling. Babar Azam got out on just one run, he was out for duck in Zalmi first game against Quetta. Zalmi quickly need to create a strategy to make a come back in PSL otherwise if they keep losing like that them they will be out of PSL in first stage.

It is quite rare to see teams winning by more than 100 runs in T20 cricket. But Islamabad United managed to do that. My only question is why Sahibzada Farhan doesn't perform like this while playing for the national team. Playing against the Peshawar Zalmi, he managed to score 106 runs from just 52 balls. That said, his batting average in T20Is stand at just 9.55, with a strike rate of 95.55. While bowling, Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan did their job and in the end Islamabad got 2 valuable points. 

[UmerIdrees]

The rivalry game of PSL is here. This is Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars, it is always like a rivalry. Since many years ago Karachi Kings team is not looking powerful, yeah so far they are doing so well as won their last game against Multan Sultan but I am saying they always win against the Lahore Qalandars since 2022. Back to back five times Karachi King knock down the Lahore's team, let's see this time will the history remain same or will we see a different result ?

In this season, Lahore Qalandars are looking like an average team, they have lost a single game and also won a single match. On the other hand, Karachi Kings played a single match against Multan Sultans and they won it. It was a high scoring chase.

[noormcs5]

Islamabad United gave huge target to Peshawar Zalmi which was not easy to chase but the way Zalmi lost the game is shocking. Only Haris Rauf gave tough time to Islamabad United bowlers apart from that whole Peshawar batting collapsed in front of United bowling. Babar Azam got out on just one run, he was out for duck in Zalmi first game against Quetta. Zalmi quickly need to create a strategy to make a come back in PSL otherwise if they keep losing like that them they will be out of PSL in first stage.

Yesterday, Islamabad United won against the Peshawar Zalmi. Peshawar so far not doing well, first they played against Quetta Gladiators  and their batting lineup failed to make runs and were out cheaply. However, yesterday in their second game, Peshawar were bowling first, they could not control the runs and Sahibzada Farhan played to every ball into the boundary. When a bowler gives him a yorker, he goes for boundary, singles on length balls. Babar Azam was trying different bowlers, but none were able to change the game. So at the end of the day, Peshawar Zalmi stays at the bottom.

[Crypto Library]

The rivalry game of PSL is here. This is Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars, it is always like a rivalry. Since many years ago Karachi Kings team is not looking powerful, yeah so far they are doing so well as won their last game against Multan Sultan but I am saying they always win against the Lahore Qalandars since 2022. Back to back five times Karachi King knock down the Lahore's team, let's see this time will the history remain same or will we see a different result ?

In this season, Lahore Qalandars are looking like an average team, they have lost a single game and also won a single match. On the other hand, Karachi Kings played a single match against Multan Sultans and they won it. It was a high scoring chase.

Actually, Pakistan Super League has just started, this is their 6th match and since you said that this is Lahore Qalandars' second match, I still won't call them an average team.
Because I made this mistake about Indian Premier League, I thought Delhi Capitals would do Bad performance this season Because they also do poor performance last season, but they are continuously performing well and are in the top ranking in this Indian Premier League. I Guess they are in the second position right now in the Indian Premier league season 2025.

So who knows that Lahore Qalandars wouldn't going to do the same performance in this season on Pakistan super league?

Right now I am seeing that doing good Lahore Qalandars to 55 Run from 7.2 over and they are losing their two wickets. And their current run rate is 7.46.  If there can just hold some  wickets and make consistency in runrate I can say they will easily cross the 170 run. But the question is how will they do in the bowling side 

[Bitcoin_people]

Lahore Qalandars are batting at the moment and they are batting brilliantly, losing two wickets and they have built a good partnership. Daryl Mitchell and Fakhar Zaman are batting brilliantly and their partnership is now quite stable. Fakhar Zaman is batting brilliantly and his collection is 65 runs off 36 balls at the moment, he might be playing according to the target of a century. However, Karachi Kings are not bowling very well in today's match due to which they are not getting wickets, so Lahore Qalandars are batting well and their target is moving forward. The way Karachi Kings are batting, they will be able to score 200 plus runs, as both the batsmen are batting with excitement at the moment.

[Jewan420]

Lahore Qalandars are batting at the moment and they are batting brilliantly, losing two wickets and they have built a good partnership. Daryl Mitchell and Fakhar Zaman are batting brilliantly and their partnership is now quite stable. Fakhar Zaman is batting brilliantly and his collection is 65 runs off 36 balls at the moment, he might be playing according to the target of a century. However, Karachi Kings are not bowling very well in today's match due to which they are not getting wickets, so Lahore Qalandars are batting well and their target is moving forward. The way Karachi Kings are batting, they will be able to score 200 plus runs, as both the batsmen are batting with excitement at the moment.

Lahore Qalandars are one of the strongest teams in PSL. They are already 3-time champions. They have built a great squad in the current season as well and their XI is also quite balanced. The batting lineup has star batters like Fakhar Zaman, Daryl Mitchell and Sam Billings, while the bowling lineup has star bowlers like Shaheen Shah Afridi, Harris Rauf, Rishad Hossain and Sikandar Raja. They are the favorite team so far, especially in today's match. Because they have the potential to score 200+ runs and their bowling lineup is strong enough to counter this run.

[noormcs5]

Lahore Qalandars are batting at the moment and they are batting brilliantly, losing two wickets and they have built a good partnership. Daryl Mitchell and Fakhar Zaman are batting brilliantly and their partnership is now quite stable. Fakhar Zaman is batting brilliantly and his collection is 65 runs off 36 balls at the moment, he might be playing according to the target of a century. However, Karachi Kings are not bowling very well in today's match due to which they are not getting wickets, so Lahore Qalandars are batting well and their target is moving forward. The way Karachi Kings are batting, they will be able to score 200 plus runs, as both the batsmen are batting with excitement at the moment.

Lahore Qalandars are well on track to score a 200+ runs in this innings. Although they lost two quick wickets but after that we are seeing an amazing partnership between Fakhar Zaman and Daryl Mitchell. Both of them have completed their half century but i feel that one of them would go on to make a 100 today. Chances are that Fakhar Zaman may get this achievement as he is batting on 77 and looking really committed to play a big innings today. With Sam Billings and Sikandar Raza still to come, LQ are looking favorites in this match.

[virasog]

Lahore Qalandars are batting at the moment and they are batting brilliantly, losing two wickets and they have built a good partnership. Daryl Mitchell and Fakhar Zaman are batting brilliantly and their partnership is now quite stable. Fakhar Zaman is batting brilliantly and his collection is 65 runs off 36 balls at the moment, he might be playing according to the target of a century. However, Karachi Kings are not bowling very well in today's match due to which they are not getting wickets, so Lahore Qalandars are batting well and their target is moving forward. The way Karachi Kings are batting, they will be able to score 200 plus runs, as both the batsmen are batting with excitement at the moment.

Lahore Qalandars are well on track to score a 200+ runs in this innings. Although they lost two quick wickets but after that we are seeing an amazing partnership between Fakhar Zaman and Daryl Mitchell. Both of them have completed their half century but i feel that one of them would go on to make a 100 today. Chances are that Fakhar Zaman may get this achievement as he is batting on 77 and looking really committed to play a big innings today. With Sam Billings and Sikandar Raza still to come, LQ are looking favorites in this match.

Lahore Qalandars are batting at the loss of 4 wickets right now. Just in the last over delivered by Hasan Ali, he took the wicket on the very last ball and now Abbas is on bowling and he got hit a six by Mitchell. Daryl Mitchell is batting at 71 runs in 39 balls, so close to make a history with a century. Last 2 overs are left in the innings and I think Lahore can score beyond 200 by doing power hitting here. Let's see as Sikandar Raza is also there who is known for his sixes at the depth of the innings.

[hafiztalha]

Lahore Qalandars are batting at the moment and they are batting brilliantly, losing two wickets and they have built a good partnership. Daryl Mitchell and Fakhar Zaman are batting brilliantly and their partnership is now quite stable. Fakhar Zaman is batting brilliantly and his collection is 65 runs off 36 balls at the moment, he might be playing according to the target of a century. However, Karachi Kings are not bowling very well in today's match due to which they are not getting wickets, so Lahore Qalandars are batting well and their target is moving forward. The way Karachi Kings are batting, they will be able to score 200 plus runs, as both the batsmen are batting with excitement at the moment.

In 1 st game of the PSL league, LQ and IU teams played this game and in this game, LQ played very poorly in bat line and they set 139 runs target in 20 overs by losing all wickets and only Abdullah performed good and made 66 runs. But in second game, LQ bounced back in league by brilliant win with the opponent QG team. Everyone believe that LQ is a weak team and they will eliminate in this league earlier but they showed that they are not weak. Now currently playing a 6 th game with KK team. In 6 th game, LQ won toss and they elected batting first. They set 201 runs target in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. Daryl Mitchell and Fakhar Zaman helped a lot team to make such a big runs target. Daryl Mitchell made 75 runs and Fakhar Zaman made 76 runs. KK line is continue playing and KK lost 5 wickets in 8 overs and made 47 runs only.

If I predict the result of this game, KK team will lose this game by big margin.

[JunaidAzizi]

In 1 st game of the PSL league, LQ and IU teams played this game and in this game, LQ played very poorly in bat line and they set 139 runs target in 20 overs by losing all wickets and only Abdullah performed good and made 66 runs. But in second game, LQ bounced back in league by brilliant win with the opponent QG team. Everyone believe that LQ is a weak team and they will eliminate in this league earlier but they showed that they are not weak. Now currently playing a 6 th game with KK team. In 6 th game, LQ won toss and they elected batting first. They set 201 runs target in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. Daryl Mitchell and Fakhar Zaman helped a lot team to make such a big runs target. Daryl Mitchell made 75 runs and Fakhar Zaman made 76 runs. KK line is continue playing and KK lost 5 wickets in 8 overs and made 47 runs only.

If I predict the result of this game, KK team will lose this game by big margin.

I think your prediction will be right soon because Karachi Kings need 104 runs in 28 balls. This will be a very big challenge for the KK to handle such a situation because the opponent is too powerful. The bowlers have performed well, taking out 5 big players in 8 overs, which is a great victory for the Lahore Qalandars. The only possibility to win the match is to hit a four on every ball, which would make a total of 112 runs and secure their victory. However, this will not happen, they have only 18 balls left, and their 8 players are out. Only one batsman and a bowler are on the field, and I don't think they can hit every ball.

[ZAINmalik75]

Lahore Qalandars are batting at the moment and they are batting brilliantly, losing two wickets and they have built a good partnership. Daryl Mitchell and Fakhar Zaman are batting brilliantly and their partnership is now quite stable. Fakhar Zaman is batting brilliantly and his collection is 65 runs off 36 balls at the moment, he might be playing according to the target of a century. However, Karachi Kings are not bowling very well in today's match due to which they are not getting wickets, so Lahore Qalandars are batting well and their target is moving forward. The way Karachi Kings are batting, they will be able to score 200 plus runs, as both the batsmen are batting with excitement at the moment.

It was quite interesting fight to watch as fakhar zaman were once again smashing opponent bowling lineup hardly at early stage of the game, no doubt thier young sensation Naeem and Abdullah unable to add some vital contribution. But later some ordinary contribution from Mitchell get 200+ target for his team. While on the other hand just like other previous game chasing team struggle to get the required run rate and thus early back to back vital wickets execute huge pressure on them as a result rest of batting lineup unable to handle situation and collapse hardly and that's how Lahore get the second victory

[Compromise me]

Lahore Qalandars are batting at the moment and they are batting brilliantly, losing two wickets and they have built a good partnership. Daryl Mitchell and Fakhar Zaman are batting brilliantly and their partnership is now quite stable. Fakhar Zaman is batting brilliantly and his collection is 65 runs off 36 balls at the moment, he might be playing according to the target of a century. However, Karachi Kings are not bowling very well in today's match due to which they are not getting wickets, so Lahore Qalandars are batting well and their target is moving forward. The way Karachi Kings are batting, they will be able to score 200 plus runs, as both the batsmen are batting with excitement at the moment.

It was quite interesting fight to watch as fakhar zaman were once again smashing opponent bowling lineup hardly at early stage of the game, no doubt thier young sensation Naeem and Abdullah unable to add some vital contribution. But later some ordinary contribution from Mitchell get 200+ target for his team. While on the other hand just like other previous game chasing team struggle to get the required run rate and thus early back to back vital wickets execute huge pressure on them as a result rest of batting lineup unable to handle situation and collapse hardly and that's how Lahore get the second victory

Lahore Qalandars cricket team made pressure in this match and two players played big innings in this match which were Fakhar Zaman and Daryl Mitchell. Both players made 70 plus runs in this match. Fakhar Zaman play with strike rate of 161 and he hit 5 sixes and 6 fours and Daryl Mitchell played with strike rate of 183 which was very excellent in this match and he hit 2 sixes and 9 fours . Hasan Ali took 4 wickets in this match and he was  good bowler in this match but other bowlers gave more runs in this match.Karachi Kings could not handle the pressure of match and gave wickets back to back. I think Karachi Kings did big mistake by choosing Warner in this team because he is not compatible for the team and he was unsold in IPL.

[UmerIdrees]

I watched the match, and it ended a while ago with a victory for Islamabad United. Once again, Peshawar Zalmi lost their match. They lost by a huge margin of 102 runs. They were all out in 18 overs, which was very disappointing. They have lost two matches in this PSL, and I thought they would learn a lesson from their previous match, but their performance was worse. Only one batsman scored well for the whole team, and that is not a good sign.

However, Islamabad United scored massively, they set a huge target compared to the previous team. Every team is doing great, and this time we will see a big fight in the final. Besides all this, congratulations to the Islamabad United fans for their great victory. Maybe we can see Islamabad as the victors in all their matches.

Islamabad United gave huge target to Peshawar Zalmi which was not easy to chase but the way Zalmi lost the game is shocking. Only Haris Rauf gave tough time to Islamabad United bowlers apart from that whole Peshawar batting collapsed in front of United bowling. Babar Azam got out on just one run, he was out for duck in Zalmi first game against Quetta. Zalmi quickly need to create a strategy to make a come back in PSL otherwise if they keep losing like that them they will be out of PSL in first stage.

At the match start Peshawar Zalmi got the wicket of Andries Gous. Sahibzada Farhan hit the ball on the back side, Siam Ayub and Muhammad Hairs, the keeper, ran to pick the ball and throw it to the wickets, but after taking a double, don't know why both of the players went for one more run and lost their wicket. The Umpire couldn't understand what happened, so he took the review, and the result was out and Peshawar Zalmi was happy at that time, but then Sahibzada Farhan smashed the boundaries and Peshawar couldn't be happy again for another time in the game. 

[Sithara007]

At the match start Peshawar Zalmi got the wicket of Andries Gous. Sahibzada Farhan hit the ball on the back side, Siam Ayub and Muhammad Hairs, the keeper, ran to pick the ball and throw it to the wickets, but after taking a double, don't know why both of the players went for one more run and lost their wicket. The Umpire couldn't understand what happened, so he took the review, and the result was out and Peshawar Zalmi was happy at that time, but then Sahibzada Farhan smashed the boundaries and Peshawar couldn't be happy again for another time in the game. 

After Sahibzada Farhan, it is the turn of Fakhar Zaman. He smashed 76 from just 47 balls for Lahore Qalandars. Daryl Mitchell added another 75 from 41 balls, and in the end Lahore Qalandars reached a total of 201/6. Hasan Ali picked up 4 wickets, but that was the lone bright spot in Karachi Kings bowling. And in return, David Warner got out for zero in the very first over. There was hardly any resistance from KK, apart from the 39 from Khushdil Shah towards the end. They were clueless against the bowling of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Rishad Hossain.   

[Just Say]

We see similar performances in almost every match of the Lahore Qalandars cricket team in the Pakistan Super League. I saw that Fakhar Zaman was Man of the Match in a previous match and in yesterday's match, no one else could take that spot except Fakhar Zaman. In fact it was a real coincidence because Rishad Hossain was also performing at the same level. Maybe everyone believed wholeheartedly that the team would compete with quality under the leadership of David Warner. But David Warner could not be the right craftsman to fight to that standard because everyone saw that he was dismissed for just 0 runs for the Karachi Kings team.

[noormcs5]

We see similar performances in almost every match of the Lahore Qalandars cricket team in the Pakistan Super League. I saw that Fakhar Zaman was Man of the Match in a previous match and in yesterday's match, no one else could take that spot except Fakhar Zaman. In fact it was a real coincidence because Rishad Hossain was also performing at the same level. Maybe everyone believed wholeheartedly that the team would compete with quality under the leadership of David Warner. But David Warner could not be the right craftsman to fight to that standard because everyone saw that he was dismissed for just 0 runs for the Karachi Kings team.

Yesterday, Lahore Qalandars were batting first. They scored 201 runs. By the way, in the last over of the first innings, Lahore played very well and scored very well. When Karachi Kings came to bat, to be honest they were looking stronger as a team and their confidence. They have good match winning players too. I was thinking they would win the game but Karachi's batsmen failed to reach the target. David Warner got out on the second ball by Shaheen Shah Afridi and then Lahore hopes were raised again and they won the match. This is Lahore's second victory in this PSL.