Pakistan Super League #PSL Discussion Thread

[Doll2233]

Finally after four straight defeats Hyderabad finally secure green result, Karachi after warner injury wasn't looking full fledged team as his contribution via bat as well as leadership tactics really mean for team at such crucial situation, although Hendricks replace his position but hasn't make much difference for them. While Hyderabad at chased make such shuffle at lineup shift saim two down and captain lead the opening pair with aggressive mode on which surprinsgly tackle the top order collapse and thus later some pure power hitting from tail ender Hassan get the required to register thier win and thus (apka Bhai Kuch kary ga be ready) a viral meme from Hyderabad Kingsman owner hence proved 

After a long wait, here is the good news for Hyderabad Kingsmen's fans, they finally enjoyed a game. Hassan Khan played a great knock of 30+  runs that really helped the team a lot. Hassan Khan came in 8th position but had a huge impact overall in the game, so I hope that in future games they will make a great, suitable batting order that will help the team and players play to their full potential.

Islamabad United team showed poor performance in this match. It was very disappointed inning. Just 4 players played well remaining other players showed irresponsible performance. No on could stay on crease for long time. Convey and mark chapman inning was outstanding. Remaining other players could not perform well. So they playing first scored 153 runs and lost 9 wickets in 20 overs. On the other hand Hyderabad Kingsmen showed brilliant performance. The had great comeback after a long time. It was 2nd victory of Hyderabad Kingsmen. In the middle of game they played slow when saim ayoub was batting. But Glenn Maxwell took charge, he scored 21 runs in 9 balls and he finished the match in 18.1 overs. It was great victory for Hyderabad Kingsmen and they feel hope to win the next matches.

[virasog]

Today's match between Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultan is going to be quite interesting. Peshawar's team set a target of 196 runs, in which the bowlers of Multan's team tried to make them score the minimum target and put pressure on them to bowl, but now their team is chasing the target they gave. Almost 14 overs have passed and four players have also been out, but the score which is 140 is going quite well if you look at it overall. Now they need about 75 runs in seven overs. Let see if their team can do it or not. In 14 over they have completed almost half the score. And if we talk about their batting all the player are contributing their share in a sequence and the target chasing is going on. Sahibzada Farhan who has been out after scoring 17 runs, would have been easier to chase the target if he had played.  But the Peshawar team has also created a complete obstacle on its side through bowling.

Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and decided to bat first. First of all, the way Muhammad Haris played, the words totally failed to praise him. Today he did not repeat his previous game, he played very well after making a gap and then playing big shots. Due to his fast start, the team of Peshawar Zalmi dominated the game from the start. Then on the 18th over, Peter Siddle got 2 wickets and Muhammad too with clever movements.

[noormcs5]

Yes, Peshawar Zalmi is unbeaten team in this Pakistan super league session under the captaincy of king Babar Azam. Peshawar Zalmi amazing performance in this match winning the important match by 24 runs against Multan Sultan. After this win Peshawar Zalmi moved to top position on point table by five matches and didn't lose single match so far in this session only one match os tied between Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United. Multan Sultan moved to second position on point table by winning four matches out of six matches with 8 points. The man of the match performance by Sufiyan Muqeem in this match picking 3 crucial wickets by giving only 30 runs with impressive economy rate and limited Multan Sultan at 172 runs and easily win this match.

The way Babar Azam did captaincy, no amount of praise is enough for him. When Arafat Minhas was playing, at that time mid off was in and long on was a bit far. Babar placed both inside, and it made Arafat Minhas feel like playing a boundary, and he tried for it, but he got out. That is an example of great and excellent bowling. While if we look at his batting, it was not so good as in the previous game, he played big innings and scored high runs, but still better luck next time.

[Sithara007]

The way Babar Azam did captaincy, no amount of praise is enough for him. When Arafat Minhas was playing, at that time mid off was in and long on was a bit far. Babar placed both inside, and it made Arafat Minhas feel like playing a boundary, and he tried for it, but he got out. That is an example of great and excellent bowling. While if we look at his batting, it was not so good as in the previous game, he played big innings and scored high runs, but still better luck next time.

In the recent matches, Babar has performed well with the bat as well. 87 against Karachi Kings gave his team (Peshawar Zalmi) a valuable win and made sure that they stay at the top of the table. The way that Babar rotates his bowlers, especially Sufiyan Muqeem, Iftikhar Ahmed and Nahid Rana is commendable. After bowling out Karachi Kings for just 87 runs, they did the same to Lahore Qalandars (bowled out for just 97). In spin bowling department, Zalmi are looking extremely strong (need to mention Michael Bracewell as well). At the moment, they look all set to win this season's PSL.

[Bd officer]

PCZ vs MS 22nd Match

Peshawar Zalmi had a great start in this match and they performed well towards the end as well. Mohammad Haris played a brilliant innings of 38 runs off 17 balls and Kusal Mendis scored 68 runs off 40 balls and in the end Peshawar Zalmi managed to score 196 runs which was a good target.

We can say that Multan Sultans did well in the beginning but they could not do well in the end because they needed 51 runs in the last 5 overs to win but they scored only 26 runs and lost by 24 runs.
Anyway, if we look at the points table then till now Peshawar Zalmi is unbeaten but Rawalpindi is the only team who is winless. There is a two day break and it will start again from 15th April.

[HustleZ]

PCZ vs MS 22nd Match

No doubt Kusal mendis and Peshawar is in great forum. They won back to back 4 matches and haven't lost a single game in this tournament which is a great record. Honestly it's really good to see Peshawar being the top team and dominating because for a long time it was the team which was in the middle-ish area of the table and would advance only by prayers and other teams losing matches and they didn't even qualify the last time and this is a great comeback.

[Sithara007]

Tomorrow Peshawar Zalmi, the table toppers will take on 5th placed Quetta Gladiators at the Karachi National Stadium. A win for Zalmi will further cement their position at the top, and at the moment they have a comfortable 3 point lead over the third placed Sultans. For Zalmi, the outcome of the match will depend on bowlers (especially Sufiyan Muqeem) and the top-order batsmen (esp. Babar Azam and Kusal Mendis). Mendis in particular has been in flying form so far in this season. He has a 160 plus strike rate as well. Gladiators on the other hand will be dependent on Rossouw and Tariq.

Stake has given the advantage to Zalmi, at 1.65. But Gladiators are not too behind at 2.20. IMO, placing a bet for Zalmi can be a good option at these odds.

[MinMan]

At the end of 22 matches, Peshawar Zalmi leads the league table by 11 points with 5 wins and 1 NR, the only team this season without losing any game, while Multan Sultans are second in the league table with 8 points. Karachi Kings can overtake them, but their coming game is not easy against Islamabad United on 16th April.

Quetta Gladiators and Hyderabad Kingsmen are doing a good job both have 4 points each. There are still 18 games left in the group stages a few changes can happen, but Lahore Qalandars are in terrible form, while Pidiz are looking for their first win. Coming games are going to be more exciting because now all are looking for spots in the playoffs.

[Farhan99]

Today's match between Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultan is going to be quite interesting. Peshawar's team set a target of 196 runs, in which the bowlers of Multan's team tried to make them score the minimum target and put pressure on them to bowl, but now their team is chasing the target they gave. Almost 14 overs have passed and four players have also been out, but the score which is 140 is going quite well if you look at it overall. Now they need about 75 runs in seven overs. Let see if their team can do it or not. In 14 over they have completed almost half the score. And if we talk about their batting all the player are contributing their share in a sequence and the target chasing is going on. Sahibzada Farhan who has been out after scoring 17 runs, would have been easier to chase the target if he had played.  But the Peshawar team has also created a complete obstacle on its side through bowling.

Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and decided to bat first. First of all, the way Muhammad Haris played, the words totally failed to praise him. Today he did not repeat his previous game, he played very well after making a gap and then playing big shots. Due to his fast start, the team of Peshawar Zalmi dominated the game from the start. Then on the 18th over, Peter Siddle got 2 wickets and Muhammad too with clever movements.

Yeah, in Pakistan Super League the game between Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi was very enjoyable and Peshawar Zalmi defeated Multan by 24 runs. Peshawar opens  inning first with Muhammad Haris and Babar Azam and both the openers  showing thier class in a good way and Muhammad Haris played a aggressive knock of  38 runs and also Baber scores 18 runs and in middle order Kusal Mendis is in amazing form and showing a very powerful hitting by putting a winning knock of 68 runs and also Farhan Yousaf played a very useful knock of 30 runs and at the end of the innings Zalmi set a huge target of 197 runs.

Multan Sultans opens inning with Sahibzada Farhan and Steven Smith and both the openers starts the innings in a good way and Farhan played well knock of 17 runs and also Smith played a very defensive knock of 31 runs and in middle order Josh Philippe was amazing in batting and played a very aggressive knock of 32 runs and also Shan Masood showing his skills of hitting by scoring 35 runs and no doubt Multan batters doing their best for run chase but don't succeed and at the end of the innings scores 172 runs and can't chase the target successfully and Peshawar won game

[MusaPk]

At the end of 22 matches, Peshawar Zalmi leads the league table by 11 points with 5 wins and 1 NR, the only team this season without losing any game, while Multan Sultans are second in the league table with 8 points. Karachi Kings can overtake them, but their coming game is not easy against Islamabad United on 16th April.

Quetta Gladiators and Hyderabad Kingsmen are doing a good job both have 4 points each. There are still 18 games left in the group stages a few changes can happen, but Lahore Qalandars are in terrible form, while Pidiz are looking for their first win. Coming games are going to be more exciting because now all are looking for spots in the playoffs.

Rawalpindiz have played 5 games and lost all games while Hyderabad Kingsmen were finally able to find 2 back to back victories after 4 straight loss. Its clear that PSL is over for Rawalpindiz and it also looks difficult for LQ and HHK to qualify for the next round. At this moment its difficult to say which four teams will qualify for the next round except Peshawar Zalmi who are in good position to qualify for next round with unbeaten record so far.

[AgriTrack]

PCZ vs MS 22nd Match

No doubt Kusal mendis and Peshawar is in great forum. They won back to back 4 matches and haven't lost a single game in this tournament which is a great record. Honestly it's really good to see Peshawar being the top team and dominating because for a long time it was the team which was in the middle-ish area of the table and would advance only by prayers and other teams losing matches and they didn't even qualify the last time and this is a great comeback.

As can be seen, this match includes the teams of Peshawar and Multan, in which the Peshawar team has performed well. This match has been played at the National Stadium in Karachi. If we look at the previous matches, the Peshawar team has 2 points and the Multan team has no points. This proves that the Peshawar team is stronger because they have more points and they have proven themselves strong in today's match as well, in which they have given their opponent a target of 196, which is a good score in terms of overs. If we look at the performance of their team, the highest score among them is made by Kusal Mendis, which consists of 68 runs. If we look at their performance in terms of overs, they had scored 50 in 5 overs. They have kept themselves strong in this match and if we look at their opponent team, which is Multan Sultans, they have completed 172 runs out of the target. If we look at their team, they have scored the most runs.  Shan Masood made a good score from his team which is 35 and he has scored 100 runs in 10 overs which proves that he has shown a little negligence in his batting due to which he has lost a few scores and Peshawar took advantage of this and won it by 24 runs.

[noormcs5]

In the recent matches, Babar has performed well with the bat as well. 87 against Karachi Kings gave his team (Peshawar Zalmi) a valuable win and made sure that they stay at the top of the table. The way that Babar rotates his bowlers, especially Sufiyan Muqeem, Iftikhar Ahmed and Nahid Rana is commendable. After bowling out Karachi Kings for just 87 runs, they did the same to Lahore Qalandars (bowled out for just 97). In the spin bowling department, Zalmi are looking extremely strong (need to mention Michael Bracewell as well). At the moment, they look all set to win this season's PSL.

Babar Azam early smashed a boundary, a great and excellent six on the off side, and yesterday also Babar Azam was trying to have big shots even after the power play ended. In the ball where Babar Azam got out, he tried to charge it, but it touched the bottom of the bat and he got out. Then on the third number, Kusal Mendis scored 68 runs too, he was playing really an excellent innings and also at the same time Sri Lankan batsmen knew how to play on tricky pitches, they bat a lot on spinning tracks.

[ZAINmalik75]

Tomorrow Peshawar Zalmi, the table toppers will take on 5th placed Quetta Gladiators at the Karachi National Stadium. A win for Zalmi will further cement their position at the top, and at the moment they have a comfortable 3 point lead over the third placed Sultans. For Zalmi, the outcome of the match will depend on bowlers (especially Sufiyan Muqeem) and the top-order batsmen (esp. Babar Azam and Kusal Mendis). Mendis in particular has been in flying form so far in this season. He has a 160 plus strike rate as well. Gladiators on the other hand will be dependent on Rossouw and Tariq.

Peshawar were truly on fire from start of the tournament after brutal form of mendis, baber some middle order beast and Bangali pacer but after announcement of Bangali pacer departure for his national duty put huge gap especially at pace factory because nahid were unplayable through out his matches and rest too and somehow that were the reason Peshawar keep thier hold over opponent regardless of thier strength while defending below 200 target. Now may be dahani , Ali Raza and khuram replace them but it will be huge question mark will they be delivered same. Anyhow against Quetta match points will almost secure thier position for semifinals.

[virasog]

Peshawar were truly on fire from start of the tournament after brutal form of mendis, baber some middle order beast and Bangali pacer but after announcement of Bangali pacer departure for his national duty put add huge gap especially at pace factory because nahid were unplayed and rest too and somehow that were the reason Peshawar keep thier hold over opponent regardless of thier strength while defending below 200 target. Now may be dahani , Ali Raza and khuram replace them but it will be huge question mark will they be delivered same. Anyhow against Quetta match points will almost secure thier position for semifinals.

In the previous match of Quetta Gladiators, Rilee Rossouw was the player of the game but I would like that tomorrow Quetta Gladiators will change their game style. For example from the previous game, as we know that Rilee Rossouw was MVP (Most Valuable Player) but all the problem is all about the strike rate.

Yeah, Rawalpindi's batting order was not so good, that's why Quetta Gladiators won that game, but this time we demand more from them to play with boundaries instead of slowly building the innings. On the other hand, Hasan Nawaz and Jahandad Khan filled the gap.

[noormcs5]

Peshawar were truly on fire from start of the tournament after brutal form of mendis, baber some middle order beast and Bangali pacer but after announcement of Bangali pacer departure for his national duty put add huge gap especially at pace factory because nahid were unplayed and rest too and somehow that were the reason Peshawar keep thier hold over opponent regardless of thier strength while defending below 200 target. Now may be dahani , Ali Raza and khuram replace them but it will be huge question mark will they be delivered same. Anyhow against Quetta match points will almost secure thier position for semifinals.

So far, Quetta Gladiators have not achieved any milestones. They are struggling overall in the tournament. Yeah if you see the stats then they won two games but the teams they were facing that time was just providing the free points for all the teams, that is like a practice match against Pindiz and Hyderabad but yeah at the same time, Hyderabad Kingsmen made a comeback in the league, but that's an different topic. The main thing so far is that Quetta has not beaten any senior team.

[Sithara007]

So far, Quetta Gladiators have not achieved any milestones. They are struggling overall in the tournament. Yeah if you see the stats then they won two games but the teams they were facing that time was just providing the free points for all the teams, that is like a practice match against Pindiz and Hyderabad but yeah at the same time, Hyderabad Kingsmen made a comeback in the league, but that's an different topic. The main thing so far is that Quetta has not beaten any senior team.

Gladiators are at #5, which means that they need to work hard in order to secure a spot in the playoffs. Zalmi is dominating the table at the moment, with Sultans and United trailing at some distance. One advantage for Gladiators is that they have played one match less when compared to the other teams. So in case if they win today against the top-ranked Peshawar Zalmi, then they can progress to 4th position in the table. But a win against Zalmi? That is going to be very difficult. Zalmi is the only team that has remained unbeaten so far in this edition of the Pakistan Super League.

BTW, I was checking the odds @ Stake. Zalmi are the overwhelming favorites at 1.65.

[welovebit]

So far, Quetta Gladiators have not achieved any milestones. They are struggling overall in the tournament. Yeah if you see the stats then they won two games but the teams they were facing that time was just providing the free points for all the teams, that is like a practice match against Pindiz and Hyderabad but yeah at the same time, Hyderabad Kingsmen made a comeback in the league, but that's an different topic. The main thing so far is that Quetta has not beaten any senior team.

Gladiators are at #5, which means that they need to work hard in order to secure a spot in the playoffs. Zalmi is dominating the table at the moment, with Sultans and United trailing at some distance. One advantage for Gladiators is that they have played one match less when compared to the other teams. So in case if they win today against the top-ranked Peshawar Zalmi, then they can progress to 4th position in the table. But a win against Zalmi? That is going to be very difficult. Zalmi is the only team that has remained unbeaten so far in this edition of the Pakistan Super League.

BTW, I was checking the odds @ Stake. Zalmi are the overwhelming favorites at 1.65.

Gladiators are always inconsistent, but their overall record against Zalmi is impressive. Just because of this, bookies are giving good odds for Zalmi @1.65. In the last 5 games, Zalmi won 1 while Gladiators had 4 wins.
This is interesting. I am expecting a good fight from the Gladiators because they need this win to have their chances to jump into the top 4. In case of loss, they could be in deep trouble, while Zalmi is already doing well enough that they could relax in this game.
A big win against Pindiz gives good motivation to the Gladiators in this game. Gladiator's odds are not moving from @2.25 its also interesting.

[HustleZ]

Peshawar were truly on fire from start of the tournament after brutal form of mendis, baber some middle order beast and Bangali pacer but after announcement of Bangali pacer departure for his national duty put add huge gap especially at pace factory because nahid were unplayed and rest too and somehow that were the reason Peshawar keep thier hold over opponent regardless of thier strength while defending below 200 target. Now may be dahani , Ali Raza and khuram replace them but it will be huge question mark will they be delivered same. Anyhow against Quetta match points will almost secure thier position for semifinals.

Nahid Rana was no doubt the main pillar in Peshawar's bowling and I have praised him before on his ability to bowl good lengths with great speeds, sad he's gone and well definitely see an impact on the team as the replacements aren't that skilled you can say but still we can hope for the best. To compensate for the departure of nahid rana the replacements have to play well or there will be alot of burden on the batting lineup and spinners. So if there isn't a good replacement I fear they may collapse. But I'm sure Peshawar has many players to play and Ali raza is a good bowler no doubt with khuram too but I see a problem in dahani because he concedes alot.

[Sithara007]

Gladiators are always inconsistent, but their overall record against Zalmi is impressive. Just because of this, bookies are giving good odds for Zalmi @1.65. In the last 5 games, Zalmi won 1 while Gladiators had 4 wins.
This is interesting. I am expecting a good fight from the Gladiators because they need this win to have their chances to jump into the top 4. In case of loss, they could be in deep trouble, while Zalmi is already doing well enough that they could relax in this game.
A big win against Pindiz gives good motivation to the Gladiators in this game. Gladiator's odds are not moving from @2.25 its also interesting.

Given the form Zalmi is in (they are yet to lose a match in this season of the Pakistan Super League), I would say that 1.65 is an under-statement. Personally I would have accepted something in the vicinity of 1.40. The match will take place at Karachi, and this should not give any special advantage to either of these two teams. As long as their star players such as Kusal Mendis and Sufyan Muqeem are fit and playing, Zalmi will be automatically be the favorites. Need to mention Nahid Rana as well. The Bangladeshi pacer has been exceptional during the depth overs.

[Jaweria parveen]

Gladiators are always inconsistent, but their overall record against Zalmi is impressive. Just because of this, bookies are giving good odds for Zalmi @1.65. In the last 5 games, Zalmi won 1 while Gladiators had 4 wins.
This is interesting. I am expecting a good fight from the Gladiators because they need this win to have their chances to jump into the top 4. In case of loss, they could be in deep trouble, while Zalmi is already doing well enough that they could relax in this game.
A big win against Pindiz gives good motivation to the Gladiators in this game. Gladiator's odds are not moving from @2.25 its also interesting.

I don't think so because PZ performing and power are more than them and in this league and they are also capable of this powerful that PZ does not consider them more than their power and more intelligence and PZ has won more games than them. I think you have made a mistake in giving the data of the games of these teams because PZ has played 6 games and won 5 of them and 1 game was postponed for which 1 point was added to their record and similarly there is a mistake in the data of QG that they have played 5 games and won 3 games with nice trying. This is a new twist in the game and even if they win in this, they will not go to 4 because KK also has 6 points and they can also have 6 after that they have to win then they can go to 4. PZ struggling and intelligence will be more in this game because their performing and style of play is more and QG will come out of the field only after losing to them.