Day: June 21, 2021

Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field first against Karachi Kings in the first Eliminator of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 2021) sixth edition.

The winner of this match will play the loser of the Qualifier.

Despite some hiccups on the way, Peshawar has produced some thrilling cricket to ensure a playoff berth.

Shoaib Malik has been their top scorer to date with 244 runs in 10 games at an average of 30.50 and a strike rate of 140.22, he made two fighting half-centuries against Lahore and Islamabad to ensure his team fought all the way, in pursuit of steep targets while minimizing the damage to their net run rate.

 

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Wahab has led the bowling charts for Peshawar with his spirited efforts with the new and the old ball, so far taking 14 wickets from nine league matches at an average of 21.85.

Karachi had to fight hard to resurrect their campaign after losing the first three matches of the second leg, which left them on the verge of elimination.

Karachi won a last-over thriller against Lahore, before defeating Quetta to clinch the fourth spot in the playoffs, ahead of their arch-rivals Lahore.

Babar Azam leads the PSL 2021 batting charts with 501 runs in 10 matches at an average of 71.57, Babar has scored six half-centuries in the tournament so far.

Sharjeel Khan, contributed 312 runs in the 10-league stage matches at an average of 31.

Emerging category pacer Arshad Iqbal is the leading wicket-taker for Karachi, so far taking eight scalps in as many matches at 29.

Peshawar has won nine matches while Karachi has won five matches.

 

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Multan Sultan won the game by 31 runs against Islamabad United in the Qualifier of Pakistan Super League (PSL 2021) sixth edition.

After defeating Islamabad, Multan qualified for the finals.

While Islamabad will either face Karachi Kings or Peshawar Zalmi in eliminator 2.

Sohail Tanvir got an early breakthrough for Multan as he bowled Colin Munro in the second bowl of the first over for a duck.

In the third over, Imran Khan Snr’s direct hit at non-striker’s end dismissed Muhammad Akhlaq on 10 runs, as he struggled to get across the pitch.

In the fifth ball of the same over, Sohail got the wicket of skipper Shadab Khan on duck, with a nice catch by Shan Masood at the cover drive.

Blessings Muzarabani, in the ninth over, sent Iftikhar Ahmed back to the pavilion on 16 runs after chipping the ball to Multans’ wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan and broke an important 40-run partnership between Iftikhar and Usman Khawaja.

In the 10th over, Mohammad Rizwan stumped Asif Ali on 1 run as he looked to flick a slow bowl by Imran Tahir.

Usman after Hussain Talat handed him the strike in the 14th over of Blessings and smacked 18 runs.

Sohail in the 15th over dismissed Usman for 70 runs.

Imran struck again in the 16th over, as he dismissed Hasan Ali on 10 runs with an impressive catch by Rilee Rossouw at long-off, while in the 18th over Mohammad Wasim on 13 runs fell lbw.

Blessings dismissed all-rounders Faheem Ashraf on duck and Hussain Talat on 25 runs and took his team to the finals of the tournament.

 

Earlier, Multan had won the toss and decided to bat first against Islamabad.

 

Islamabad won the match against Multan by four wickets.

Islamabad won five matches on the trot to finish with a staggering eight wins in 10 league-stage matches. They had won three out of their first four matches of the Karachi leg.

 

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The foreign opening duo of Usman Khawaja and Colin Munro has dazzled for them.

Usman posted the only century of the Abu Dhabi leg, leading Islamabad to victory in a record-breaking, high-scoring thriller against Peshawar Zalmi last week.

 

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Multan Sultan sets a target of 181 runs for Islamabad United in the Qualifier of Pakistan Super League (PSL 2021) sixth edition.

Multan had won the toss and decided to bat first against Islamabad.

Akif Javed got the first and important wicket of Mohammad Rizwan in the second over after he made an appeal for caught behind, the skipper could not get the bat on it.

Shadab Khan was able to break the partnership of Sohaib Maqsood on 59 runs and Shan Masood on 25 runs after the latter fell lbw, courtesy of a good length ball turning in from outside off.

Two balls after sending Sohaib back to the pavilion, Shadab was able to dismiss an important batsman Rilee Rossouw, for a duck.

However, after the quick dismissals, Johnson Charles on 41 runs, and Sohaib was able to build a 40-run partnership to help their team bounce back in the match.

Sohaib hit a half-century in the 13th over of the match, with six fours and three sixes.

In the 15th over, Johnson muscled a straight shot to deep midwicket, but Iftikhar Ahmed took a good catch, getting Faheem Ashraf his first wicket.

Faheem, in the 17th over, took the much-needed wicket of Sohaib, dismissing him for 59 runs, thanks to a catch by Akif Javed.

Khushdil Shah made 42 runs by hitting some impressive shots (five sixes) in the last overs.

 

Earlier, Islamabad won the match against Multan by four wickets.

Islamabad won five matches on the trot to finish with a staggering eight wins in 10 league-stage matches. They had won three out of their first four matches of the Karachi leg.

 

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The foreign opening duo of Usman Khawaja and Colin Munro has dazzled for them.

Usman posted the only century of the Abu Dhabi leg, leading Islamabad to victory in a record-breaking, high-scoring thriller against Peshawar Zalmi last week.

 

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Karachi King will face Peshawar Zalmi today at night in the eliminator one of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 2021) sixth edition.

The winner of this match will play the loser of the Qualifier.

Despite some hiccups on the way, Peshawar has produced some thrilling cricket to ensure a playoff berth.

Shoaib Malik has been their top scorer to date with 244 runs in 10 games at an average of 30.50 and a strike rate of 140.22, he made two fighting half-centuries against Lahore and Islamabad to ensure his team fought all the way, in pursuit of steep targets while minimizing the damage to their net run rate.

 

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Wahab has led the bowling charts for Peshawar with his spirited efforts with the new and the old ball, so far taking 14 wickets from nine league matches at an average of 21.85.

Karachi had to fight hard to resurrect their campaign after losing the first three matches of the second leg, which left them on the verge of elimination.

Karachi won a last-over thriller against Lahore, before defeating Quetta to clinch the fourth spot in the playoffs, ahead of their arch-rivals Lahore.

Babar Azam leads the PSL 2021 batting charts with 501 runs in 10 matches at an average of 71.57, Babar has scored six half-centuries in the tournament so far.

Sharjeel Khan, contributed 312 runs in the 10-league stage matches at an average of 31.

Emerging category pacer Arshad Iqbal is the leading wicket-taker for Karachi, so far taking eight scalps in as many matches at 29.

Peshawar has won nine matches while Karachi has won five matches.

 

Squad for today’s match:

Peshawar Zalmi: Wahab Riaz (c), Abrar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Bismillah Khan, David Miller (partially available), Fabian Allen (partially available), Fidel Edwards (partially available), Haider Ali, Hazratullah Zazai, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Amir Khan, Mohammad Irfan Snr, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Shoaib Malik, Umaid Asif and Waqar Salamkheil

Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim, Martin Guptil, Babar Azam, Mohammad Aamir, Thisara Perera, Amir Yamin, Chadwick Walton, Sharjeel Khan, Waqas Maqsood, Muhammad Ilyas, Zeeshan Malik, Danish Aziz, Najeebullah Zadran, Arshad Iqbal, Qasim Akram, Abbas Afridi, Noor Ahmed, and Mohammad Haris.

 

Squad and Players:

Islamabad United: Shadab Khan (c), Ahmed Saifi Abdullah, Ali Khan, Akif Javed, Asif Ali, Brandon King, Colin Munro, Fawad Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Mohammad Akhlaq, Musa Khan, Rohail Nazir, Umar Amin, Usman Khawaja, Zafar Gohar and Zeeshan Zameer

Lahore Qalandars: Sohail Akhtar (c), Ahmed Danyal, Ben Dunk, Callum Ferguson, Dilbar Hussain, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, James Faulkner, Maaz Khan, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Hafeez, Rashid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Seekuge Prasana, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sultan Ahmed, Tim David, Zaid Alam and Zeeshan Ashraf

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Abdul Nasir, Andre Russell (partially available), Arish Ali Khan, Azam Khan, Cameron Delport, Faf du Plessis, Hassan Khan, Jack Wildermuth, Jake Weatherald, Khurram Shehzad, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Usman Khan, Usman Shinwari, Zahid Mahmood and Zahir Khan

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw, Shimron Hetmyer, Sohail Tanveer, Imran Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shahn Masood, Johnson Charles, Usman Qadir, Sohail Khan, Suhaib Maqsood, Sohaibullah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shahnawaz Dahani, Muhammad Umar, Imran Khan Snr. Blessing Muzarabani, Asif Afridi, Waseem Mohammad, and Hammad Azam.

 

🚨 Schedule Announcement 🚨

Complete list of fixtures for the Abu Dhabi leg is here! Ready?

Read more: https://t.co/7j9IxXXOuI #MatchDikhao #HBLPSL6 pic.twitter.com/lyhBifrvO4

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) June 3, 2021

 

Full Schedule:

June 21, Monday

Qualifier (1 vs 2) at 6:30 PM

Eliminator 1 (3 vs 4) at 11:30 PM

June 22, Tuesday

Eliminator 2 (loser of Qualifier vs winner of Eliminator 1) at 9:30 PM

June 24, Thursday

Final (winner of Qualifier vs winner of Eliminator 2) at 9:30 PM

 

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Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat against Islamabad United in the Qualifier of Pakistan Super League (PSL 2021) sixth edition.

Earlier, Islamabad won the match against Multan by four wickets.

Islamabad won five matches on the trot to finish with a staggering eight wins in 10 league-stage matches. They had won three out of their first four matches of the Karachi leg.

 

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The foreign opening duo of Usman Khawaja and Colin Munro has dazzled for them.

Usman posted the only century of the Abu Dhabi leg, leading Islamabad to victory in a record-breaking, high-scoring thriller against Peshawar Zalmi last week.

 

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Islamabad United will face Multan Sultan in the Qualifier of Pakistan Super League (PSL 2021) sixth edition.

Earlier, Islamabad won the match against Multan by four wickets.

Islamabad won five matches on the trot to finish with a staggering eight wins in 10 league-stage matches. They had won three out of their first four matches of the Karachi leg.

The foreign opening duo of Usman Khawaja and Colin Munro has dazzled for them.

Usman posted the only century of the Abu Dhabi leg, leading Islamabad to victory in a record-breaking, high-scoring thriller against Peshawar Zalmi last week.

 

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Squad for today’s match:

🚨 Schedule Announcement 🚨

Complete list of fixtures for the Abu Dhabi leg is here! Ready?

Read more: https://t.co/7j9IxXXOuI #MatchDikhao #HBLPSL6 pic.twitter.com/lyhBifrvO4

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) June 3, 2021

 

Full Schedule:

June 21, Monday

Qualifier (1 vs 2) at 6:30 PM

Eliminator 1 (3 vs 4) at 11:30 PM

June 22, Tuesday

Eliminator 2 (loser of Qualifier vs winner of Eliminator 1) at 9:30 PM

June 24, Thursday

Final (winner of Qualifier vs winner of Eliminator 2) at 9:30 PM

 

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