PSL 2021 Schedule

Multan Sultan set a 177-run target for Karachi Kings in the 16th match of Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

The Multan has put up a competitive score, a courtesy 68-runs partnership between Mohammad Rizwan, and Riley Rossouw.

Rossouw scored 44, Sohaib Maqsood 31, and Rizwan hit 29 runs.

The Karachi skipper Imad Wasim saw his side off to a good start, as he got Rahmanullah Gurba’s wicket for just three runs in the first over, while Waqas Maqsood bowled Shoaib Maqsood for 31 runs in the third over.

 

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Today, Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field first against Multan Sultans in the 16th match of Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

 

🚨 TOSS 🚨
.@KarachiKingsARY bowl first after winning the toss!#HBLPSL6 #MSvKK #SultanAaGayya pic.twitter.com/OqtEPGkYfl

— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) June 10, 2021

 

Karachi Kings had a good run in the first phase of the PSL that was held in Karachi, as they won three out of five matches. The weather of Abu Dhabi will play a vital role in the winning of the team.

However, Multan has not performed well in this edition as they had managed to win only one out of five matches they played in the first leg of the tournament.

This match is the second leg between the two sides. Earlier, the first match between Karachi and Multan was played in Karachi. It was a one-sided match even after Multan sat a huge total, Karachi comfortably managed to chase the target and won the game with seven wickets in hand in less than 19 overs.

Squad for today’s match:

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.

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 10, Thursday

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings at 6:30 PM

Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars at 11:30 PM

June 11, Friday

Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators at 9:30 PM

June 12, Saturday

Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi at 9:30 PM

June 13, Sunday

Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars at 6:30 PM

Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi at 11:30 PM

June 14, Monday

Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings at 9:30 PM

June 15, Tuesday

Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars at 6:30 PM

Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings at 11:30 PM

June 16, Wednesday

Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators at 9:30 PM

June 17, Thursday

Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi at 6:30 PM

Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars at 11:30 PM

June 18, Friday

Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars at 9:30 PM

June 19, Saturday

Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings at 6:30 PM

Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United at 11:30 PM

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

 

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

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

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

 

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Rashid Khan’s consecutive boundaries in the final over helped Lahore to defeat Islamabad by five wickets in a nail-biting contest in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Lahore skipper Sohail Akhtar has been leading from the front, as he scored 40 runs (the highest individual score in the innings so far), before being dismissed by Fawad Ahmed.

Batsman Mohammad Hafeez scored 29, Fakhar Zaman and Muhammad Faizan hit 9 runs each.

Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, and Fawad Ahmed have taken a wicket each so far.

 

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Lahore Qalandars have reached 98 runs for the loss of four wickets after 15 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Lahore skipper Sohail Akhtar has been leading from the front, as he scored 40 runs (the highest individual score in the innings so far), before being dismissed by Fawad Ahmed.

Faheem Ashraf took the first wicket for Islamabad by dismissing Fakhar Zaman, though, the Qalandars subsequently remained steady in their chase of the 144-run target.

 

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Lahore Qalandars have reached 57 for the loss of two wickets after 10 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Faheem Ashraf took the first wicket for Islamabad by dismissing Fakhar Zaman, though, the Qalandars subsequently remained steady in their chase of the 144-run target.

 

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Lahore Qalandar has reached 31 runs for the loss of one wicket after 5 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Faheem Ashraf took the first wicket for Islamabad by dismissing Fakhar Zaman, though, the Qalandars subsequently remained steady in their chase of the 144-run target.

 

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Islamabad United has set a 144-run target for Lahore Qalandars in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Except for Faheem Ashraf, not a single player of Islamabad was able to score above 20 runs.

Islamabad put up a mediocre batting effort as their top order Usman Khawaja, 18, Colin Munro, 11, Rohail Nazir, 8 could not produce much score, and neither could the middle order.

Colin Munro and Usman Khawaja opened for Islamabad, with Shaheen Shah Afridi opening the bowling for Lahore.

In the first half of the innings, Islamabad was able to reach 70 for the loss of four wickets, with Haris Rauf dismissing Khawaja and James Faulkner sending skipper Shadab Khan back to the pavilion for seven runs.

 

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Islamabad United has reached 99 runs for the loss of seven wickets after 15 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Colin Munro and Usman Khawaja opened for Islamabad in the first match of the second leg, with Shaheen Shah Afridi opening the bowling for Lahore.

Islamabad lost four of their top-order batsmen for under 20 runs. Usman Khawaja, 18, Colin Munro, 11, Rohail Nazir, 8, and skipper Shadab Khan, 7.

In the first ten overs of the match, Islamabad hit 70 runs for the loss of four wickets.

 

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Asif Ali, Pakistan and Islamabad United’s hard-hitting batsman, believes that good and bad times are part of cricket but one should not lose hope and always stay strong.

Asif stated that he is confident in making a strong comeback by performing in upcoming PSL 6 matches.

He said, “I know I was dropped from the national team due to my performance. But, I believe that good and bad days are part of cricket,”

He added, “I am hopeful to perform in upcoming PSL matches, and my team Islamabad United wins the tournament due to my performance,”

He also shared his training plan and said he always tries to play according to the condition.

He said, “I always try to replicate the plan given by the coach. I usually come to bat in last overs where I can’t often play for singles and doubles,”

Asif has played 47 PSL matches up till now and scored 720 runs at an average of 25.71 and strike-rate of 163.26.

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Islamabad United has reached 70 runs for the loss of four wickets after 10 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

Colin Munro and Usman Khawaja opened for Islamabad in the first match of the second leg, with Shaheen Shah Afridi opening the bowling for Lahore.

Islamabad lost four of their top-order batsmen for under 20 runs. Usman Khawaja, 18, Colin Munro, 11, Rohail Nazir, 8, and skipper Shadab Khan, 7.

In the first five overs of the match, United hit 41 runs for the loss of two, with Faulkner taking both the wickets of Nazir and Munro.

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‘Islamabad United’ reached 41 for the loss of two wickets after 5 overs in the opening match of the second leg of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition.

‘Colin Munro’ and ‘Usman Khawaja’ opened the game for Islamabad in the first match of the second leg, with ‘Shaheen Shah Afridi’ opening the bowling for Lahore.

Shaheen bowled an excellent first over and give Lahore a nice start, he was nearly about to take Khawaja’s wicket, but ‘Haris Rauf’ dropped the catch.

In the meantime, ‘Munro’ restarted the event’s boundary count as he smashed fast bowler ‘James Faulkner’ for four and six, but he was unable to carry it on, and his wicket fell in the fifth bowl of the second over.

‘Rohail Nazir’ came to bat after Munro and ended the second over with a boundary.
Shaheen came back to attack in his third over, and Khawaja hit two fours to keep the runs going for the Islamabad.

Faulkner took the second wicket for Lahore in the fourth over, sending the youngster Rohail back to the pavilion for 8 runs.

In the fifth over, Ahmed Daniyal, an emerging player, was sent to the attack, who delivered two wides, and received a boundary.

 

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‘Lahore Qalandars’ have won the toss and decided to bowl first against ‘Islamabad United’ in the 15th match of Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) sixth edition, which has resumed after a delay of more than three months due to COVID-19.

 

‼️ TOSS UPDATE ‼️#LahoreQalandars have won the toss and decided to bowl first!#DamaDamMast #MainHoonQalandar #Dilse #LQvIU pic.twitter.com/tyHq4l8NOJ

— Lahore Qalandars (@lahoreqalandars) June 9, 2021

 

‘Colin Munro’ and ‘Usman Khawaja’ have opened for Islamabad in the first match of the second leg, with ‘Shaheen Shah Afridi’ opening the bowling for Lahore.

This is the first match of PSL 6 where both Lahore and Islamabad are going head-to-head.

Islamabad had won three out of four matches and was above Lahore on the basis of Net Run Rate (NRR) on the points table before the tournament was paused.

Islamabad is standing above as they have won 8 out of 10 matches against Lahore who have won just two.

 

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‘Karachi Kings’ chased a revised target of 130 runs in 18.1 overs to beat ‘Peshawar Zalmi’ by eight wickets in Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 6’s practice match.

Openers ‘Sharjeel Khan’ and ‘Babar Azam’ set the tone for Karachi by making a successful partnership of 67 runs. Sharjeel smashed two sixes and four boundaries and made a total of 36 runs whereas Babar scored quick 32 runs off 22 balls laced with six boundaries.

‘Chadwick Walton’ made 31 runs off 23 balls spread over two boundaries and one six. Karachi chased the target on just two wickets. ‘Sameen Gul’ and ‘Amad Butt’ took a wicket each for Peshawar.

Previously in a 12-a-side practice match, Karachi bowled out Peshawar for 73 runs. ‘David Miller’ was the highest run-scorer from Peshawar with 29 runs off 25 balls. He hit two sixes and add many fours during his stay at the crease, whereas ‘Kamran Akmal’ and ‘Fabian Allen’ scored 10 runs each. ‘Arshad Iqbal’ took three wickets whereas ‘Imad Wasim’, ‘Thisara Perera’, and ‘Abbas Afridi’ took two wickets each. ‘Aamer Yamin’ also took a wicket.

 

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