PSL 7: Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United Match Preview, Predictions & Match Details
The fifth match of PSL 7 is all set to be played between Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United. Peshawar Zalmi will have all the confidence going into the contest as they won a thriller against Quetta Gladiators in their opening match of PSL 7. Islamabad United will start their PSL 7 campaign against the confident Peshawar Zalmi.
Match details
Match: Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United
Date: Saturday, 30 January 2022
Time: 2:30 pm, (IST)
Venue: National Stadium Karachi
Squads
Peshawar Zalmi
Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Liam Livingstone, Haider Ali, Hazratullah Zazai, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Hussain Talat, Salman Irshad, Ben Cutting, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Haris, Wahab Riaz(C), Saqib Mahmood, Usman Qadir, Mohammad Amir Khan, Mohammad Umar, Arshad Iqbal, Sameen Gul, Sirajuddin.
Islamabad United
Asif Ali, Alex Hales, Mohammad Huraira, Mubasir Khan, Colin Munro, Paul Stirling, Danish Aziz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shadab Khan (C), Azam Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Athar Mahmood, Merchant de Lange, Hassan Ali, Reece Topley, Zafar Gohar, Zeeshan Zameer, Muhammad Musa, Zahir Khan, Muhammad Ikhlaq
Weather Forecast
The temperature in Karachi is likely to stay around 26°C at a wind speed of 23km/h without any chances of rain.
This contest is going to be the first day game of Peshawar Zalmi and the first match of Islamabad United in this season of PSL. Peshawar Zalmi got a thumping victory to commence their PSL 7 campaign while Islamabad United will just be starting their PSL 7 journey against the full of confidence Peshawar Side. Peshawar Zalmi will be missing out on their frontline pacer and regular captain Wahab Riaz as he has tested positive for covid 19, the veteran and proficient batting all-rounder Shoaib Malik will be leading the Peshawar Unit. Islamabad United will be led by the young leg spinner Shadab Khan. Peshawar looks like a more balanced and settled unit as compared to Islamabad.
Peshawar Zalmi will be the hot favorites to win the contest.
Pitch report
The pitch at National Stadium Karachi is the same as we have seen throughout this PSL so far. The batters will enjoy this track but this pitch also offers a lot of assistance for spinners.
