Quetta Gladiators are set to take on Karachi Kings in the 28th match of PSL 7 at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. Karachi Kings finally managed to win their last match against Lahore Qalandars courtesy of their good bowling. Quetta Gladiators lost their last game badly against the defending champions Multan Sultans. Both teams will battle it out today.
Quetta Gladiator vs Karachi Kings: Match details
Match: Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings
Date: Sunday, 20 February 2022
Time: 3:00 pm, (IST)
Venue: Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
Quetta Gladiator vs Karachi Kings: Squads
Quetta Gladiators: James Vince, Jason Roy, Umar Akmal, Ben Duckett, Abdul Bangalzai, Ahsan Ali, Will Smeed, Shimron Hetmyer, Daniel Lawrence, Ali Imran, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Nawaz, James Faulkner, Luke Wood, Sarfaraz Ahmed (C, WK), Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Sohail Tanveer, Khurram Shahzad, Noor Ahmad, Ghulam Mudassar, Muhammad Qureshi
Karachi Kings: Babar Azam(C), Sharjheel Khan, Sahibzada Farhan, Qasim Akram, Tom Abell, Lewis Gregory, Mohammad Nabi, Umaid Asif, Jordan Thompson, Joe Clarke, Rohail Nazir, Aamer Yamin, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Ilyas, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Taha, Mohammad Imran, Faisal Akram, Talha Ahsan.
Weather Forecast
The temperature in Lahore during the match is expected to stay around 23°C at a wind speed of 21 km/h without any chances of rain.
Match Preview
Karachi Kings has eventually managed to win a game against Lahore Qalandars beating them by 22 runs. Mir Hamza bowled an exceptional spell of 4-0-27-4 which helped Karachi to get over the line comfortably at the end. They will take some confidence from that win into this match. Quetta Gladiators got an excruciating defeat from Multan Sultans after their bowler was smashed all over the park as they conceded a first-innings total of 245/3 which is the highest in this season of PSL. Their batters failed badly barring Umar Akmal who scored 50 of just 23 balls but it all went in vain as they lost by 117 runs. So their confidence will be quite low going into this match. Karachi Kings are expected to win this.
Prediction: Karachi Kings to come out triumphant.
Pitch report
Multan Sultans scored 245 in the last game they played, which shows how good the pitch is to bat on however, spinners will also enjoy bowling at Lahore.
