Islamabad United will be squaring up against Quetta Gladiators in the 10th match of the PSL 7. Islamabad United has always been a stronger side, they have a powerful batting top of the order which can demolish the opposition bowling, they also have a formidable bowling attack including some notable names like Hassan Ali, Shadab Khan and Mohammad Wasim Jr. Quetta Gladiators PSL campaign so far has not been great, they played three games in which they faced two loses and secured a win. Islamabad United are at the third spot on the points table whereas Quetta Gladiators are one spot below Islamabad, they are at the fourth spot.
Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators: Match details
Match: Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators
Date: Thursday, 03 February 2022
Time: 7:30 pm, (IST)
Venue: National Stadium Karachi
Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators: Probable playing XI’s
Islamabad United: Paul Stirling, Alex Hales, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shadab Khan (C), Azam Khan (wk), Faheem Ashraf, Asif Ali, Mubasir Khan, Hassan Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Merchant de Lange
Quetta Gladiators: Will Smeed, Ahsan Ali, Ben Duckett, Sarfraz Ahmad (C, wk), Ashir Qureshi, Iftikhar Ahmad, Mohammad Nawaz, James Faulkner, Sohail Tanveer, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain
Match Prediction
Islamabad United has a destructive batting top of the order with Paul Stirling and Alex Hales opening the innings and then Rahmanullah Gurbaz also is very capable of smashing the opposition bowlers. Shadab Khan is also a pretty good batsman, as we saw in the last game he was mauling the opposition bowlers. Islamabad has a quality bowling attack that includes Hassan Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr and the skipper Shadab Khan. Quetta Gladiators have a nice batting top of the order with Will Smeed and Ahsan Ali opening the innings, they are technically very sound and can accelerate as well when they want. Quetta has a formidable pace attack in the form of Naseem Shah and Mohammad Hasnain who bowls at a brisk pace.
Islamabad is looking quality side and is perhaps better than Quetta at least on paper.
Prediction: Islamabad United will win the match today.
Pitch report: the track at Karachi is the same as we predicted, it has a lot of runs on offer and offers some purchases for the spinners.
Disclaimer: This team is based on the analysis and instinct of the author. While picking your team, keep in consideration the points mentioned and make your own decisions.
