Who will win Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi?
After losing their opening game, Peshawar Zalmi will hope to repeat their victory in last year's Qualifier 2 semi-final against the Karachi Kings, when they won by 24 runs in Dubai. Scheduled to start on February 25, the live action begins at 20:00 local time.
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Toss Prediction
The majority of teams tend to field first when winning the toss at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium – Peshawar Zalmi lost the toss in the opening game, and were unable to defend the total they posted against Multan Sultans.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi - Pakistan Super League.
Karachi Kings Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Mitchell Johnson and Luke Wright both withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by Tymal Mills and Joe Denly in the replacement draft. New Zealand’s big-hitting opening batsman Colin Munro has also withdrawn from the squad, to be replaced by Lendl Simmons. England captain Eoin Morgan links up with Karachi having impressed in the T20 tri-series this month. Karachi opted to retain Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Amir as their platinum players for this year’s tournament.
Key Players
Babar Azam smashed 291 runs in ten matches in the 2017 Pakistan Super League - Karachi's top batsman was the second-highest run scorer in the tournament, behind Kamran Akmal.. With a career strike rate above 150, and a bowling economy rate of 6.67, Shahid Afridi remains one of T20 cricket’s finest players on his day. Mohamad Amir picked up ten wickets in last year’s Pakistan Super League with the ball.
Recent Form
Karachi Kings were beaten in the Qualifier 2 semi-final last time out, by Peshawar Zalmi. They play Quetta Gladiators in their first game of the 2018 competition.
Karachi Kings Predicted Playing 11
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Ingram, Azam, Manzoor, Joe Denly, Bopara, Afridi, Wasim, Rizwan, Khan, Mills, Amir
Peshawar Zalmi Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Evin Lewis and Shakib-al-Hasan dropped out of the original Zalmi squd, the former due to international commitments and the latter because of a finger injury. Hasan Ali is also out injured, but is expected to return later in the tournament.
Key Players
Mohammad Hafeez hit a half-century in the opening game of this year’s tournament, before Darren Sammy hit two fours and three sixes in his 11-ball 29. Kamran Akmal was named player of the tournament in 2017, as he scored 353 runs – including 104 from 65 balls in the semi-final, and 40 from 32 in the final. Wahab Riaz has also been retained after taking the second-most wickets in last year’s tournament (15 in nine innings) and he started this year’s tournament by taking 2-19 from his four overs against Multan Sultans.
Recent Form
Having won last year’s competition, Peshawar Zalmi opened this year’s Pakistan Super League with a defeat to Multan Sultans. Zalmi scored 151/6 from their 20 overs, but the Sultans chased it down with five balls to spare. They will play Islamabad United on Saturday, the day before this match with Karachi Kings.
Peshawar Zalmi Predicted Playing 11
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Tamim, Akmal, Smith, Hafeez, Sohail, Sammy, Azam, Jordan, Riaz, Sheikh, Asghar
Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi Head to Head
Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi last played each other in the Qualifier 2 semi-final of last year's Pakistan Super League. Kamran Akmal hit 104 for Zalmi as they posted 181 /3, before Wahab Riaz took 3/24 to restrict Karachi to 157/7 – Zalmi winning by 24 runs. In the league stage of last year's PSL, Peshawar Zalmi beat Karachi Kings in Dubai, but the Kings hit back to win in Sharjah.
Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi Prediction
While they lost their opening fixture, after being unable to score runs quickly enough, Peshawar Zalmi showed flashes of why they were crowned champions last year – if Kamran Akmal and Wahab Riaz can rediscover their 2017 form, they have enough to beat Karachi Kings.
Final Verdict: Back Peshawar Zalmi to beat Karachi Kings
Feb 25, 2018
21:30 IST / 16:00 GMT
Dubai Cricket Stadium - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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