Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi, PSL T20 2022, Today Match Prediction 17 February 2022

isu vs psz Match Prediction & Analysis

PSL 2022 has come to the final 8 matches with 4 teams being separated by just 4 points and 5 teams with a chance to qualify mathematically. Both teams in the top-4 of the points table and will be eager to win this match and go closer to qualification. Islamabad United came across jail break to win the last match by 1 run. Both teams have gathered momentum with wins in their recent matches and we expect them to go all guns blazing in his match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Islamabad United Preview

Islamabad United duo of Shadab Khan (34 runs) and Alex Hales (25 runs) build a platform after early loss of couple of wickets. Azam Khan (22 runs), Asif Ali (28 runs), and Faheem Ashraf (29 runs) finished the innings with a flourish to take them to a massive total of 191 runs in the match.

Shadab Khan was injured and was not available to bowling the last game. Their bowlers took wickets regularly and were looking good at 80/5 in the 11-over mark. Waqas Mahmood held his nerves in the final over to win the match by 1 run and ended with figures of 4-0-34-3. Asif Ali chipped in with 2 wickets in the match.

Top players to bet on: Waqas Mahmood, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf

Islamabad United Predicted Playing XI:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Alex Hales, Muhammad Akhlaq, Zakir Khan, Asif Ali, Azam Khan (wk), Hasan Ali, Liam Dawson, Faheem Ashraf, Waqas Maqsood, Mohd Wasim Jr.

Islamabad United Actual Playing XI:

Marchant de Lange, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Zahir Khan, Danish Aziz, Azam Khan, Mubasir Khan , Waqas Maqsood, Muhammad Musa, Liam Dawson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Peshawar Zalmi Preview

Peshawar Zalmi posted a superb score of 185/7 in their 20 overs last game. Shoaib Malik (58 runs) and Hussain Talat (51 runs) batted superbly and took their team from 58/3 to 131/4 in middle overs. Ben cutting (34 runs) and Mohammed Haris played aggressive knocks in the match to give a boost to their total.

The duo of Usman Qadir and Liam Livingstone had combined match figures of 8-0-49-4 in the match taking wickets in the middle overs. Salman irshad and Hussain Talat chipped in with a wicket each in the match. Wahab Riaz and Mohammed Umar went for a lot of runs with the ball. 

Top players to bet on: Hussain talat, Ben Cutting, Liam Livingstone

Peshawar Zalmi Predicted Playing XI:

Jason Roy, Will Smeed, James Vince, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Noor Ahmad, Sohail Tanvir, Naseem Shah, Ghulam Mudassar, Khurram Shahzad

Peshawar Zalmi Actual Playing XI:

Usman Qadir, Hazratullah Zazai, Salman Irshad, Yasir Khan, Wahab Riaz, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Haris, Hussain Talat, Sherfane Rutherford, Shoaib Malik, Liam Livingstone

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Lahore is expected to have a bright and sunny with just 20% chances of rain as per the forecasters. We expect rain to make no appearance in this game.

Venue Details

Lahore pitch has been a high scoring one and batters are making 170+ scores consistently. The newly laid pitch has a slightly better carry and pace which batsmen might enjoy. We expect the average scores in this match to be around 170-180 runs.

Toss: To Bat

The pitch and conditions might be perfect to bat early in the match. Both captains will look to take advantage of conditions by batting first in this match.