Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United, PSL T20 2022, Today Match Prediction 19 February 2022

lhq vs isu Match Prediction & Analysis

PSL 2022 has come to the final 4 matches with 4 teams already being qualified for the play-offs almost. Both teams in the top-4 of the points table and will be eager to win this match and finish in the higher position for the play-offs. Islamabad United are hanging by the wire with fifth placed team needing to do more than miracle to break into top-4. Both teams will look to gather momentum with win in this match and move closer the second place in the points table.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Lahore Qalandars Preview

Lahore Qalanders kept losing wickets regularly and were struggling at 64/5 in their 11 overs. Mohammed Hafeez (33 runs), Harry Brook (26 runs), and David Wiese (31 runs) batted superbly but were not enough to help their chase the total successfully in the match.

The duo of Rashid Khan and Zaman Khan claimed 4 wickets each and had combined match figures of 7.5-1-33-8 in the match. Shaheen Afridi and Hafeez chipped in with a wicket each in the match. Their bundled out the opposition for just 149 runs inside their 20 overs in the last game

Top players to bet on: Rasid Khan, Mohammed Haeez, David Wiese

Lahore Qalandars Predicted Playing XI:

Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hafeez, Philip Salt (wk), Harry Brook, Rashid Khan, David Wiese, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan

Lahore Qalandars Actual Playing XI:

Sohail Akhtar, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Zaman Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Phil Salt, David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Harry Brook

Islamabad United Preview

Islamabad United opener Ramunalluh Gurbaz set the chase on fire with 5 sixes in first 2 overs scoring 46 runs off 19 balls at the top.  Azam Khan continued the onslaught with his 85 runs off 45 balls but got very less support from the other end as they finished with 196/7 in the 207-run chase last night.

Shadab Khan was injured and was not available to bowling the last game. Faheem Ashraf was superb with the ball and ended with figures of 4-0-33-3. Waqas Mahmood chipped in with 2 wickets in the match. Their other bowlers went for runs ta over 10 RPO as they finished with giving away 206 runs in their 20 overs.

Top players to bet on: Waqas Mahmood, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 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, Zakir Khan

Islamabad United Actual Playing XI:

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

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 180+ scores consistently. The pitch has a slightly better carry and pace which batsmen might enjoy it. 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 and slow down as the match progresses. Both captains will look to take advantage of conditions by batting first in this match.