Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings, PSL T20 2022, Today Match Prediction 13 February 2022

psz vs krk Match Prediction & Analysis

PSL 2022 has crossed the half-way stage and every team trying to find their best possible way to go into the play-offs. Karachi kings have lost all their 5 matches played so far. They will need to figure out their problems very soon and register their first points on board. Peshawar Zalmi lost their last game by 42 runs to loss back-to-back matches.  Both teams will look to give their best and help their team get some momentum going ahead into the final league matches.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Peshawar Zalmi Preview

Shoiab Malik was the only player to play a fighting knock of 44 runs in the steep chase last night. Liam Livingstone (24 runs), Shane Rutherford (21 runs), and Ben Cutting (23 runs) played little quick fire cameos but failed to make it into a big score. And they ended with 140- all out inside the 20 overs.

Their bowling unit allowed the opposition to score 182/6 in the match as they failed to restrict the run flow. Wahab Riaz, Salman Irshad, and Saqib Mahmood chipped in with 2 wickets apiece in the match. All the main 5 bowlers went for runs over 8.5 RPO in the match. Liam Livingstone and Malik are the spin bowling options available in the playing XI.

Key players to bet on: Liam Livingstone, Wahab Riaz, Shoiab Malik

Peshawar Zalmi Predicted Playing XI:

Kamran Akmal (wk), Liam Livingstone, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Hussain Talat, Ben Cutting, Wahab Riaz (c), Mohammad Umar, Saqib Mahmood, Salman Irshad

Peshawar Zalmi Actual Playing XI:

Hazratullah Zazai, Salman Irshad, Wahab Riaz, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Haris, Sherfane Rutherford, Mohammad Umar, Amad Butt, Shoaib Malik, Liam Livingstone, Haider Ali

Karachi Kings Preview

Karachi Kings stumbled in their 178-run chase as they kept loosing wickets regularly and no partnership was worth more than 30 runs. They ended with 135/9 in 20 overs as 7 batters were dismissed cheaply for single digit scores. Mohammed Nabi`s 47 run knock brought some respectability to their final total in the last match.

The trio of Umaid Asif, Usman Shinwari, and Imad Wasim claimed a wicket each and gave runs at less than 7 RPO in the match. Chris Jordan picked up 2 wickets but went for 36 runs in his 4 overs. Lewis Gregory and Mohammed Nabi went for runs at over 11 RPO as the opposition piled up 180+ total in the match.

Key players to bet on: Mohammed Nabi, Babar Azam, Imad Wasim

Karachi Kings Predicted Playing XI:

Babar Azam (c), Sharjeel Khan, Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Ian Cockbain, Mohammad Nabi, Joe Clarke, Imad Wasim, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Taha, Umaid Asif, Usman Shinwari

Karachi Kings Actual Playing XI:

Babar Azam, Ian Cockbain, Imad Wasim, Joe Clarke, Mohammad Nabi, Qasim Akram, Aamer Yamin, Sahibzada Farhan, Chris Jordan, Sharjeel Khan, Umaid Asif

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Lahore is expected to have a hot and humid weather with no chances of rain and no weather interruptions are expected in this game.

Venue Details

Lahore is a high scoring ground and batters will have an upper hand here in this ground. The pitch might aid bowlers as the match progresses by slowing down considerably. We can expect a run feast of 160-180 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Teams batting first won the first 2 matches played here by 40+ runs comfortably and we expect both captains to bat first if they win the toss in this match too.