Ben Dunk of Lahore Qalandars (photo - Getty Images)
Lahore Qalandars will face off Peshawar Zalmi in their next match of Pakistan Super League in Lahore tomorrow.
Lahore Qalandars after a poor start of their campaign is back on right track after two back to back wins and now have a good chance in finish top four and for that they need to continue their good run and have to beat Peshawar Zalmi tomorrow. On the other hand, Peshawar Zalmi too is in good position and one more win will confirm their ticket for playoffs so it’s going to be a good contest between these two sides.
Match Details :
Match : LAH vs PES, Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi, Pakistan Super League 2020
Date : 10 March 2020
Time : 7.30 PM IST
Venue : Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Head to Head :
Last 5 T20 Matches – 5
Lahore Qalandars won – 0
Peshwar Zalmi won – 5
Peshwar Zalmi beat Lahore Qalandars by 16 runs in the first meeting of this season.
Lahore Qalandars started their campaign very poorly as they lost four of their first five matches but in the second half they made good come back and won two back to back matches while Peshwar Zalmi is having a good season from start and here we’re analysing their strengths and weaknesses and will also make cricket match prediction.
Strengths : Lahore Qalandars’ strengths are their batting and presence of two inform all rounders. Ben Dunk is in exceptional form and is back of this team and all rounders Samit Patel and Mohammed Hafeez too have done well so far. For Peshwar Zalmi their strength is their batting line up of Kamran Akmal, Shaoib Malik, Liam Livingstone and Haider Ali and in the bowling too they have been good so far.
Weaknesses : Lahore Qalandars have an average bowling attack and Shaheen Shah Afridi too didn’t look at his best after returning from injury and other pacers too have been poor so far and they really need to work on their bowling. For Peshwar Zalmi it’s the inconsistency of bowling attack as Hasan Ali and Wahab Riaz sometimes bowl good and sometimes bad.
In the first half of Pakistan Super League Lahore Qalandars were very poor but in the second half they did surprise everyone and won back to back matches from nowhere and are now looking a confident side. On the other hand, Peshawar Zalmi too has played good cricket so far and given both teams’ strengths and weaknesses it’s safe to say it’ll be a good contest. Though Lahore’ pitch is assisting spinners and Lahore have two-three of them so they have some advantage. However toss will play a role and both sides would love to chase. Given all factors of both sides our today match prediction is that Lahore Qalandars is favourite for this clash.
Following are the odds for this T20 match on two most famous betting sites –
Bet365 : Lahore Qalandars : 2.00, Peshawar Zalmi : 1.80
Betway : Lahore Qalandars : 1.90, Peshawar Zalmi : 1.80
On the basis of performances of both sides in this season of Pakistan Super League following players are good picks for fantasy cricket teams
Lahore Qalandars :
Ben Dunk – 250 runs at 83.33 in 5 innings (2*50)
Mohammed Hafeez – 178 runs at 35.60 and 2 wickets in 7 innings
Shaheen Shah Afridi – 8 wickets at 19.75 in 6 innings
Samit Patel – 7 wickets at 16.57 in 5 innings
Peshawar Zalmi :
Kamran Akmal – 237 runs at 33.85 in 7 innings (1*100)
Shoaib Malik – 147 runs at 29.40 in 5 innings (2*50)
Wahab Riaz – 9 wickets at 23.11 in 7 innings
Hasan Ali – 7 wickets at 29.14 in 7 innings
Lahore Qalandars is back in form after two back to back wins and the likes of Ben Dunk, Samit Patel, Sohail Akhtar and Shaheen Shah Afridi are in good touch and that’s a good sign for them while Peshawar Zalmi too are playing good cricket and most of their players have been good so far and for dream11 prediction teams Ben Dunk, Shoaib Malik, Samit Patel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali and Haider Ali are must picks and the likes of Liam Livingstone, Mohammed Hafeez and Wahab Riaz too have done well so far. Though Fakhar Zaman, Tom Banton, Dane Villas etc have been poor and they can be avoided.