Pakistan T20 League 2023

Eliminator 1: ISL vs PES

Preview

PES and ISL will cross swords for the 1st Eliminator of the ongoing Pakistan T20 League on Thursday, March 16. The match is scheduled at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. 

Islamabad are placed at the 3rd spot in the league points table with 6 wins and 4 losses of their 10 matches played in this league. ISL has collected 12 points from their league-stage games. 

Colin Munro has been the highest scorer from the side with 294 runs scored at a strike rate of 176. He has shot 20 sixes and 22 fours so far.  Azam Khan has also scored 236 runs at a strike rate of 163.

With 10 wickets, Fazalhaq Farooqi has been the best bowler from the Islamabad franchise. He has an average of 15 and an economy rate of 7.93. Hasan Ali is just behind him with 12 wickets under his belt but has been pretty expensive and needs to tighten the ropes in order to restrict the flow of runs.

Peshawar on the other side, are sitting in the 4th place in the Pakistan T20 League’s points table. They have shared their wins and losses from the 10 matches played so far. They have 10 points to their name. 

The highest scorer from the PES side is Babar Azam who has scored 416 runs with a strike rate of 146 hitting 9 sixes and 47 fours. Tom Kohler-Cadmroe has also smashed 309 runs while hitting 21 sixes, the highest in this league. He has a strike rate of 172. 

Their bowling line-up has the likes of Wahab Riaz who has picked 9 wickets while bowling at an economy rate of 9.20 and an average of 35.

Wahab Riaz has been the best bowler for Peshawar Zalmi and has picked up 9 wickets while bowling at an average of 35 and an economy rate of 9.20.

Match Details

Match: ISL vs PES, Eliminator 1, Pakistan T20 League, 2023

Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023

Time: 07:30 PM

Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Pitch and Weather Report

The Gaddafi stadium in ISLore will host the match on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. The same stadium will also be the venue for all the playoff matches including the final. The average first innings score is 175 runs and the par score is 190 runs. 

The stadium provides almost no help for the bowlers as this is a batting-friendly venue. The pacers will have a hard time finding a good pace and a perfect length. The powerplays will be tough for the bowlers on both sides. The weather is expected to be sunny with some hints of clouds. The temperature will be mostly 27 degrees celsius. 

ISL vs PES Squads

ISL: Zeeshan Zameer, Paul Stirling, Sohaib Maqsood, Shadab Khan (c), Rumman Raees, RahmanulISL Gurbaz, Colin Munro, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Hasan Ali, Alex Hales, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Faheem Ashraf, Azam Khan, Asif Ali, Abrar Ahmed, Hassan Nawaz, Tom Curran, Rassie van der Dussen

PES: Aamer Jamal, Arshad Iqbal, Babar Azam (c), Danish Aziz, HaseebulISL Khan, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, James Neesham, Rovman Powell, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sherfane Rutherford, Saim Ayub, Salman Irshad, Usman Qadir, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Sufiyan Muqeem, Khurram Shahzad, Dasun Shanaka, Saad Masood, AzmatulISL Omarzai

ISL vs PES Probable Playing XIs

ISL: Saim Ayub, Babar Azam (c), Rovman Powell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Mohammad Haris (wk), Haseebullah Khan, Usman Qadir, Wahab Riaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Arshad Iqbal

PES: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Shadab Khan (c), Azam Khan (wk), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Hasan Ali, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Match Prediction

PES have a strong batting line-up with hard-hitting batters in the top and middle order but they lack experienced bowlers in their arsenal. ISL on the other side, have a well-designed attack with good depth in the batting and bowling departments. They have quite a number of experienced players in their whole squad. Thus we fancy ISL to win this match.

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