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Qalandars and Kings last met each other in Karachi on 28 February 2021. Batting first in the game, Kings got off to a poor start, losing three wickets for only 37 runs before Sharjeel Khan got into the rescue act with Md Nabi in a 76-run stand for the 4th wicket. When Nabi departed, the scorecard read 158 for 5 in 15.5 overs, a platform from which Kings should have expected to reach a score of 200. But as things transpired, they fell short of that mark, getting to 186/9. Sharjeel Khan top scored for Kings with 64 off 39 balls, including 5 fours and 6 sixes, while Nabi was next best, scoring 57 from 35 balls. Dan Christian also made a useful contribution of 27 in 11 balls. For Qalandars, Afridi took 3/27 to emerge the most successful bowler, while Rauf, Daniyal, Wiese and Samit Patel took a wicket each.
Like Kings, Qalandars also lost three quick wickets in their reply. But Fakhar Zaman and Ben Dunk engaged in a 119-run stand that left Qalandars in a winning position of 152 for 4 after 17.2 overs; they crossed the line with 6 wickets and four balls to spare. Zaman, with 83 off 54 balls, was Qalandars’ most successful batsman of the match, while Dunk scored 57 from 43 balls. Wiese contributed with a cameo of 31 off 9 balls. For Kings, M Amir, W Maqsood and Dan Christian took a wicket each.
Likely XIsp>Karachi Kings: Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, M Guptill, N Zadran, C Walton, T Perera, I Wasim, Qasim Akram, Waqas Maqsood, Mohammad Amir, Arshad IqbalLahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Sohail Akhtar, Zeeshan Ashraf, Mohammad Hafeez, Ben Dunk, Tim David, Rashid Khan, James Faulkner, Ahmed Daniyal, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf
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Kings have dominated the h2h comparison between the sides, winning 3 of the last 5 games between them.
Match Predictionp>We predict that Qalandars will bet Kings in match 27 of PSL 2021 on 17 June in Abu Dhabi. Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars Bettingp>Bookmakers’ odds are likely to favour Qalandars to beat Kings in the PSL match on 17 June.
