On June 15 Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings Prediction
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e 15, Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings will play match 24 of PSL 2021 scheduled to take place at Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Stadium. This article is intended as a preview of the game leading to our match prediction. Currently, Kings are second-placed on the points table, while Zalmi are one rung below them in the third position.
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Match Predictions and Team Previews
h3>AnalysisZalmi and Kings last clashed at Karachi on 3 March 2021. In that game, Zalmi batted first and were off to a bad start, losing four wickets for 69 by the 10th over. But an 82-run stand between Ravi Bopara and Sherfane Rutherford changed the complexion of the game. When Rutherford got out with 8 balls to go, the scorecard read 151 for 5. Zalmi managed to score 37 runs in the last eight balls to post what appeared to be a competitive score of 188/5. Bopara top-scored with 58 off 40 balls, while Rutherford made 46 from 32. Amad Butt played a cameo of 27 runs from 7 balls to boost the innings. For Kings, Abbas Afridi and Md Ilyas took two wickets each, while Dan Christian took one.
When Kings replied, they lost Sharjeel’s Khan to the first ball. After two more early wickets that left the scorecard reading 43 for 4, Babar Azam and Md Nabi were involved in a 118-run stand. When Nabi was out in the 17th over, the score was 161 for 4, leaving the side to get 28 runs in 21 balls. In the event, Kings managed to get to the mark with 6 wickets and 3 balls to spare. Babar Azam top-scored with 77 off 47 balls, while Nabi made 67 off 35 balls, including 8 fours and 4 sixes. Saqib Mahmood was Zalmi’s most impressive bowler with two wickets while Md Imran and Md Irfan took one wicket each.
This time around, Zalmi will not have the services of Saqib Mahmood or Kohler-Cadmore.
Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim, Babar Azam, Sharjeel Khan, Najibullah Zadran, Thisara Perera, Martin Guptill, Chadwick Walton, Qasim Akram, Waqas Maqsood, Mohammad Amir, Arshad Iqbal
Kings have registered a favorable h2h comparison by beating Zalmi in three of the last five games between the sides. Importantly, they have won the last matches successively.
