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Lahore Qalandars will be taking on Peshawar Zalmi in the second league match of PSL 2021 at National Stadium Karachi.

After a sensational run-in, 2020 Qalandars have further strengthened their squad by adding World No. 1 T20 Bowler Rashid Khan and English batters Joe Denly, and Tom Abell. However, they will miss the services of Chris Lynn who has joined Multan Sultans. Overall the squad looks great and Qalandars skipper Akhtar would be determined to take his side one step further to clinch the title in 2021.

On the other hand, Peshawar Zalmi has suffered an early blow when their Skipper Wahab Riaz & Coach Sammy were found guilty of breaching covid protocols and have been isolated for 3 days which further means that they will be missing the first encounter for sure.

Pakistani Veteran Shoaib Malik is expected to lead the side in Wahab’s absence.

Also read: PSL 2021 – Complete squad lists, venues and details

Key Players to Watch/Key Stats

Lahore Qalandars

• Rashid Khan – Khan is set to make his PSL debut against Zalmi. The World-Class Leggie has bamboozled batters across the globe and would be keen to put up a show and give his Pakistani Fans something to cheer in the early stage of the tourney as he is only available for the first two matches due to national commitment. 
• Shaheen Shah Afridi – The Pakistani Left Arm Seamer has been one of the most impressive white bowlers in the last year and a half. Afridi was also the highest wicket-taker in last year’s competition. Also, it would be quite fair if we say he loves bowling against Zalmi batters as he has 10 wickets in just 6 matches.
• Mohammad Hafeez – Whenever people have tried to question Hafeez’s performance, Professor has always schooled them in some style. He will be playing against his former side Zalmi and he also scored 74 not out in last year PSL against them. 
• Ben Dunk & Fakhar Zaman scored 271, 251 runs respectively in PSL 2020 and will be key to Qalandars batting lineup.

Peshawar Zalmi

• Haider Ali – Ali has been making a lot of noises in the Pakistani domestic circuit and is one of the players to watch out for in this year’s Zalmi lineup. In the limited opportunities he has got in the International arena, he has always looked good before throwing his wicket away. The Zalmi batter was their second-highest scorer last year and will be eager to rectify his mistakes and reach new levels. Haider has a score of 69, 34 & 0 in his three innings against Qalandars.
• Shoaib Malik – The Pakistani Veteran has been sidelined completely from the national side and would be eager to make the most of his opportunity this year especially with the T20 World Cup coming up later this year. Malik has scored 246 runs at an average of 31 against Qalandars in his 10 innings and has also picked 4 wickets.
• Kamran Akmal – Akmal was the highest run-scorer in PSL history until Azam took him over in the opening match yesterday. Despite missing from the national side, Akmal has been a consistent performer at the domestic level. The wicket-keeper batter has scored 272 runs in 10 matches against Qalandars at an average of 38.86. This includes an unbeaten century and two fifties.

Stats & Facts

• Qalandars & Zalmi have played 11 games out of which Zalmi has won 8.
• Qalandars have won the last two games against Zalmi.
• 13 matches have been played at National Stadium Karachi since last year out of which 10 have been won by the chasing side.
• Kamran Akmal can surpass his cousin Azam and become the highest scorer in PSL again. 

Possible Playing 11

Lahore Qalandars: 1. Fakhar Zaman, 2. Zeeshan Ashraf (wk), 3. Sohail Akhtar (c), 4. Mohammad Hafeez, 5. Ben Dunk, 6. Samit Patel, 7. David Wiese, 8. Rashid Khan, 9. Shaheen Afridi, 10. Haris Rauf, 11. Dilbar Hussain

Peshawar Zalmi: 1. Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 2. Kamran Akmal (wk), 3. Haider Ali, 4. Shoaib Malik (c), 5. Ravi Bopara, 6. Sherfane Rutherford, 7. Amad Butt, 8. Umaid Asif, 9. Mohammad Amir Khan/Abrar Ahmed, 10. Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 11. Mohammad Irfan

Karachi National Stadium Pitch Report and Weather

The pitch in Karachi has generally been a sporting one. In the first match, we saw the early movement for pacers and the team batting second is having an edge.

The weather forecast is for a warm day and cooler evening.

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Written by Shekhar Singh. Follow Shekhar on Twitter today.