Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars: June 17, PSL 2021 Prediction
Analysis
ch 27 of PSL 2021, it will be Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars on 17 June at Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Stadium. In this article, we preview the game and make our match prediction. After 6 games, Qalandars are currently on top of the points table, while Kings are three rungs below them in 4th position.
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Match Predictions and Team Previews
h3>AnalysisQalandars 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.
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Sohail Akhtar, Zeeshan Ashraf, Mohammad Hafeez, Ben Dunk, Tim David, Rashid Khan, James Faulkner, Ahmed Daniyal, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf
Kings have dominated the h2h comparison between the sides, winning 3 of the last 5 games between them.
