Key match-ups, analysis, form, team news, weather forecast, tickets, TV and streaming information, odds, predictions and more ahead of the latest encounter in the 2023 PSL
Quetta Gladiators take on Islamabad United in the next match of PSL8.
The match is scheduled to start at 7pm local time (2pm GMT) on Friday, February 24.
The National Stadium in Karachi will play host to this fixture.
The two sides currently sit at contrasting ends of the table, with Islamabad United in second place and Quetta Gladiators sitting rock bottom.
Gladiators have only prevailed in one of their four matches, while Islamabad beat Peshawar Zalmi on Thursday to record their second win of the campaign.
Martin Guptill has been the star man with the bat for Gladiators, scoring 151 runs from his four innings at an average of 37.75 and a strike rate of 141.12.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz smashed 62 for Islamabad in their win over Zalmi.
Both sides have plenty of firepower near the top of their batting order.
Gladiators pair Jason Roy and Guptill provide the power at the top of their order, with both players having played in excess of 300 T20s each.
Whereas, for United, Colin Munro and Rassie van der Dussen are capable of scoring runs at a decent pace but prefer placement and selective shot-making over power.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz made a half century last time out for Islamabad (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
Roy will play his last match for the Gladiators before heading to Bangladesh for England's white-ball tour and will be replaced by Will Jacks.
United, already without Moeen Ali for the duration, are awaiting the arrival of Alex Hales from this weekend, replacing Tymal Mills. Fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi joined the squad last week from Afghanistan tour in the United Arab Emirates.
Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Roy, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal, Will Smeed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Naseem Shah, Odean Smith, Mohammad Hafeez, Umaid Asif, Muhammad Zahid, Abdul Bangalzai, Aimal Khan, Martin Guptill, Omair Bin Yousuf, Qais Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Dwaine Pretorius (partial replacement for Odean Smith), Will Jacks (partial replacement for Jason Roy), Nuwan Thushara (partial replacement for Naveen ul Haq)
Islamabad United: Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Colin Munro, Paul Stirling, Alex Hales, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abrar Ahmed, Sohaib Maqsood, Rumman Raees, Zeeshan Zamir, Hassan Nawaz, Moeen Ali, Mubasir Khan, Tom Curran, Zafar Gohar, Gus Atkinson (partial replacement for Rahmanullah Gurbaz), Tymal Mills (partial replacement for Alex Hales), Rassie van der Dussen (partial replacement for Moeen Ali)
*squads are for the overall competition and not specific to this match
Quetta Gladiators: Jason Roy, Martin Guptill, Abdul Bangalzai, Mohammad Hafeez, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Nawaz, Odean Smith, Sarfraz Ahmed, Qais Ahmad, Muhammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah
Islamabad United: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Colin Munro, Rassie van der Dussen, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Tom Curran, Mohammad Wasim, Rumman Raees, Abrar Ahmed
Sunny weather conditions are expected in Karachi, with temperatures of around 25 degrees Celsius.
Hasan Ali was in the wickets last time out for Islamabad (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
Islamabad United are favourites with Betfair, with odds available at 6/5, whereas Quetta Gladiators are the underdogs at 4/5.
United should have too much for the struggling Gladiators.
Cricket fans in Pakistan will be able to watch PSL8 on A Sports, PTV Sports and TEN Sports on TV. Streamed matches will be available on Daraz App, tapmadTV and Tamasha.
Viewers around the world can watch the action live on Fox Sports (Australia), Sony (South Asia outside Pakistan), Willow TV (North America), Flow Sports (Caribbean), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), Sky Sport (New Zealand), Super Sport (sub-Saharan Africa) and, Etisalat and STARZPLAY (Mena).