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
Lahore Qalandars take on Peshawar Zalmi in the next match of PSL8.
The match is scheduled to start at 7pm local time (2pm GMT) on Sunday, February 26.
The Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will play host to this fixture.
Lahore Qalandars have started to showcase their quality after a convincing victory over Quetta Gladiators by 63 runs in their previous game. Peshawar Zalmi, however, lost their last match against Islamabad United.
Lahore have played three games with two wins and a defeat. They are currently third on the points table, while Peshawar Zalmi has played four with two wins and two losses.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Haris have performed well for Zalmi in the batting department so far. However, their bowling has been struggling. Qalandars, on the other hand, has been solid in both batting and bowling, with Fakhar Zaman, Mirza Baig, and Shai Hope chipped in with a couple of good knocks, while Shaheen Shah Afridi has led the bowling line-up with five wickets in three games.
The match between Qalandars and Zalmi is going to be an interesting one. The third-highest run-scorer of the season, Babar Azam, has been holding the batting lineup together while others try to take more risks. How they fare against Qalandars' star-studded attack will be fascinating.
Qalandars have one of the most formidable bowling lineups in the competition, with skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, David Wiese, and spin wizard Rashid Khan.
Rashid Khan is part of Qalandars' quality bowling attack (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
The home team Lahore are coming off a convincing victory in the previous game, and hence they most probably will remain unchanged, while Peshawar Zalmi, who is coming off a defeat, will have thinking to do. But since there is no quality option on the bench as Shakib and Mujeeb are no longer available, they might want to continue with the current XI.
Lahore Qalandars: Rashid Khan, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, David Wiese, Abdullah Shafique, Harry Brook, Kamran Ghulam, Zaman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Liam Dawson, Dilbar Hussain, Mirza Tahir Baig, Ahmed Danlyal, Shawaiz Irfan, Jordan Cox, Jalat Khan, Ahsan Bhatti, Sam Billings (partial replacement for Rashid Khan), Shane Dadswell (replacement for Harry Brook), Kusal Mendis (partial replacement for Jordan Cox), Shai Hope (replacement for Kusal Mendis)
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Aamir Jamal, Salman Irshad, Tom-Kohler Cadmore, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rovman Powell, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Danish Aziz, Arshad Iqbal, Saim Ayub, Usman Qadir, Suifyan Muqeem, Haseeb Ullah, Jimmy Neesham, Khurram Shahzad, Haris Sohail, Richard Gleeson (partial replacement for Rovman Powell), Peter Hatzoglou (partial replacement for Mujeeb ur Rahman), Shakib Al Hasan (available until February 26)
*squads are for the overall competition and not specific to this match
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Miraz Tahir Baig, Shai Hope, Kamran Ghulam, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
Peshawar Zalmi: Mohammad Haris, Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Rovman Powell, James Neesham, Dasun Shanaka, Wahab Riaz, Sufiyan Muqeem, Usman Qadir, Arshad Iqbal
Sunny skies are expected throughout the day, with temperatures fluctuating in the low 20s during the game.
Peshawar Zalmi need a win (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
Lahore Qalandars are favourites to win and are available at 13/20, while Peshawar Zalmi has the odds of 13/10.
Given the balance of the playing XI and form, we can expect Lahore Qalandars to continue their winning run and get past Peshawar Zalmi.
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).
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