Pitch Report:
National Stadium, Karachi.
Pitch is expected to be batting friendly. Most of the PSL matches were high scoring. Chasing teams have won 13 of the last 15 matches.
Last 5 matches at this ground:
PAK: 200/6, WI: 137 (Pace: 11, Spin: 5)
QUE: 176/7, MUL: 154/10(Pace: 8, Spin: 8)
PES: 188/5, KAR: 191/4 (Pace: 9, Spin: 0)
QUE: 156/7, ISL: 157/4 (Pace: 7, Spin: 3)
KAR: 186/9, LAH: 189/4 (Pace: 9, Spin: 1)
H2H:
PAK: 13, WI: 3
Pakistan Team Preview:
They are a good team of this format and had shown their prowess in the group stage of World Cup by winning all the games. They will be clear favourites to win this game against the inexperienced and COVI hit Windies side like the last game.
Probable 11:
Babar Azam: RHB: 78
M Rizwan: RHB: 0
Fakhar Zaman: LHB: 10
Haider Ali: RHB: 68
Iftikhar Ahmed: RHB+RAO: 1
Asif Ali: RHB: 1
M Nawaz: LHB+LAO: 30+24/1
Shadab Khan: RHB+RAL: 17/3
M Wasim Jr: RAM: 40/4
Haris Rauf: RAF: 21/1
Shaheen Shah Afridi: LAF: 35/1
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman
Main Spinners: Shadab Khan and M Nawaz (Iftikhar and Khushdil will assist them)
Main Pacers: M Wasim Jr, H Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi
Expected Death Overs: Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf
Stats and Performance of the Players(Before the start of the series):
M Rizwan(RHB):
H2H: 1 I, 46 R, 46.0 A, 127.8 SR
VENUE(T20D): 6 I, 297 R, 59.4 A, 139.4 SR
T20I: 52 M, 41 I, 1 436 R, 49.51 A, 125.52 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11, 39, 40, 5, 53,
B Azam(RHB)
H2H: 11 I, 454 R, 56.8 A, 125.4 SR
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 165 R, 82.5 A, 148.6 SR
T20I: 70 M, 65 I, 2534 R, 46.07 A, 128.82 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 7, 1, 19, 10&13, 76+1/1,
F Zaman(LHB):
H2H: 6 I, 126 R, 21.0 A, 144.8 SR
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 85 R, 28.3 A, 180.9 SR
T20I: 61 M, 55 I, 1221 R, 23.48 A, 131.57 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 5, 8, 55, 34, 57,
A Ali(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 3 I, 40 R, 20.0 A, 153.8 SR
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 40 R, 20.0 A, 153.8 SR
T20I: 35 M, 31 I, 401 R, 18.22 A, 132.78 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 32, 27, 25, 5, 0,
Haider Ali(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 9 I, 149 R, 18.6 A, 143.3 SR
T20I: 18 M, 17 I, 307 R, 20.46 A, 126.33 SR,
T20D: 69 M, 66 I, 1475 R, 25.00 A, 139.28 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 37, 0, 6, 45, 206+12/0,
Khushdil Shah(LHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 7 I, 115 R, 23.0 A, 125.0 SR+ 3 I, 5 O, 0 W,
T20I: 12 M, 11 I, 164 R, 23.42 A, 106.49 SR, + 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
T20D: 90 M, 84 I, 1829 R, 28.57 A, 132.44 SR, +22 I, 41 O, 8 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 2+15/0, 24, 51, 34, 0,
S Khan(RHB+LES):
H2H: 3 I, 21 R, 10.5 A, 131.2 SR+ 9 I, 31.5 O, 15 W,
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 11 O, 5 W,
T20I: 61 M, 24 I, 247 R, 16.46 A, 130.68 SR, + 57 I, 212 O, 70 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 35/1, 14/2, 26/4, 21+20/1, 22/2,
Ifitikhar Ahmed(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 11 I 185 R, 23.1 A, 136.0 SR+ 7 I, 12 O, 1 W,
T20I: 14 M, 12 I, 218 R, 36.33 A, 132.92 SR, +6 I, 11 O, 1 W,
T20D: 143 M, 131 I, 2848 R, 30.29 A, 126.80 SR, +68 I, 140 O, 32 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 51+45/0, 82+15/0, & 1/0, 0&3+ 10/0&10/0, 6+13/0, 40&44+5/0&47/1,
M Wasim(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 4 I, 6.3 O, 3 W,
VENUE(T20D): 4 I, 14 O, 4 W, (T20D): 10 I, 37.3 O 15 W,
T20I: 7 M, 7 I, 17 O, 7 W,
T20D: 23 M, 10 I, 103 R, 34.33 A, 141.09 SR+ 23 I, 75 O, 24 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 12+35/0, 20/0, 24/2, 9/1, 15/2,
S Afridi(LAF):
H2H: 3 I, 10 O, 1 W,
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
T20I: 37 M, 37 I, 135 O, 41 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 24/1, 35/1, 15/2, 13+70/2&32/5, 3/1,&31/2,
H Rauf(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 9 I, 33 O, 11 W,
T20I: 32 M, 30 I, 112 O, 38 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 32/0, 33/0, 13/1, 32/1, 47/6&62/3,
M Nawaz(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 6 I, 22 O, 7 W,
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 12 O 4 W, (T20D): 10 I, 124 R, 31.0 A, 130.5 SR+ 11 I, 34 O 6 W,
T20I: 27 M, 11 I, 92 R, 15.33 A, 116.45 SR+ 27 I, 86 O, 22 W,
T20D: 170 M, 119 I, 1850 R, 22.83 A, 121.79 SR, +158 I, 503 O, 139 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 51+26/2, 38+52/2, 18+27/1, 25/1, 4+2/0,
M Hasnain(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 12 I, 46.5 O, 21 W,
T20I: 17 M, 16 I, 62 O, 17 W,
T20D:69 M, 68 I, 253 O, 85 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 27/0, +47/2&20/0, 5+99/1, 65/1,&18/0, 54/1&49/2,
S Dahani(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 3 I, 11 O, 6 W,
T20I: 1 M, 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,
T20D: 19 M, 19 I, 65 O, 30 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 9/1, 22/0, 20/0, 24/1, 0&1, 45/0, &12/1,
U Qadir:(RAL)
H2H: 2 I, 2 O, 1 W,
VENUE(T20D): 3 I, 11 O, 2 W,
T20I: 17 M, 15 I, 48 O, 22 W,
T20D: 65 M, 61 I, 207 O, 65 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11/0, 36/1, 21/1, 35/2, 37&0, 106/2,