Pitch Report:
National Stadium, Karachi.
Pitch is expected to be batting friendly. Most of the PSL matches and the last 2 games of this series were high scoring. Chasing teams have won 13 of the last 15 PSL matches.
Last 6 matches at this ground:
PAK: 172/8, WI: 163 (Pace: 11, Spin: 6)
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: 14, 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 again. M Hasnain and Usman Qadir are expected to play this game. Most probably Shaheen Shah Afridi and one of M Nawaz/Shadab will be rested.
Probable 11:
Babar Azam: RHB: 0, 7
M Rizwan: RHB: 78, 38
Fakhar Zaman: LHB: 10, 10
Haider Ali: RHB: 68, 31
Iftikhar Ahmed: RHB+RAO: 1, 32
Asif Ali: RHB: 1, 9
M Nawaz: LHB+LAO: 30+24/1, 1+36/2
Shadab Khan: RHB+RAL: 17/3, 28+22/0 // Usman Qadir: Leg Spin
M Wasim Jr: RAM: 40/4, 5+39/2
Haris Rauf: RAF: 21/1, 40/2
Shaheen Shah Afridi: LAF: 35/1, 26/3 // M Hasnain: RAF
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,