Qualifier 1, Lahore or Multan who will enter the Finals?

The Qualifier match of the Pakistan Super League 2023, will be played between Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 15th March. The team winning this game will directly enter the final and the other team will still have a chance to reach the Final by playing in the Eliminator . Lahore Qalandars top the points table as they are having a really good season and their team is looking perfect. In batting Fakhar Zaman has been their highest run scorer with 378 runs in this season and in bowling department Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf have performed well with 15, 14 and 14 wickets respectively. Now talking about Multan Sultans team performance so far, In Batting their Captain is leading from the front and is not just highest run getter for the team but of the tournament also with 483 runs with an average of 60 runs and Rilee Rossouw has also been good with 388 runs for Multan Sultans. In bowling there is fight between top wicket taker between Multan Sultans players only as Abbas Afridi with 22 wickets and Ihsanullah with 20 wickets both have been amazing and are the reason for outstanding performance of Multan Sultans. So both teams have a good bowling lineup and their bowlers are in amazing form taking wickets in regular intervals.

MATCH DETAILS :

Lahore Qalandars Vs Multan Sultans:

Date: 15th March 2023, Wednesday 

Time: 07:30 PM (IST)

Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Capacity: 27,000

Live Streaming Platform: Sony Sports Network.

PITCH REPORT :

Lahore pitch is good for fast bowlers, spinners are economical but fast bowlers have been lethal on this surface. Captain's will be opting to bowl first as the weather forecast is sunny and humid, so in the second innings dew might come.

POSSIBLE PLAYING 11:

LAHORE QALANDARS:

Shaheen Afridi(C), Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Sam Billings(wk), Sikandar Raza, Rashid Khan, Hussain Talat, David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan.

MULTAN SULTANS:

Mohammad Rizwan(C)&(wk), Usman Khan, Rilee Rossouw, Tim David, David Miller, Kieron Pollard, Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir, Anwar Ali, Sheldon Cottrell, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD :

Total Matches Played: 15

Lahore Qalandars: 8

Multan Sultans: 7

Abandoned: 0

No Result : 0