HBL PSL Cricket Game
HBL PSL Cricket Game, Pakistan Super League 2020 (recognized as PSL 5, sponsorship by HBL PSL 2020) is the 5th season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was introduced the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015.
HBL PSL 2020
HBL PSL TEAMS
1. PESHAWAR ZALMI
2. QUETTA GLADIATORS
3. ISLAMABAD UNITED
4. KARACHI KINGS
5. LAHORE QALANDARS
6. MULTAN SULTANS
2. QUETTA GLADIATORS
3. ISLAMABAD UNITED
4. KARACHI KINGS
5. LAHORE QALANDARS
6. MULTAN SULTANS
HBL PSL Results
Points Table
Teams Mat Won Lost Ties Pts NRR
Multan Sultans 10 6 2 2 14 1.031
Karachi Kings 10 5 4 1 11 -0.19
Lahore Qalandars 10 5 5 0 10 -0.072
Peshawar Zalmi 10 4 5 1 9 -0.055
Quetta Gladiators 10 4 5 1 9 -0.722
Islamabad United 10 3 6 1 7 0.185
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Multan Sultans captain Shan Masood said:
“We have played really good cricket and there’s been a difference between the first team and the rest of the pile from which we should take a lot of heart.
“We have done all the hard work over the past month and now is the time to make sure that we produce the performances on the day and get the result for which we have been working.
“Peshawar Zalmi" have always been a domestic heavy outfit and that is why you always see them at the top of the table. I am not surprised that they are in the semi-finals. They have got a lot of match winners and we have to respect every single one of them tomorrow and make sure we execute our plans.
“This is our first involvement in the knockout stages so we should be looking forward to that rather than putting any burden on ourselves. We have actually done the first step right, which is qualifying for the semi-finals, and now it up the players to go out there and express themselves tomorrow.”
Zalmi, on the other hand, boast Pakistan’s leading T20 players.
Kamran Akmal, the highest run-getter in the history of HBL PSL, continues to live-up to the expectations of the fans and is the top-scorer for Zalmi in the ongoing tournament. The wicket keeper-batsman has piled up 251 runs at a strike rate of 162 and struck his third HBL PSL century in Zalmi’s second match of the tournament.
Veteran T20 all-rounder Shoaib Malik, who also holds the record for being the only Pakistan batsman to score more than 2,000 T20 runs, has been in form. He has smashed three half-centuries and his 239 runs have come at an average of over 34.
The rise of Haider Ali, their emerging pick, has caught everyone’s attention as the 19-year-old has proved his selection right with his artful strokeplay and hard-hitting abilities. Haider has made 239 runs at a strike rate of 158. His most impressive innings came against Qalandars, albeit in a losing cause, when he scored his maiden T20 half-century (69 off 43) and added 116 runs for the fourth wicket with Malik, when Zalmi were struggling at 24 for three.
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Wahab, who has been the highest wicket-taker in the HBL PSL history with 76 scalps in 54 matches, continues to spearhead Zalmi’s bowling attack. The left-arm quick has 11 wickets at an average of 23 – which makes him the highest wicket-taker from his side and sits at the third spot in the chart for the top wicket-takers in this tournament.
Wahab will be supported by Hasan Ali, who is the second highest wicket-taker in the history of the tournament with 59 wickets, and Rahat Ali. Both pacers have eight wickets in nine matches with their economy rates hovering between eight and nine runs.
Peshawar Zalmi captain Wahab Riaz said:
“It is a big occasion for me to be leading Peshawar Zalmi in the semi-final and it is something which I cannot explain in words. It is a huge responsibility given to me and the franchise has believed in me. I would like to repeat our 2017 campaign and win the trophy, for which we have the capability.
“Nerves are always there. That’s something I cannot deny as it is a big pressure game but my boys are my strength and I believe and trust in everyone who is going to play tomorrow. Each and every one of them is a match winner and I am hopeful that they are going to deliver.
“We bowled very well in the last game against Multan Sultans and I feel we can restrict their batsmen really well.
“It has been a great tournament and there was a lot of competition. I rate the quality of cricket in this edition to be higher than the last four tournaments.
HBL PSL 2020 schedule and time
Second semi-final – Karachi Kings v Lahore Qalandars (Pending)
The biggest inter-city rivalry in the country will come alive once again as Gaddafi Stadium will stage the second semi-final between arch-rivals Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars.
The two teams are locked at 1-1 in this edition after defeating each other on their home grounds. Qalandars secured a comprehensive eight-wicket win against Kings at Gaddafi Stadium and Kings avenged it with a commanding 10-wicket win at the National Stadium.
That the semi-final line-up was decided on the very last group match was largely due to Lahore Qalandars, who have progressed beyond the group-stage for the first time after four attempts.
Qalandars finished at the third spot, while Karachi Kings were ranked second at the completion of the group-stage.
It was their three consecutive wins in the middle-phase of their HBL PSL 2020 campaign which gave Qalandars’ the hope of their qualification to the next round and that it happened was due to the thunderous bat of Ben Dunk – who has smashed 23 sixes this tournament, the most for any batsman.
Dunk leads Qalandars’ batsmen with 266 runs at an impressive average of 53. But it is his blazing strike rate of 186 which makes him a nightmare for the opposition bowlers. The Australian batsman has struck two half-centuries – against Quetta Gladiators and Kings (93 and 99 not out) – and that both have come at the Gaddafi Stadium will be a concern for Kings.
What augurs well for Qalandars is the fact that Fakhar Zaman and Sohail Akhtar have picked form at the right time. In his last three matches, Fakhar has scored two half-centuries, both coming at the Gaddafi, while Sohail’s last four scores are 68 not out, 21, 68 and 19 not out.
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