Rawalpindi : HBLPSL title race begins in Rawalpindi on Saturday . Peshawar Zalmi to face Karachi Kings. Babar Azam’s Peshawar Zalmi will face David Warner’s Karachi Kings at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Last year’s runners-up Multan Sultans are out of the playoffs. The remaining five teams are in the fray to qualify for the playoffs.
Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings are in first and second place with 13 and 10 points respectively, Islamabad United, Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi face must-win matches.
Multan Sultans will face Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi will face Lahore Qalandars in a double header on Sunday, May 18. Shadab Khan’s Islamabad United will take on Karachi Kings in the last match of the league on May 19.
The qualifiers, eliminators 1 and 2 and the final will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore from May 21 to 25.
After 26 matches of the HBL PSL, Mohammad Rizwan (363), Hanif Mohammad (cap), Sahibzada Farhan (321) and Fakhar Zaman (309) are the top three run-scoring batsmen,
In bowling, Mohammad Abbas Afridi and Jason Holder are the joint highest wicket-takers (Fazl Mahmood cap) with 15 wickets each in eight matches. Abrar Ahmed and Hasan Ali are joint second with 14 wickets each.
In wicket-keeping, Mohammad Haris of Peshawar Zalmi has taken the most catches and stumpings with 10. Quetta Gladiators’ Rayle Russo has taken the most catches with 11.
The ticket update is that fans who purchased tickets for the matches of Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings on May 8, Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars on May 9 and Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings on May 10 can now use the same tickets for the matches on May 17, 18 and 19 respectively.
Due to the double header day on May 18 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, the previously issued ticket for May 9 can be used for both the matches. The afternoon match will start at 3.30 pm while the second match will start at 8 pm.
Except for the match on May 18, all other evening matches will start at 7.30 pm.
Fans who purchased tickets for Eliminator 1, 2 and the final can use them as per the newly announced dates of the respective matches.