Pakistan Super League Season 9, got off to an exciting start for the former champions, Islamabad United, as they beat the PSL 8 winners, Lahore Qalandars, in LQ’s backyard.
On the second day of PSL 9, the cricket fanatics get a double-header on ‘Super Sunday’. The first of these two encounters are old rivals, Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi, who have fought each other in the finals of PSL2 and PSL4.
Head-To-Head Record
QG and PZ have faced each other a record, 22 times. Zalmi has a lead, winning 12 out of the 22 encounters, while Gladiators have won 9. One ended in No Result.
You can check out the full PSL schedule here
| Team | Win | Loss | No Result |
| Quetta Gladiators | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Peshawar Zalmi | 12 | 9 | 1 |
Pitch Report
Looking at history, Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium is known to be a batter’s paradise. Islamabad chased down a target of 195 comfortably in the second-last over of PSL9’s first match.
The winner of the toss will most probably decide to bowl first if the same deck as the IU-LQ match is used.
Expected Playing XIs
Check out the PSL 9 squads here
Quetta Gladiators:
| Jason Roy | Omair bin Yousaf | Rilee Rossouw (C) | Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) | Saud Shakeel | Sherfane Rutherford |
| Mohammad Wasim Jr | Akeal Hossain | Abrar Ahmed | Mohammad Hasnain | Mohammad Amir |
Peshawar Zalmi:
| Saim Ayub | Haseebullah Khan | Babar Azam (C) | Tom Kohler-Cadmore | Mohammad Haris (wk) | Rovman Powell |
| Asif Ali | Aamer Jamal | Salman Irshad | Arshad Iqbal | Arif Yaqoob |
Check out the PSL 9 Points Table here
