Islamabad United take on Lahore Qalandars in the 23rd match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
These two teams also played the first match of PSL 9 where United defeated Qalandars by 8 wickets, courtesy of a brilliant partnership between Shadab Khan and Agha Salman.
United sit in a comfortable 4th position, but they’ll try to enter the top 2 so they have an additional chance of qualifying for the Final match at National Stadium, Karachi, on March 18.
Qalandars have had a lackluster campaign. They lost ace leg-spinner, Rashid Khan, before the league, and they lost PDP product, Haris Rauf, mid-season. LQ stands last on the points table, having accumulated one point, courtesy of rain, from seven matches.
Pitch Report:
Two out of two matches of PSL 9 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium have been won by the team’s batting first.
The average 1st innings total during PSL 8 at the venue was 209, with Multan Sultans 262-3 being the highest total at the venue.
During PSL 8, a 200+ total was scored in more than half (64%) of the matches at this venue, which guarantees that this ground is a batter’s paradise.
You can check out the full PSL schedule here
Head-to-Head Record
| Teams | Matches | Win | Loss |
| Islamabad United | 18 | 9 | 9 |
| Lahore Qalandars | 9 | 9 |
Expected Playing XIs
Check out the PSL 9 squads here
Lahore Qalandars:
| Sahibzada Farhan (WK) | Fakhar Zaman | Rassie van der Dussen | Abdullah Shafique | Sikandar Raza | Carlos Brathwaite |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi (C) | Jahandad Khan | George Linde | Syed Faridoun | Zaman Khan |
Islamabad United:
| Colin Munro | Alex Hales | Shadab Khan (C) | Agha Salman | Azam Khan (WK) | Jordan Cox |
| Imad Wasim | Matthew Forde | Naseem Shah | Hunain Shah | Rumman Raees |
Check out the PSL 9 Points Table here.
