Jason Roy of Quetta Gladiators playing a shot against Lahore Qalandars (photo - Getty Images)
Lahore Qalandars will face off Quetta Gladiators in their next match of Pakistan Super League in Lahore tomorrow.
Lahore Qalandars have only one win from five matches and they’re currently sitting at bottom of the points table and now are in a position from where they can’t afford any more losses so this is a must win encounter for them but the injuries to Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf have increased their problems more so it’ll be a tough task for Lahore to do well in their absence. On the other hand, Quetta Gladiators are currently sitting at fifth place with 3 wins from 7 matches and are on a 3 match losing streak so they’ll look to return to winning ways and they can’t ask for a better opponent than Lahore to return on winning track.
Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Match 21 PST T20
Match Details :
Match : LAH vs QUE, Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators, Pakistan Super League 2020
Date : 7 March 2020
Time : 7.30 PM IST
Venue : Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Head to Head :
T20 matches – 9
Lahore Qalandars won – 4
Quetta Gladiators won – 5
in the first meeting of this season Lahore Qalandars beat Quetta Gladiators by 37 runs in a high scoring game.
the first half of Pakistan Super League is done and both Lahore and Quetta are two lowest ranked side in the points table and on the basis of their performances we’re analysing both sides’ strengths and weaknesses and will also make our cricket match prediction –
Strengths : Lahore Qalandars’ strength is the presence of two-three all rounders like Hafeez, Samit Patel and David Wiese but they haven’t been consistent in their departments and explosive batsmen Chris Lynn and Ben Dunk too couldn’t do much but if they come good then Lahore will be in good position. On the other hand, Quetta’s strength is their openers Jason Roy and Shane Watson and the pace attack of Hasnain, Naseem Shah and Ben Cutting.
Weaknesses : Lahore Qalandars have a lot of weaknesses as they don’t have any reliable batsman so if quick wickets fall they can’t rebuild the innings and they also don’t have a genuine spinner and the injuries to Shaheen Shah and Haris Rauf have weakened their bowling attack. On the other hand, Quetta is too reliable on their opening pair of Roy and Watson so if they fail then all load will be on Ben Cutting in the middle order and also their pacers aren’t consistent and leaks a lot of runs.
In the first half of Pakistan Super League Quetta Gladiators did well and won three of the seven matches but they lost the plot in last a few matches and need to return to winning ways tomorrow to be in good position and they can’t ask for a better opponent than an out of form Lahore side. Quetta needs to work on their death overs bowling and middle order batsmen Azam Khan and Sarfraz Khan need to do well in middle overs and they’ll be fine. On the other hand, Lahore is under pressure right now after four losses in five matches and the injuries to their main pacers have put them in further trouble. They’re looking clueless right now. Given all factors of both sides our today match prediction is that Quetta Gladiators are favourite for this clash.
Following are the odds for this T20I match on two most famous betting sites –
Bet365 : Lahore Qalandars : 1.90, Quetta Gladiators : 1.90
Betway : Lahore Qalandars : 1.95, Quetta Gladiators : 1.80
Lahore Qalandars have played five matches and Quetta Gladiators have played seven matches and on the basis of performances in these games following players are good picks for fantasy cricket teams
Lahore Qalandars :
Mohammad Hafeez – 123 runs and 2 wickets in 5 innings (`1*50)
Ben Dunk – 121 runs in 3 innings (1*50)
Dilbar Hussain – 6 wickets in 2 innings
Salman Irshad – 5 wickets in 2 innings
Quetta Gladiators :
Jason Roy – 227 runs at 37.83 in 7 innings (2*50)
Ben Cutting – 146 runs and 8 wickets in 5 innings
Mohammad Hasnain – 14 wickets in 7 innings
Lahore Qalandars as usual began on a losing note in this season of PSL as well and now have only one win from five matches and they have also lost two of their main bowlers due to injury so they’re really under pressure and big names like Chris Lynn, Hafeez and Samit Patel haven’t performed upto the mark and their life will not be easy in the rest of the tournament. While Quetta have been average so far and they need to up their game. Though against Lahore they should do well. The likes of Roy, Cutting and Hasnain are in good form so they’re must pick for dream11 prediction team and all rounders like Nawaz, Samit Patel too can be picked as they get chance in batting too. From Lahore Chris Lynn, Hafeez and Ben Dunk are good options as other players are out of form.