KARACHI: Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field first in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11th 23rd match against Quetta Gladiators at the National Bank Stadium on Wednesday.
Playing XIs
Quetta Gladiators: Shamil Hussain, Saud Shakeel (catch), Riley Rossow, Hasan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafe (week), Tom Curran, Jahandad Khan, Ahsan Ali, Alzari Joseph, Abrar Ahmed and Usman Tariq.
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (catch), Mohammad Harris, Gusal Mendis (VK), Farhan Yousuf, Michael Bracewell, Iftikhar Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Aaron Hardy, Sufyan Mukeem, Mohammad Basit Ali and Ali Raza.
head-to-head
Traditional rivals Salmi and Gladiators have faced each other 26 times since the arrival of the marquee league.
The 2017 champions dominate the head-to-head record with 13 wins, while the runners-up of the previous edition had 12 wins to their name.
Their last meeting came in the landmark 10th edition of the marquee league, where the 2019 champions registered a 64-run victory.
Matches: 26
Peshawar Zalmi: 13
Quetta Gladiators: 12
No result: 1
Form Guide
Both teams enter the match with different momentum as Zalmi are unbeaten in six matches, winning five, while their match against Islamabad United was abandoned due to rain in Lahore. As a result, the 2017 champions sit at the top of the points table with nine points.
Gladiators, on the other hand, started their campaign with a 14-run defeat at the hands of Karachi Kings before registering their first win against Hyderabad Kingsmen.
The 2019 champions failed to extend their winning streak, suffering back-to-back defeats at the hands of Islamabad United and Multan Sultans respectively, eventually beating Rawalpindis by 61 runs.
Peshawar Salmi: W, W, W, W, NR (Most recent first)
Quetta Gladiators: W, L, L, W, L
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