Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United - Eliminator 2

Author: Shreyas
25 Feb 2022 19:37:13
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Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United - Eliminator 2 of the Pakistan Super League'2022, at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 

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1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario 

LAH - 10 - 6w/4l (2nd)
ISL - 10 - 4w/6l (4th)

(ii) Top Performers 

LAH

Fakhar Zaman - Highest run scorer (584), Avg (53.09) - 11M/11I
Kamran Ghulam - 10th highest run scorer (254), Avg (25.40) - 11M/11I
Mohammad Hafeez - 16th highest run scorer (226), Avg (25.1) - 11M/11I
Harry Brook - 17th highest run scorer (221), Avg (55.25) - 8M/6I
Abdullah Shafique - 20th highest run scorer (185), Avg (20.55) - 9M/9I
David Wiese - 37th highest run scorer (112), Avg (18.66) - 11M/9I

Shaheen Afridi - 5th highest wicket taker (15), Avg (22.13), SR (17.6) - 11M/11I
Zaman Khan - 7th highest wicket taker (14), Avg (23.50), SR (16.6) - 11M/11I
Haris Rauf - 9th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (31.15), SR (20.1) - 11M/11I
David Wiese - 30th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (30), SR (21) - 11M/11I


ISL

Alex Hales - 6th highest run scorer (317), Avg (42.50) - 8M/8I
Azam Khan - 9th highest run scorer (256), Avg (28.44) - 10M/9I
Shadab Khan - 10th highest run scorer (254), Avg (36.28) - 8M/7I
Colin Munro - 25th highest run scorer (165), Avg (82.50) - 3M/3I
Faheem Ashraf - 35th highest run scorer (121), Avg (30.25) - 10M/8I
Asif Ali - 37th highest run scorer (112), Avg (12.44) - 11M/10I

Shadab Khan - Highest wicket taker (18), Avg (10), SR (9.3) - 8M/7I
Waqas Maqsood - 12th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (22.18), SR (14.7) - 7M/7I
Hasan Ali - 23rd highest wicket taker (9), Avg (36.77), SR (20.4) - 8M/8I
Faheem Ashraf - 23rd highest wicket taker (9), Avg (32), SR (23) - 10M/10I
Liam Dawson - 30th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (19), SR (16.7) - 6M/6I
Mohammad Wasim - 32nd highest wicket taker (6), Avg (47.16), SR (24.5) - 7M/7I


(iii) Toss Based Analysis 

Lahore Qalandars (LAH)

1. Sohail Akhtar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(19)

2. Abdullah Shafique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(22), 41(31), 44(24), 32(27), 4(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(8), 19(20), 8(12), 5(8)

3. Fakhar Zaman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 76(35), 66(38), 38(27), 70(45), 60(37), 51(41)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 106(60), 53(42), 1(5), 0(1), 63(45)

4. Mohammad Hafeez
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(12), 37(19)*, 5(11)&0w, 8(5), 43(29), 2(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(21)&1w, 9(5)*, 33(24)&1w, 49(44)&1w, 0(3)&1w

5. Harry Brook
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(26), 41(17)*, 102(49)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(21), 2(5), 13(12)

6. David Wiese
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(5)*&0w, 0(1)&2w, 20(14)&0w, 22(9)*&1w, 0w, 17(12)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 31(23)&0w, 1(4)&1w, 8(7)&0w

7. Dean Foxcroft
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Kamran Ghulam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(31), 30(23)&0w, 1(4)&0w, 19(13)&1w, 42(38), 0(2)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(9), 55(39)*&0w, 13(15), 25(18), 20(17)

9. Samit Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(18)*&0w, 11(11)&1w

10. Mohammad Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Phil Salt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(3), 8(4), 26(13)*, 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(12), 14(10), 1(3)

12. Ben Dunk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Zeeshan Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(4)*&1w, 22(8)*&1w, 15(8)*&1w, 0w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 4w

15. Shaheen Afridi  
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 39(20)*&1w, 0w

16. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 7(7)*&0w

17. Ahmed Daniyal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Zaman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 0w

19. Maaz Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Syed Faridoun
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Akif Javed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Matty Potts
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Fawad Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w


Islamabad United (ISL)

1. Asif Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)*, 10(6), 6(7), 28(11)&2w, 9(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(7), 14(12), 11(12), 12(9), 7(6)

2. Zahir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

3. Colin Munro
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 72(39)*, 33(33)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 60(45)

4. Waqas Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 2w, 0w, 0w

5. Mohammad Huraira
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Danish Aziz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(3), 30(25)*

7. Mubasir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 9(9), 1w, 21(19), 6(5)&0w

8. Shadab Khan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(9)&5w, 34(19)&4w, 12(12)&3w, 34(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 91(42)&0w, 52(32)&4w, 22(17)&1w

9. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 7(5)*&0w, 55(28)&0w, 29(10)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0(1)&0w, 0w, 9(6)&3w, 2(4)&3w, 19(13)*&1w

10. Mohammad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 12(2)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 12(14)&0w

11. Zeeshan Zameer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Azam Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 65(35), 16(7), 0(1), 22(14), 8(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(12), 10(12)*, 85(45), 10(15), 28(22)

13. Liam Dawson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(18)&1w, 15(16)&1w, 22(11)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(6)&1w, 31(26)&1w, 10(2)*&0w

14. Muhammad Akhlaq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 2(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w, 12(12)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w, 3w

16. Athar Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

17. Marchant De Lange
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w

18. Zafar Gohar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Muhammad Musa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(21)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

20. Nasir Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Zahid Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(9)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

22. Alex Hales
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(9), 30(21), 62(38), 25(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 82(54)*, 23(15), 11(8), 62(49)


2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 175

Avg 1st Innings - 157
Avg 2nd Innings - 139

Highest total - 245/3 (Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators - 18th February'2022)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

LAH - 13 - 7w/6l
ISL - 9 - 6w/3l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

LAH

Mohammad Hafeez - 3rd highest run scorer (1034), Avg (35.66) - 38M/36I
Fakhar Zaman - 12th highest run scorer (552), Avg (25.09) - 22M/22I
Kamran Ghulam - 24th highest run scorer (383), Avg (47.88) - 10M/10I
Ben Dunk - 37th highest run scorer (257), Avg (64.25) - 7M/6I
Sohail Akhtar - 38th highest run scorer (256), Avg (25.60) - 16M/15I
Abdullah Shafique - 50th highest run scorer (219), Avg (27.38) - 8M/8I
Zeeshan Ashraf - 87th highest run scorer (146), Avg (16.22) - 10M/10I
Harry Brook - 90th highest run scorer (143), Avg (47.67) - 6M/4I

Mohammad Hafeez - 3rd highest wicket taker (25), Avg (20.28), SR (20.16) - 38M/28I
Shaheen Afridi - 6th highest wicket taker (24), Avg (20.33), SR (17.75) - 18M/18I
Zaman Khan - 26th highest wicket taker (14), Avg (13), SR (11.2) - 9M/9I
Haris Rauf - 34th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (38.5), SR (24.46) - 14M/14I
Samit Patel - 55th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (19.7), SR (15) - 8M/8I
David Wiese - 64th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (24), SR (19) - 12M/11I


ISL

Asif Ali - 22nd highest run scorer (393), Avg (24.56) - 21M/19I
Faheem Ashraf - 45th highest run scorer (227), Avg (20.64) - 18M/15I
Azam Khan - 66th highest run scorer (187), Avg (18.70) - 11M/10I
Alex Hales - 73rd highest run scorer (167), Avg (83.50) - 4M/3I
Liam Dawson - 81st highest run scorer (160), Avg (22.86) - 7M/7I
Colin Munro - 95th highest run scorer (139), Avg (69.50) - 3M/3I

Faheem Ashraf - 19th highest wicket taker (17), Avg (32.12), SR (20.65) - 18M/18I
Shadab Khan - 34th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (32.23), SR (23.54) - 15M/14I
Hasan Ali - 43rd highest wicket taker (12), Avg (34.8), SR (23.58) - 12M/12I
Zahid Mahmood - 64th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (25.11), SR (19.22) - 8M/8I
Zafar Gohar - 76th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (23), SR (19.50) - 8M/8I
Waqas Maqsood - 84th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (21.71), SR (13.71) - 4M/4I


(iv) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United - 24th February'2022
169/5 vs 170/5 (ISL won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+4w=8w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

2) Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars - 23rd February'2022
163/2 vs 135/9 (MUL won by 28 runs)

Pacers - 0w+6w=6w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

3) Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars - 21st February'2022
158/7 vs 158/8 (PES won in Super Over)

Pacers - 3w+6w=9w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w

4) Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans - 20th February'2022 
105/7 vs 111/4 (MUL won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+0w=2w
Spinners - 5w+4w=9w

5) Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings - 20th February'2022 
166/4 vs 143/8 (QUE won by 23 runs)

Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

6) Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United - 19th February'2022 
197/6 vs 131/9 (LAH won by 66 runs)

Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

7) Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars - 18th February'2022 
149/10 vs 127/9 (KAR won by 22 runs)

Pacers - 5w+6w=11w
Spinners - 5w+1w=6w

8) Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators - 18th February'2022 
245/3 vs 128/10 (MUL won by 117 runs)

Pacers - 3w+4w=7w
Spinners - 0w+5w=5w

9) Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United - 17th February'2022
206/8 vs 196/7 (PES won by 10 runs)

Pacers - 6w+7w=13w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

10) Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans - 16th February'2022 
174/6 vs 176/3 (MUL won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

11) Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators - 15th February'2022
185/7 vs 161/8 (PES won by 24 runs)

Pacers - 6w+4w=10w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w

12) Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings - 14th February'2022
191/7 vs 190/8 (ISL won by 1 run)

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w

13) Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars - 13th February'2022
141/7 vs 143/2 (LAH won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

14) Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings - 13th February'2022
193/6 vs 138/6 (PES won by 55 runs)

Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

15) Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators - 11th February'2022 
199/8 vs 203/5 (QUE won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 3w+4w=7w

16) Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans - 10th February'2022 
182/7 vs 140/10 (LAH won by 42 runs)

Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

17) Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi - 10th February'2022
182/7 vs 140/10 (MUL won by 42 runs)

Pacers - 6w+6w=12w
Spinners - 0w+4w=4w


SUMMARY 

Pacers 
1st Innings - 65w
2nd Innings - 78w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 33w
2nd Innings - 37w

Overall
143w:70w (Pacers:Spinners)

Times won batting first - 11
Times won batting second - 5


(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Lahore Qalandars (LAH)

1. Sohail Akhtar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(30)*, 1(6), 16(9), 9(11), 37(36)*, 15(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(9), 5(5), 68(46)*, 21(19), 19(23)*, 19(19)

2. Abdullah Shafique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 73(44), 60(42), 22(26), 4(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(24), 19(20), 8(12), 5(8)

3. Fakhar Zaman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(4), 21(13), 27(25), 31(27), 19(14), 33(26), 15(14), 12(13), 60(37), 51(41)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(4), 0(1), 20(13), 0(5), 63(46), 57(35), 53(42), 1(5), 0(1), 63(45)

4. Mohammad Hafeez
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(13)&1w, 1w, 25(14), 13(8), 14(22)&0w, 98(57)*&1w, 0(1), 43(29), 2(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(11), 17(16), 67(49)*, 10(13)&1w, 39(32)*&0w, 16(24)&0w, 4(4), 1w, 9(5)*, 33(24)&1w, 49(44)&1w, 0(3)&1w

5. Harry Brook
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 102(49)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(21), 2(5), 13(12)

6. David Wiese
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(5)&1w, 19(9)&1w, 0w, 17(12)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 17(6)*&1w, 2w, 2w, 31(23)&0w, 1(4)&1w, 8(7)&0w

7. Dean Foxcroft
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Kamran Ghulam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 110(64)*, 42(38), 0(2)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(29), 37(31), 55(39)*&0w, 13(15), 25(18), 20(17)

9. Samit Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(9)&1w, 71(40)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(8)&0w, 4w, 0w, 11(7)*&2w, 0w, 11(11)&1w

10. Mohammad Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Phil Salt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(13)*, 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(12), 14(10), 1(3)

12. Ben Dunk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(5), 93(43)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(15), 30(21)*, 99(40)*, 7(5)

13. Zeeshan Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 50(29), 2(8), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7), 16(9), 3(5), 1(3)

14. Fawad Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

15. Shaheen Afridi  
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 39(20)*&1w, 0w

16. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 7(7)*&0w

17. Ahmed Daniyal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Zaman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 3w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 0w

19. Maaz Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w

20. Syed Faridoun
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Akif Javed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

22. Matty Potts
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


Islamabad United (ISL)

1. Asif Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(6)*, 21(18), 6(7), 28(11)&2w, 9(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(10), 29(27), 1(2), 18(11), 7(8), 11(12), 12(9), 7(6)

2. Liam Dawson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(18)&1w, 15(16)&1w, 22(11)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(6)&1w, 31(26)&1w, 10(2)*&0w

3. Colin Munro
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 87(59)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 50(32), 2(4)

4. Waqas Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w

5. Mohammad Huraira
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Danish Aziz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(30)&0w, 2w, 13(11)&0w, 0(2)&0w, 6(15)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 19(18)*&1w, 0(3), 30(26)*

7. Mubasir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(14), 0w, 2(7), 21(19), 6(5)&0w

8. Shadab Khan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 7(5)&2w, 0w, 12(12)&3w, 34(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(7)&1w, 0(1)&1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 52(29)&2w, 22(17)&1w

9. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(3)*&2w, 1w, 30(12)*&0w, 12(7)&1w, 0w, 55(28)&0w, 29(10)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(8)&0w, 2w, 11(7)&2w, 10(8)&0w, 2w, 27(15)&0w, 0w, 9(6)&3w, 2(4)&3w, 19(13)*&1w

10. Mohammad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(14)*&0w, 12(2)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(14)&0w

11. Zeeshan Zameer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Azam Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(4), 25(13), 0(1), 22(14), 8(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(9), 23(9), 2(4), 85(45), 10(15), 28(22)

13. Zahir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

14. Muhammad Akhlaq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2), 0(1), 2(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(21), 9(6)

15. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 12(12)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(7)*&2w, 2w, 3w

16. Athar Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

17. Marchant De Lange
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

18. Zafar Gohar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 0w, 0w, 9(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

19. Muhammad Musa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(21)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 17(11)*&1w, 1w, 0w, 0w

20. Nasir Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(8), 27(18), 14(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(5), 30(21), 0(2)

21. Zahid Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3(9)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w

22. Alex Hales
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 80(48)*, 62(38)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 62(49)

23. Will Jacks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(8)


3. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
14 - 9w/5l (In favour of ISL)

(ii) Last 5 Matches 
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of LAH)

(iii) On this Venue 
3 - 2w/1l (In favour of ISL)

(iv) Recent head to head matches 

1) Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United - 19th February'2022 
197/6 vs 131/9 (LAH won by 66 runs)

Harry Brook - 102(49)*
Fakhar Zaman - 51(41)
David Wiese - 17(12) & 1w
Sohail Akhtar - 15(9)
Shaheen Afridi - 2w
Zaman Khan - 2w
Haris Rauf - 2w
Rashid Khan - 2w
Liam Dawson - 31(26) & 1w
Danish Aziz - 30(26)*
Faheem Ashraf - 3w
Zahir Khan - 1w

2) Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United - 5th February'2022 
174/6 vs 166/5 (LAH won by 8 runs)

Abdullah Shafique - 44(24)
Fakhar Zaman - 38(27)
Harry Brook - 37(26)
David Wiese - 20(14)
Haris Rauf - 2w
Zaman Khan - 1w
Shaheen Afridi - 1w
Colin Munro - 60(45)
Shadab Khan - 52(32) & 4w
Waqas Maqsood - 4w
Mubasir Khan - 1w

3) Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars - 13th June'2021 
152/7 vs 124/10 (ISL won by 28 runs)

Asif Ali - 75(43)
Muhammad Musa - 3w
Shadab Khan - 2w
Fakhar Zaman - 44(37)
Sohail Akhtar - 34(19)
Haris Rauf - 17(11) & 2w
Shaheen Afridi - 2w

4) Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars - 9th June'2021 
143/9 vs 144/5 (LAH won by 5 wkts)

Faheem Ashraf - 27(24) & 1w
Colin Munro - 11(7)
Mohammad Wasim - 10(5)* & 0w
Shadab Khan - 7(8) & 1w
Sohail Akhtar - 40(30)
Mohammad Hafeez - 29(25)
Ahmed Danyal - 2w
Haris Rauf - 2w
Shaheen Afridi - 1w

5) Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars - 5th March'2020
198/3 vs 127/10 (ISL won by 71 runs)

Colin Munro - 87(59)*
Asif Ali - 20(6)*
Shadab Khan - 2w
Zafar Gohar - 3w
Ben Dunk - 25(15)
Mohammad Hafeez - 10(13) & 1w

6) Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United - 24th February'2020
182/6 vs 183/9 (ISL won by 1 wkt)

Mohammad Hafeez - 98(57)* & 1w
Fakhar Zaman - 33(26)
Shaheen Afridi - 4w
Haris Rauf - 2w
Shadab Khan - 52(29) & 2w
Asif Ali - 18(11)
Faheem Ashraf - 11(7) & 2w
Muhammad Musa - 17(11)* & 1w


ON THIS VENUE 

1) Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United - 19th February'2022 
197/6 vs 131/9 (LAH won by 66 runs)

Harry Brook - 102(49)*
Fakhar Zaman - 51(41)
David Wiese - 17(12) & 1w
Sohail Akhtar - 15(9)
Shaheen Afridi - 2w
Zaman Khan - 2w
Haris Rauf - 2w
Rashid Khan - 2w
Liam Dawson - 31(26) & 1w
Danish Aziz - 30(26)*
Faheem Ashraf - 3w
Zahir Khan - 1w

2) Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars - 5th March'2020
198/3 vs 127/10 (ISL won by 71 runs)

Colin Munro - 87(59)*
Asif Ali - 20(6)*
Shadab Khan - 2w
Zafar Gohar - 3w
Ben Dunk - 25(15)
Mohammad Hafeez - 10(13) & 1w

3) Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United - 24th February'2020
182/6 vs 183/9 (ISL won by 1 wkt)

Mohammad Hafeez - 98(57)* & 1w
Fakhar Zaman - 33(26)
Shaheen Afridi - 4w
Haris Rauf - 2w
Shadab Khan - 52(29) & 2w
Asif Ali - 18(11)
Faheem Ashraf - 11(7) & 2w
Muhammad Musa - 17(11)* & 1w


(v) Top Performers when these two sides meet 

LAH

Fakhar Zaman - Highest run scorer (323), Avg (26) - 11M/11I
Sohail Akhtar - 3rd highest run scorer (214), Avg (26.75) - 8M/8I
Mohammad Hafeez - 7th highest run scorer (157), Avg (31.40) - 7M/7I
Harry Brook - 10th highest run scorer (139), Avg (139) - 2M/2I

Shaheen Afridi - 3rd highest wicket taker (11), Avg (22.8), SR (16) - 7M/7I
Haris Rauf - 4th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (24.50), SR (16.50) - 7M/7I


ISL

Asif Ali - 2nd highest run scorer (264), Avg (29.22) - 12M/12I
Shadab Khan - 3rd highest run scorer (202), Avg (22.44) - 11M/9I
Colin Munro - 6th highest run scorer (164), Avg (41) - 5M/5I

Faheem Ashraf - Highest wicket taker (18), Avg (11.67), SR (9.20) - 6M/6I
Shadab Khan - 2nd highest wicket taker (17), Avg (15.06), SR (14.47) - 11M/11I
Waqas Maqsood - 8th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (12), SR (9.60) - 2M/2I


(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Lahore Qalandars (LAH)

1. Sohail Akhtar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(30), 1(6), 15(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(8), 75(34), 8(9), 40(30), 34(19)

2. Abdullah Shafique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Fakhar Zaman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(24), 65(44), 33(26), 38(27), 51(41)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(8), 6(5), 0(1)&1w, 38(20), 9(15), 44(37)

4. Mohammad Hafeez
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(3)*&0w, 98(57)*&1w, 5(11)&0w, 2(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(13)&1w, 29(25), 8(8)

5. Harry Brook
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(26), 102(49)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. David Wiese
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(9)&1w, 20(14)&0w, 17(12)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(14)&1w

7. Dean Foxcroft
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Kamran Ghulam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(4)&0w, 0(2)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

9. Samit Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(8)&0w

10. Mohammad Imran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Phil Salt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(3), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Ben Dunk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(15), 17(18), 1(3)

13. Zeeshan Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)

14. Fawad Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 4w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w

16. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 17(11)&2w

17. Ahmed Danyal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w

18. Zaman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Maaz Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Syed Faridoun
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Akif Javed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Matty Potts
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


Islamabad United (ISL)

1. Asif Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2), 16(8), 55(21)*, 20(6)*, 7(9), 75(43)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(6), 7(4), 36(19)*, 18(11), 14(12), 12(9)

2. Alex Hales
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(8)

3. Colin Munro
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 87(59)*, 11(7), 4(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4), 60(45)

4. Nasir Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Mohammad Huraira
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Danish Aziz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(26)*

7. Mubasir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 6(5)&0w

8. Shadab Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(5)&0w, 42(24)&2w, 1(2)&1w, 1w, 7(5)&2w, 7(8)&1w, 5(7)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(24)&1w, 1w, 52(29)&2w, 52(42)&4w

9. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(3)&1w, 6w, 27(24)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 23(11)*&2w, 11(7)&2w, 0w, 2(4)&3w

10. Mohammad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(5)*&0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 12(14)&0w

11. Zeeshan Zameer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Azam Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(12)*, 10(15)

13. Liam Dawson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(26)&1w

14. Muhammad Akhlaq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

16. Athar Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Marchant De Lange
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

18. Zafar Gohar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Muhammad Musa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(11)*&1w

20. Zahir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

21. Waqas Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 0w

22. Zahid Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Will Jacks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) LAHORE QALANDARS (LAH) SQUAD: 

OUT - Rashid Khan
IN - Fawad Ahmed

Probable XI

1) Fakhar Zaman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 63, 0, 51, 1, 53, 60, 70, 38, 66, 106, 76

2) Phil Salt - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 14, 2, 8, 26*, 8, 2, 0, 57

3) Mohammad Hafeez - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 49r 1w, 2r 0w, 33r 1w, 9*, 43, 8, 5r 0w, 37*, 24r 1w, 16

4) Kamran Ghulam - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 20, 25, 0r 0w, 13, 55r 0w, 42, 19r 1w, 1r 0w, 30r 0w, 6, 43, 72, 0, 0

5) Sohail Akhtar - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 19, 15, 37r 0w, 9, 16, 61*, 16*, 3, 
/
Abdullah Shafique 

6) David Wiese - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 8r 0w, 1r 1w, 17r 1w, 31r 0w, 2w, 0w, 22r 1w, 20r 0w, 0r 2w

7) Harry Brook - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 13, 2, 102*, 26, 41*, 37, 10, 2, 22, 11

8) Zaman Khan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w

9) Fawad Ahmed - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w
/
Samit Patel

10) Shaheen Afridi - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 0w, 39r 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 3w, 1w

11) Haris Rauf - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 7r 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w


BENCH 

12) Ahmed Daniyal - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w

13) Mohammad Imran - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0, 91, 64r 0w, 48r 0w, 0, 36r 1w, 13, 16r 2w, 6, 18r 1w, 13r 0w, 0w, 179r 0w, 0w, 2w, 29r 2w, 24r 2w

14) Maaz Khan - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 15r 1w, 15r 1w, 19r 4w, 2w, 9r 5w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w

15) Syed Faridoun - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 6r 0w

16) Akif Javed - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 11r 2w, 20r 3w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w

17) Matty Potts - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 14r 0w, 81r 4w, 4w, 26r 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 20r 1w, 30r 0w

18) Samit Patel - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 11r 1w, 26r 0w, 0w, 22r 1w, 0r 0w, 1r 2w, 8r 2w, 11r 2w, 36r 2w, 1w, 4r 3w

19) Abdullah Shafique - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 5, 8, 19, 4, 32, 44, 41, 8, 22, 25, 52, 73

20) Zeeshan Ashraf - LHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 108, 7, 24, 0, 12, 11, 102, 30, 60, 17, 93, 99, 0

21) Ben Dunk - LHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 9, 0, 12, 3, 38, 17, 5, 6, 6, 1

22) Dean Foxroft - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 40r 1w, 51r 0w, 18r 0w, 16r 0w, 16r 1w, 39r 3w, 42r 0w, 55r 1w, 1r 0w, 72r 0w, 138r 1w, 35r 2w

Safe C/VC choices
Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Afridi


B) ISLAMABAD UNITED (ISL) SQUAD:

OUT - Paul Stirling, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
Injury Concern - Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Colin Munro, Faheem Ashraf

Probable XI

1) Will Jacks - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 11, 16, 92*, 26r 0w, 57, 0r 1w, 69, 52, 28, 17

2) Alex Hales - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 62, 62, 30, 11, 22, 23, 82*, 9, 44, 23

3) Shadab Khan - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 22r 1w, 34, 12r 3w, 34r 4w, 52r 4w, 9r 5w, 91r 0w, 1w, 12r 0w, 1w

4) Azam Khan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 28, 8, 10, 85, 22, 0, 16, 10*, 65, 12, 48

5) Asif Ali - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 7, 9, 12, 11, 28r 2w, 6, 11, 14, 0*

6) Liam Dawson - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 22r 3w, 31r 1w, 4r 1w, 15r 1w, 13r 1w, 4r 0w, 2r 0w, 1w, 10r 0w, 41r 1w

7) Faheem Ashraf - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 19r 1w, 2r 3w, 9r 3w, 29r 0w, 55r 0w, 7r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0r 0w, 2w, 3w

8) Hasan Ali - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 12r 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 15r 5w, 2w, 3w

9) Athar Mahmood - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 22r 2w, 1w, 4w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w

10) Zahid Mahmood - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 9r 6w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w

11) Waqas Maqsood - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 19r 0w, 11r 4w, 0w


BENCH 

12) Marchant De Lange - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 9r 1w, 0w, 13r 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w

13) Zafar Gohar - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 22r 0w, 1w, 42r 5w, 2w, 24r 1w, 49r 0w, 24r 3w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 12r 4w, 3w, 0w

14) Mohammad Musa - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 26*, 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 4w, 5w, 0w

15) Zahir Khan - LHB, LWS
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w

16) Mubasir Khan - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 6r 0w, 21, 0w, 1w, 0w, 9, 0r 4w, 12r 1w, 31r 6w, 26r 2w, 0w, 5, 4r 2w, 6w

17) Zeeshan Zameer - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 11r 1w, 3r 0w, 21r 2w, 4w, 5w, 2w, 1w

18) Muhammad Huraira - RHB
Last 10 - 2, 51, 57, 311, 0, 10, 54, 6, 70, 8, 33, 65, 17, 43, 112, 24

19) Colin Munro - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 33, 60, 73*, 1, 12*, 24, 18, 27, 40, 64*

20) Nasir Nawaz - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 14, 42r 2w, 10r 2w, 102r 1w, 33r 1w, 0r 1w, 58, 12, 19, 80*, 46, 55, 25

21) Muhammad Akhlaq - RHB, RMF, WK
Last 10 - 2, 61, 81, 6, 2, 0, 9, 32, 61, 7

22) Mohammad Wasim - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 12r 0w, 12r 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 21r 4w, 11r 2w, 0w, 0w

23) Danish Aziz - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 6, 30*, 0, 32r 1w, 64r 1w, 0r 2w, 36r 0w, 3w, 8r 2w, 2w, 40r 2w, 75r 5w

Safe C/VC choices
Shadab Khan, Alex Hales


Differential GL C/VC choices 

LAH - David Wiese, Mohamad Hafeez, Kamran Ghulam, Fawad Ahmed
Risky - Harry Brook, Zaman Khan

ISL - Hasan Ali, Azam Khan, Waqas Maqsood, Faheem Ashraf
Risky - Liam Dawson, Will Jacks


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Ponting also reckoned that Kohli, who is now third on the highest run-scorers list in ODIs, will want to finish at the top
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:53:55 GMT
Defending champions yet to name their captain with season starting on March 22
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:03:09 GMT
New Zealand's five-wicket win over Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Monday confirmed this; that means Bangladesh and hosts Pakistan are out of contention
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:26:10 GMT
Iyer points to the sluggishness of the pitch and Abrar's tight spell as reasons for India not being able to bat more aggressively
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:58:52 GMT
Former India allrounder comes in with plenty of coaching experience in international and franchise cricket
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:03:05 GMT
Kohli set up India for a semi-final spot and all but crossed out Pakistan from the 2025 Champions Trophy
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:46:36 GMT
India batter gets to the milestone in the Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in Dubai, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:34:14 GMT
A PCB official said that as this is an ICC tournament, the anthem playlist has been produced and distributed by the ICC
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:13:15 GMT
Aaqib Javed gives his vote of confidence to Pakistan's quicks, but Urooj Mumtaz and Anil Kumble feel the team, on the whole, lack firepower
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:55:32 GMT
They have opened together only 28 times in ODIs, but their numbers are staggering
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:02:25 GMT
After the defeat to New Zealand in Karachi, Pakistan must travel to Dubai to play India, a team they have struggled to beat for several years
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:22:38 GMT
"The difference between Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill is that Gill will take you right till the end," Sanjay Manjrekar says
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:21:13 GMT
Manjrekar feels Kohli is down on confidence, and that has affected his ability to take bowlers on
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:07:42 GMT
Despite a quick 69-run opening stand, India were tested by the 229 target
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:35:39 GMT
Axar finished with 2 for 43, and Jaker Ali, the beneficiary of the drop, went on to score 68
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:25 GMT
Former India spinner says head coach Gautam Gambhir has tough decisions irrespective of Champions Trophy result
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:24 GMT
Yash Rathod's century set Mumbai a target of 406, before Vidarbha ended the day with three key wickets
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:26:25 GMT
Shami opens up about his struggles and recovery after injuries and a surgery sidelined him from international cricket for over a year
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:34:23 GMT
The former Mumbai captain represented the state in first-class cricket for over a decade in the 1960s and 70s but is best remembered as a Mumbai selector and administrator
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:02:00 GMT
The venue last hosted a 50-over match in March 2024 while India and Bangladesh last played an ODI there in 2018
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:48:32 GMT
India captain says their three allrounders gives them a lot of options
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:43:56 GMT
This is the second time Gill is at the summit; the last time was during the 2023 ODI World Cup
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:38:32 GMT
India international set for first taste of county cricket after agreeing deal for first red-ball block
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:04:37 GMT
Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad, and Qualifier 2 in Kolkata
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:09:59 GMT
Chennai Super Kings are expected to host Mumbai Indians on March 23
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:05:18 GMT
The total prize pot has gone up by 53% to $6.9 million
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:23:35 GMT
Parunika Sisodia and Nuzhat Parween will replace them at MI and RCB respectively
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:03 GMT
India are without their bowling spearhead, Australia are without their entire first-choice pace attack
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:12:47 GMT
In two of India's chases against England, they promoted Axar Patel, and that left KL Rahul with little to do
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:29:23 GMT
Visitors were 126 for 2 after 18 overs in pursuit of 357, but eventually folded for 214
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:37:50 GMT
He is expected to take a month to recover after the surgery
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:17:13 GMT
While the latest scan, which Bumrah underwent in Bengaluru over the weekend, did not reveal anything untoward, it is learned he is not entirely ready to return to bowling yet
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:40:31 GMT
Their run-scoring methods haven't worked on this tour and part of that is due to the variety in the Indian bowling attack
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:20:54 GMT
Bumrah has not played any cricket since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in early January
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:22:25 GMT
Hamstring injury leaves England looking at potential replacements ahead of Australia opener
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:09:09 GMT
"I bowled almost 30 overs in that match [against Delhi in the Ranji Trophy]. So I never lost my rhythm"
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:54:12 GMT
India chased down their target of 305 with 33 balls to spare as Rohit and Shubman Gill reuinited at the top of the order with a 136-run stand
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:39:13 GMT
"He makes things much easier than what it is," Shubman Gill says about Rohit Sharma's century in the Cuttack ODI
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:45:42 GMT
There is an opportunity for both teams to use this series as a kind of laboratory ahead of the Champions Trophy
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:56:24 GMT
India batter had missed the series opener in Nagpur due to a knee injury
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:07:58 GMT
Your ready reckoner for the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, to be played in Pune, Nagpur, Kolkata and Rajkot from Saturday
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:40:39 GMT
Iyer, who scored a match-winning half-century, was originally meant to sit out the first ODI
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:48:56 GMT
We answer all your questions about the upcoming Champions Trophy in Pakistan and the UAE
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:42:42 GMT
India batter suffered a knee injury on the eve of the match
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:01:27 GMT
Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each to restrict England to a very gettable 248
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:13:05 GMT
Adil Rashid lost his spot as the leader in the bowling charts, while Jofra Archer dropped four places to tenth
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:57:11 GMT
They are also set to tour India for two Tests in 2025
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:11:31 GMT
Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon "mutually agreed" with the ICC that they would not undertake any officiating assignments in Pakistan
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:05:56 GMT
Two weeks ahead of the Champions Trophy, both teams have an air of vulnerability
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:49:33 GMT
Captain says the league will help players fine-tune their game and improve their fitness in the free window after the tournament
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:13 GMT
India's captain also hinted that Rahul could edge Pant as wicketkeeper for the England ODIs
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:34:48 GMT
The change was made to free up Mooney, who is Giants' designated wicketkeeper as well as opener
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:59:20 GMT
"You know a bowler of his calibre, to be able to play consistently for the long term, that's where I'm trying to put in all my efforts and energy," says LSG mentor
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:20:41 GMT
He was the Player of the Series in India's 4-1 victory in the T20Is against England
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:41:01 GMT
Abhishek's crisp shots and high-intent game in Mumbai left England without any answer and set up India's colossal victory
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:16:40 GMT
England captain says team won't veer from aggressive style despite chastening defeat at Wankhede
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:27:08 GMT
Coach says India "don't want to fear losing a game of cricket" after batters go all out to finish off 4-1 series result against England
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:10:08 GMT
He scored 38 more runs than England's collective total to complete India's 4-1 series win
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:29:28 GMT
The defending champions steamrolled past South Africa, with their spinners ruling the roost
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT
With the series already wrapped up, India's captain will be keen on marking his Mumbai homecoming with a big performance
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 03:15:28 GMT
Defending champions India will look to extend their dominance as SA set sights on the team to bring home a first women's title
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:16:04 GMT
Bumrah and Mandhana take top awards, while R Ashwin, who retired from international cricket last year, received a special award
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