ISL vs KAK - Match 22

Author: Shreyas
15 Jun 2021 01:49:56
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Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings -  Match 22 of the Pakistan Super League'2021, at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Weather Forecast
Sunny - 34°C

Points Table Scenario

ISL - 6-4w/2l (1st)
KAR - 6-3w/3l (3rd)

Series Performers till now

ISL

Colin Munro - 20th highest run scorer (101), Avg (101) - 2M/2I

Hasan Ali - 2nd highest wicket taker (10), Avg (14), SR (14.40) - 6M/6I
Faheem Ashraf - 13th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (22.20), SR (20.40) - 5M/5I
Mohammad Wasim Jr - 8th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (23.17), SR (22) - 6M/6I

KAR

Babar Azam - Highest run scorer (343), Avg (114.33) - 6M/6I
Sharjeel Khan - 4th highest run scorer (204), Avg (34) - 6M/6I

Arshad Iqbal - 8th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (24.50), SR (18) - 6M/6I
Waqas Maqsood - 8th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (26.17), SR (15.50) - 5M/5I
Imad Wasim - 15th highest wicket taker (4), Avg (33.75), SR (24) - 6M/5I
Mohammad Amir - 15th highest wicket taker (4), Avg (49.25), SR (36) - 6M/6I

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 126

Avg 1st Innings - 160
Avg 2nd Innings - 144

Highest total - 225/7 (Ireland vs Afghanistan - 30th November'2013)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

ISL - 3-1w/2l (33.33%)
KAR - 2-1w/1l (50%)

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

ISL

Colin Munro - 47th highest run scorer (170), Avg (56.67) - 4M/4I

Faheem Ashraf - 17th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (8.73), SR (9.27) - 6M/6I
Hasan Ali - 17th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (17.18), SR (13.91) - 7M/7I
Shadab Khan - 72nd highest wicket taker (5), Avg (25.60), SR (25) - 6M/6I

KAR

Babar Azam - 28th highest run scorer (201), Avg (50.25) - 7M/7I
Najibullah Zadran - 80th highest run scorer (121), Avg (40.33) - 8M/7I

Imad Wasim - 24th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (19.22), SR (18) - 7M/7I
Thisara Perera - 50th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (12.67), SR (13) - 4M/4I

(iv) Recent T20 Matches on this venue

1) Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United - 11th June'2021
133/10 vs 137/0 (ISL won by 10 wkts)

Colin Munro - 90(36)*
Usman Khawaja - 41(27)*
Hasan Ali - 2w
Mohammad Wasim Jr - 2w
Musa Khan - 2w
Akif Javed - 1w
Shadab Khan - 1w

Pacers - 7w+0w=7w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

2) Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi - 10th June'2021
170/8 vs 160/8 (LAH won by 10 runs)

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 2w+5w=7w

3) Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings - 10th June'2021
176/5 vs 164/7 (MUL won by 12 runs)

Babar Azam - 85(63)*
Chadwick Walton - 35(23)
Thisara Perera - 2w
Waqas Maqsood - 1w
Imad Wasim - 1w

Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

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

Faheem Ashraf - 27(24) & 1w
Usman Khawaja - 18(17)
Hussain Talat - 14(17)
Hasan Ali - 14(9) & 2w
Iftikhar Ahmed - 12(16)
Colin Munro - 11(7)
Mohammad Wasim Jr - 10(5)* & 0w
Shadab Khan - 7(8) & 1w

Pacers - 8w+3w=11w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

5) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 20th March'2021
183/7 vs 136/5 (AFG won by 47 runs)

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

6) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 19th March'2021
193/5 vs 148/10 (AFG won by 45 runs)

Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 1w+5w=6w

7) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 17th March'2021
198/5 vs 150/7 (AFG won by 48 runs)

Pacers - 4w+4w=8w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

8) Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - 9th November'2020
189/3 vs 172/8 (DC won by 17 runs)

Pacers - 2w+7w=9w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

9) Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - 7th November'2020
131/7 vs 132/4 (SRH won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

10) Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals - 3rd November'2020
152/7 vs 154/4 (DC won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

11) Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings - 1st November'2020
153/6 vs 154/1 (CSK won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

12) Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - 31st October'2020
185/4 vs 186/3 (RR won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

13) Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians - 29th October'2020
164/6 vs 166/5 (MI won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

14) Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals - 26th October'2020
195/5 vs 196/2 (RR won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

SUMMARY OF WICKETS

Pacers
1st Innings - 63w
2nd Innings - 39w

Spinners
1st Innings - 17w
2nd Innings - 27w

Overall
102w:44w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Islamabad United (ISL)

1. Shadab Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 7(8)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 16(8)*&1w, 8(7)&0w, 1w

2. Ahmed Saifi Abdullah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Ali Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

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

5. Asif Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(21), 7(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)

6. Colin Munro
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(15), 11(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 58(42), 90(36)*

7. Fawad Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 4(3)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

8. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 10(8)*&0w, 27(24)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 3w, 4w

9. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(8)*&1w, 3w, 0w, 14(9)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 2w, 0w, 2w

10. Hussain Talat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Iftikhar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

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

13. Mohammad Akhlaq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Musa Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

15. Rohail Nazir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Usman Khawaja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 41(27)*

17. Zafar Gohar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

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

19. Brandon King
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Umar Amin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Karachi Kings (KAR)

1. Imad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 14(5)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0(1)&1w

2. Abbas Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Amir Yamin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Arshad Iqbal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

5. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 68(55)*, 7(9), 12(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(24)*, 1(8), 1(2), 85(63)*

6. Chadwick Walton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(23)

7. Danish Aziz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(9), 11(16)

9. Mohammad Amir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

10. Mohammad Ilyas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Thisara Perera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(7)&0w, 3(4)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)&2w

12. Mohammad Haris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(15), 72(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(11)*, 11(5)*, 11(6)

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

15. Qasim Akram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(3)&0w

16. Sharjeel Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(13), 4(6)

17. Waqas Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

18. Zeeshan Malik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
 

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
15 - 9w/6l (In favour of ISL)

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

(iii) On this Venue
Not played yet!

(iv) Recent head to head matches

1) Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United - 25th February'2021
196/3 vs 197/5 (ISL won by 5 wkts)

Sharjeel Khan - 105(59)
Babar Azam - 62(54)
Imad Wasim - 1w
Mohammad Amir - 1w
Waqas Maqsood - 1w
Arshad Iqbal - 1w
Iftikhar Ahmed - 49(37)*
Hussain Talat - 42(31) & 1w
Faheem Ashraf - 25(15)
Asif Ali - 21(9)*
Hasan Ali - 1w

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w

2) Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings - 15th March'2020
136/6 vs 137/6 (KAR won by 4 wkts)

Hussain Talat - 37(30)
Shadab Khan - 12(14) & 2w
Akif Javed - 1w
Musa Khan - 1w
Sharjeel Khan - 37(14)
Imad Wasim - 26(34) & 1w
Umaid Asif - 1w
Arshad Iqbal - 1w
Iftikhar Ahmed - 1(4) & 1w

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

3) Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings - 2nd March'2020
183/3 vs 187/5 (KAR won by 5 wkts)

Shadab Khan - 54(31)*
Sharjeel Khan - 38(20)
Imad Wasim - 32(15)* & 1w
Chadwick Walton - 23(17)*
Mohammad Amir - 1w

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

4) Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United - 15th March'2019
161/9 vs 164/6 (ISL won by 4 wkts)

Babar Azam - 42(32)
Colin Munro - 32(11)
Aamer Yamin - 2w
Mohammad Amir - 1w
Hussain Talat - 32(19)
Asif Ali - 24(10)*
Faheem Ashraf - 17(8) & 2w
Musa Khan - 3w
Shadab Khan - 1w

Pacers - 6w+4w=10w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

5) Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United - 28th February'2019
168/8 vs 169/5 (ISL won by 5 wkts)

Babar Azam - 68(50)
Imad Wasim - 1w
Mohammad Amir - 1w
Asif Ali - 70(38)
Shadab Khan - 11(8)* & 1w
Faheem Ashraf - 8(7)* & 1w

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

(v) Top Performers when these two sides meet

ISL

Asif Ali - 3rd highest run scorer (252), Avg (50.40) - 13M/9I
Hussain Talat - 10th highest run scorer (132), Avg (16.50) - 9M/8I
Shadab Khan - 13th highest run scorer (96), Avg (19.20) - 12M/9I

Faheem Ashraf - 5th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (24.27), SR (16.73) - 9M/9I
Shadab Khan - 7th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (30.56), SR (28) - 12M/12I
Musa Khan - 10th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (29.80), SR (20.40) - 5M/5I

KAR

Babar Azam - Highest run scorer (401), Avg (40.10) - 12M/12I
Sharjeel Khan - 4th highest run scorer (218), Avg (36.33) - 6M/6I
Imad Wasim - 8th highest run scorer (140), Avg (17.50) - 13M/11I

Mohammad Amir - Highest wicket taker (13), Avg (31.08), SR (23.46) - 15M/15I
Imad Wasim - 2nd highest wicket taker (12), Avg (24.50), SR (19.83) - 13M/12I

(vi) Toss Based Analysis - Head to Head

Islamabad United (ISL)

1. Shadab Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 9(4)&3w, 8(10)&1w, 54(31)*&0w, 12(14)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)&1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 11(8)*&1w, 1w, 0(1)&0w

2. Ahmed Saifi Abdullah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Ali Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

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

5. Asif Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(3), 34(14), 2(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 39(36), 26(16)*, 70(38), 24(10)*, 21(9)*

6. Colin Munro
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 4(5), 32(11), 1(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

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

8. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 12(14)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 3w, 8(7)*&1w, 17(8)&2w, 25(15)&0w

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

10. Hussain Talat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(12), 1(2), 37(30)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(7)&1w, 0w, 0(1), 1(3), 32(19), 42(31)&1w

11. Iftikhar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2), 1(4)&1w, 49(37)*&0w

12. Mohammad Wasim Jr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

13. Mohammad Akhlaq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Musa Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 3w

15. Rohail Nazir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Usman Khawaja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Zafar Gohar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 13(10)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

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

19. Brandon King
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Umar Amin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Karachi Kings (KAR)

1. Imad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(9)&3w, 10(6)&0w, 2w, 2(3)&1w, 13(15)*&0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(9)*&2w, 0w, 32(15)*&1w, 26(34)&1w

2. Abbas Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Aamer Yamin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(19)*&0w, 0w, 1(2)&2w  0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Arshad Iqbal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

5. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(21), 55(53), 0(2), 27(21), 68(50), 42(32), 62(54)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 47(30)*, 27(27), 29(26), 0(0), 19(20)

6. Chadwick Walton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 23(17)*, 11(6)

7. Danish Aziz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Mohammad Amir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w

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

11. Thisara Perera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Mohammad Haris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

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

15. Qasim Akram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Sharjeel Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 105(59)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 38(20), 37(14)

17. Waqas Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Zeeshan Malik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) Islamabad United (ISL):

Probable XI

1) Rohail Nazir (Wk) - RHB
Last 10 - 8, 34, 57, 88, 69*, 18, 45, 68, 1, 6,

2) Usman Khawaja - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 18, 23, 64, 25, 50, 6, 42, 93, 3, 115*

3) Colin Munro - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 11, 2, 30, 7, 46*, 5, 82, 34, 50, 50

4) Iftikhar Ahmed - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 16, 0w, 7r 0w, 49r 0w, 1, 20r 0w, 4, 40r 0w, 19r 1w, 20r 0w, 76r 4w

5) Asif Ali - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 7, 1, 5, 19, 2, 16*, 19, 21*, 9, 7

6) Hussain Talat - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 14, 1*, 22, 42r 1w, 10, 5, 3, 15, 21, 46*

7) Shadab Khan (C) - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 7r 1w, 13r 0w, 33r 0w, 21r 1w, 6r 0w, 0r 0w, 5r 1w, 0r 0w, 4r 0w, 42r 0w

8) Hasan Ali - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 14r 2w, 5w, 0w 30r 4w, 5w, 4w, 3w, 1w, 12r 1w, 9r 2w, 32r 1w, 2w

9) Akif Javed - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w

10) Mohammad Wasim Jr - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 18r 2w, 24r 1w, 7r 0w, 54r 0w

11) Musa Khan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w

BENCH

12) Fawad Ahmed - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w

13) Zeeshan Zameer - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4r 1w, 2r 0w

14) Zafar Gohar - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 53r 1w, 28r 2w, 24r 3w, 48r 0w, 5r 1w, 7r 3w, 34, 37r 0w

15) Faheem Ashraf - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 27r 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w

16) Ali Khan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w

17) Muhammad Akhlaq - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1, 14, 10, 0, 1, 55, 117, 4, 48, 0, 38*, 0, 26

18) Ahmed Saifi Abdullah - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 14r 1w, 3r 0w, 0r 1w, 35r 0w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 13r 0w, 0w, 17r 2w, 4w, 4r 1w, 2w, 1w

19) Brandon King - RHB
Last 10 - 58, 10, 7, 4, 19, 97, 2, 20

20) Umar Amin - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 24, 83, 47, 1, 26, 67, 0, 10, 14, 22

Safe C/VC choices
Colin Munro, Shadab Khan

B) Karachi Kings (KAR):

Probable XI

1) Sharjeel Khan - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 4, 18, 8, 0, 64, 27, 105, 4, 12, 7

2) Martin Guptill - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 11, 44, 21, 35, 26, 20, 38, 71, 7, 43, 97

3) Babar Azam - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 85*, 2, 0, 52, 41, 2, 24, 122, 50, 14 94

4) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 11, 72*, 12, 0*, 45*, 9*, 6, 1*

5) Chadwick Walton (Wk) - RHB
Last 10 - 35, 0, 0, 1, 4, 23, 9*, 18, 7*, 15

6) Imad Wasim (C) - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 0w, 0, 1w, 1w, 1w, 12r 1w, 13r 1w, 1w, 15r 0w, 4r 1w

7) Thisara Perera - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0r 2w, 45, 32, 67, 52*, 58, 68, 3r 1w, 19r 2w

8) Qasim Akram - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 50r 1w, 27, 44r 0w, 67r 2w, 108r 0w, 5, 22r 0w, 60r 1w, 46r 0w, 30r 0w

9) Waqas Maqsood - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 12r 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 3w, 4w

10) Arshad Iqbal - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w

11) Mohammad Amir - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w

BENCH

12) Danish Aziz - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 22r 2w, 15, 9r 0w, 3r 0w, 5r 1w, 65r 0w, 28r 4w, 101r 0w, 46, 3w

13) Zeeshan Malik - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 15, 1, 44, 4, 18, 3, 6, 5, 54, 17

14) Aamer Yamin - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 73r 0w, 17r 0w, 23r 1w, 1r 0w, 35r 3w, 7r 2w, 93r 1w, 19r 6w, 6r 2w

15) Noor Ahmed -
Last 10 -

16) Mohammad Ilyas - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 4w, 2w, 3w

17) Mohammad Haris (Wk) - RHB
Last 10 - 7, 100, 20*, 54, 20, 1, 68, 19, 24

18) Abbas Afridi  - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w

Safe C/VC choices
Babar Azam, Imad Wasim

Differential C/VC choices

ISL

Usman Khawaja, Hasan Ali
Hit or Miss: Rohail Nazir

KAR

Sharjeel Khan, Najibullah Zadran
Hit or Miss: Martin Guptill, Thisara Perera

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)

Wk - Nazir
Bat - Azam, Guptill, Sharjeel, Khawaja, Munro
AR - Shadab, Perera
Bowl - Maqsood, Musa Khan, Iqbal/Ahmed/A Khan

Options - Hasan Ali (if he plays), Imad Wasim

GL Picks - Asif Ali, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Amir, Najibullah Zadran, Chadwick Walton

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:21:05 GMT
The new protocols will also mandate that all players travel in the team bus to and from practice and matches
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:03:25 GMT
Rohit, who might not be in the mix for the Ranji Trophy, has had a poor run of form over the last many months in Test cricket
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 07:43:48 GMT
After being dropped from the national side last November, she has been piling on the runs in the domestic circuit
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 07:27:05 GMT
Shubman Gill has come in for sharp scrutiny following poor returns at the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 03:47:51 GMT
Eden Gardens will host the IPL opener as well as the final, on May 25
Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:18:32 GMT
India batter says she is glad to end long wait for maiden international hundred
Sun, 12 Jan 2025 12:15:24 GMT
Jadhav, who had also registered for the WPL auction but went unsold, is one of the standbys for the upcoming Under-19 World Cup
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 15:39:03 GMT
Four players from the Test squad in Australia have rejoined the T20I squad
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:37:26 GMT
Maharashtra's 19-year-old allrounder scored a match-winning hundred on his List A debut
Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:52:08 GMT
Rookie left-arm seamer Abhilash Shetty defended 13 in the final over for Karnataka
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:58:27 GMT
The pair added 116 for the fourth wicket after a brief wobble to secure a comfortable win for India in Rajkot
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 09:50:07 GMT
"Fast bowling has been my first love, and though I step off the field, it will always be a part of who I am"
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:29:34 GMT
They will play their quarterfinal against Gujarat on January 12
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:06:39 GMT
Rajasthan beat Tamil Nadu by 19 runs in the pre-quarterfinal in Vadodara
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:18:33 GMT
Ponting, meanwhile, suggests Kohli needs time away from the game
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:02:42 GMT
The Tests in Sydney and Cape Town brought with them some record highs
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 06:43:02 GMT
Cricket Australia calls the rating a "step in the right direction" for surfaces at the venue
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 05:38:47 GMT
The former Australia captain believes that with a handful more runs and a fit Bumrah could have taken India to victory at the SCG
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 05:08:11 GMT
KL Rahul has been given time off, while Washington Sundar could play the semi-finals if Tamil Nadu get there
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 08:23:41 GMT
Australia opener hails "the toughest bowler I have ever faced"
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 07:36:49 GMT
Raghvi Bist and Sayali Satghare have been called up for the series
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:44:38 GMT
The allrounder, who played three ODIs and one T20I in 2016, led Himachal to their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy title in 2021-22
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 12:04:53 GMT
Gambhir makes it clear that he wants Test hopefuls to take domestic cricket seriously, and play the Ranji Trophy if they are not committed elsewhere
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 10:22:56 GMT
Without Bumrah, India's hopes faded away as Australia wrapped up the win within three days
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 10:03:40 GMT
"I've been really impressed with how he's gone about it," Pat Cummins says of newcomer Sam Konstas, who was involved in a couple of scraps in the last two Tests
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 07:34:41 GMT
"They've gained a lot of experience; they'll only go from strength to strength from here," Bumrah says of the newcomers to the Test team
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 10:05:16 GMT
"I sat out of this match because runs are not coming off my bat"
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 18:15:36 GMT
Despite the absence of Bumrah, India snatched a four-run first-innings lead, turning the Test into a second-innings shootout
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 09:40:45 GMT
"There's been no charges laid, but to have an opposition swarm the non-striker like that, we've got a duty of care to our player to make sure he's okay"
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 08:17:11 GMT
"The medical team is monitoring him. So we will know whenever the medical team gets back to us," says Prasidh Krishna when asked if Bumrah will bowl in the final innings
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 14:25:31 GMT
Jasprit Bumrah struck with the last ball of the day after India were bowled out for 185
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:38:00 GMT
Nair, who smashed 112, set a new record of 542 runs without being dismissed, going past former New Zealand allrounder James Franklin
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:27:53 GMT
After a fighting 98-ball 40, Rishabh Pant looks back at his innings and shares his thoughts on the Rohit Sharma situation
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:14:18 GMT
The decision was referred to the TV umpire, who judged that the ball appeared to have touched the ground
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 10:45:38 GMT
An exchange of words late on day one has added more spark to one of the series' most compelling duels
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 08:30:03 GMT
"I didn't find it right to be blocking someone's spot," says the 38-year-old Saurashtra stalwart
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 05:12:19 GMT
India's captain was averaging only 6.2 after five innings on this tour of Australia
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:32:57 GMT
India coach says he had "honest words" with the team after the defeat in Melbourne
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:05:12 GMT
"We're going to have a look at the wicket and finalise it [the XI] tomorrow," says the coach when asked if India's out-of-form captain will play
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 10:07:27 GMT
Australia will have another debutant in their XI, while India will make at least one change in their bid to draw the series
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:48:29 GMT
Australia will finish in the top two with a win in the New Year's Test, but a loss will keep India interested while Sri Lanka will be hoping for a draw
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:12:02 GMT
The leading wicket-taker of the Test series has also bowled the most overs among seamers across both teams
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:13:36 GMT
The part-time offspinner claimed the wicket of Pant early in the final session and the home side then surged
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:34:47 GMT
There was no murmur on Snicko, but third umpire Sharfuddoula saw a big deflection on normal replays and made up his mind
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:15:22 GMT
India's wicketkeeper-batter was out playing high-risk shots at crucial moments in both innings at the MCG
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:46:11 GMT
India went to tea with strong hopes of drawing the Boxing Day Test, but Cummins and Co kept pegging away to seal a fantastic win at the MCG
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:05:06 GMT
The total attendance over five days surpassed the previous record of 350,534 set at the MCG in 1937
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:04:09 GMT
If not the remaining two Border-Gavaskar Trophy Tests, then Australia's visit to Sri Lanka will decide who meets South Africa at Lord's in June 2025
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:56 GMT
Australia's lower order extended the lead to 333 after they had slipped to 91 for 6 at one stage
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:08:52 GMT
India will need to pull off the highest successful chase at the MCG to win the Boxing Day Test
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:16:37 GMT
Nitish Kumar Reddy happy to have already proven his doubters wrong with the bat, but he wants to fill the allrounder's role better for India
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 11:22:30 GMT
He says Pant should be batting lower than No. 5 if he only plays "these shots"
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 09:16:58 GMT
Reddy shared a 127-run stand with Washington Sundar as India fought back after being 221 for 7
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:57:14 GMT
After a six-for with the ball, Deepti scored 39* with the bat with India in choppy waters at that stage
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:56:55 GMT
After Australia finished on 474, India fought back with a century stand between Jaiswal and Kohli before they lost three wickets late on the second day
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:28:24 GMT
Bumrah had a significant say with three wickets although it was Australia who edged the honours with their top four all passing fifty
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:10:01 GMT
Konstas later brushed the incident aside, but Ricky Ponting said on commentary that Kohli "instigated that confrontation"
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:08:56 GMT
Pandey is fresh off her maiden stint at WBBL; she also turned for TKR in the WCPL earlier this year
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:01:10 GMT
The India batter had made scores of 31, 28 and 1 in his three innings in Adelaide and Brisbane
Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:20:38 GMT
He equals Ashwin's record of 904 rating points as he consolidates the top spot on the bowler's table
Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:18:37 GMT
The final has been allocated to Lahore, but will be played in Dubai if India make the title round
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:15:17 GMT
It's almost the same squad that won the Asia Cup in Malaysia recently
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:26:45 GMT
Australia will have all eyes on their new opener Konstas, and India would want more support for their star bowler Bumrah
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:08:40 GMT
Matthews' knock wasn't enough as West Indies were eventually bowled out for 238 in big chase
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 08:02:52 GMT
The India captain emphasised that the team management doesn't want to tamper with the batters' mindsets
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 06:17:21 GMT
Mumbai allrounder was part of the India A tour to Australia before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy began
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:52:26 GMT
Tanusree Sarkar led the way for Bengal with 113 off 83 balls, while Priyanka Bala, Dhara Gujjar and Sasthi Mondal scored half-centuries
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:29:05 GMT
His left knee has minor swelling due to increased joint loading from his bowling workload
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:07 GMT
The hosts dominated from start to finish despite not batting to full potential, winning by 211 runs
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:24:25 GMT
Pakistan will kick off the tournament against New Zealand in Karachi on February 19
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 08:32:56 GMT
Rohit was struck on the knee while attempting to play a pull shot and had to be attended by the physio
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:05:01 GMT
It was the second-biggest successful chase in Vijay Hazare Trophy history
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:18:22 GMT
Only Jake Fraser-McGurk and AB de Villiers have scored faster List A centuries
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 03:48:31 GMT
Pakistan will not travel to India for the remaining ICC tournaments in the ongoing events cycle
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:23:18 GMT
India posted 217 for 3, their highest-ever T20I total, in their first bilateral T20I series win at home since 2019
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:59:29 GMT
"I don't think Ashwin the cricketer is done, I think only Ashwin the Indian cricketer called time."
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:24:24 GMT
Ashwin played only one of the first three Tests of the ongoing series in Australia, taking 1 for 53 in the day-night fixture in Adelaide
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:14:55 GMT
India captain takes heart from India having put the pressure back on Australia late in the Gabba Test, despite having fallen behind earlier
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:13:18 GMT
India captain says "it's high time somebody from NCA talks about him, where he is rehabbing"
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:33:17 GMT
Australia and India conjured up the most intriguing of what-ifs in the 22 overs that were possible on the fifth day
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:09:10 GMT
India's last wicket pair put on 39 to help them take the innings into the final day at the Gabba
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:24:12 GMT
Captain Matthews leads chase with an unbeaten 47-ball 85 after Dottin's excellence with the ball and on the field restricts India
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:00:40 GMT
The batter posted his List A stats on social media, expressing surprise at his omission
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:35:38 GMT
A total of 98 overs can be bowled on the final day, but only 192 have been bowled across the first four days of this Test
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:37:39 GMT
He "will be exploring new opportunities" in the world of cricket and the "business side of it"
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:59:34 GMT
India need 195 more runs to avoid the follow-on with six wickets in hand
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:38:51 GMT
He says Siraj has a "little bit of a niggle" and praises his "fighter spirit that the team loves"
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:04:00 GMT
The Mumbai captain says Shaw needs to "figure out himself" how to get things back on track
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:51:52 GMT
MP captain Patidar's unbeaten 40-ball 81 wasn't enough as Mumbai chased down 175 with 13 balls to spare
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT
Dottin led the fight for West Indies with a rapid fifty, but her team still fell 49 runs short
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:07:36 GMT
The lack of depth in India's attack showed as the day went on as Head and Smith added 241 in 302 balls
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 05:52:17 GMT
Harmanpreet admits that the short turnaround between the ODIs in Australia and the T20Is at home against West Indies is "very difficult" to deal with
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 10:37:13 GMT
Asked to bat first at the toss, Australia's openers ensured they did not lose a wicket against the new ball in brief spell of play
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 04:23:06 GMT
Bhatia, Patil and Punia remain unavailable for India's white-ball series against WI due to injuries
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:05:03 GMT
The India batter has looked good in his two innings this series but will want a few more runs to show for it
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:42:03 GMT
The last time India played at this venue, they pulled off one of the greatest wins in Test cricket
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:17:48 GMT
She made a welcome return to form as the hosts clean-swept India building towards a defence of their 50-over title
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:15:01 GMT
Mandhana scored 105 off 109 balls in the 299-chase, but India collapsed after her dismissal
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:55:27 GMT
Gaud and Harpreet also contributed to the 174 chase as MP entered their first SMAT semis since 2010-11
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:39:56 GMT
Travis Head and Temba Bavuma among batters and Pat Cummins and Matt Henry among bowlers to have moved up this week
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