Quetta Gladiators will be taking on Peshawar Zalmi in the Match 19 of the Pakistan Super League at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, June 12. Both teams will be coming to this contest off a defeat in their last encounter.
With only one win in five attempts, the Gladiators languish at the bottom of the points table. Peshawar, on the other hand, have three wins and as many defeats, and are placed in the third position.
Gladiators suffered a crushing ten-wicket loss to Islamabad United in their opening match of the UAE leg of the competition. They could only manage 133 in 20 overs after being put in to bat first. Jake Weatherald made 43 off 35, while the rest of the batters succumbed without putting up a fight.
Usman Khawaja and Colin Munro then made a mockery of the target, hunting down with ten overs to spare.
Peshawar, meanwhile, fell ten short of the 171-run target set up by Lahore Qalandars. Shoaib Malik starred with a stunning fifty, scoring 73 off just 48 deliveries, but was let down by others.
Overall, an exciting contest reckons as both teams would leave no stones unturned to get back to the winning ways.
Head to Head
Both sides have won eight matches each.
Probable XIs
Quetta Gladiators: Usman Khan, Saim Ayub, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Delport, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Azam Khan, Andre Russell, Jack Wildermuth, Mohammad Nawaz, Zahid Mahmood, Mohammad Hasnain
Peshawar Zalmi: Kamran Akmal (wk), Imam ul Haq, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, David Miller, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz (c), Fabian Allen, Umaid Asif, Mohammad Irfan and Fidel Edwards
Prediction
Quetta Gladiators to win the game.