Who will win QTG vs PSZ, PSL 2019 Final? Quetta Gladiators take on group winners and last season’s losing finalists Peshawar Zalmi in the 2019 Pakistan Super League at Karachi’s National Stadium. The match is scheduled for March 17.

• The top two teams in the 2019 Pakistan Super League meet in Karachi again, after Quetta Gladiators beat Peshawar Zalmi in the qualifying final.
• Quetta’s win was their third against Zalmi in this year’s tournament, having also beaten them twice in the league stage – though it was Peshawar who finished top of the group on net run rate after both teams won seven matches.
• Kamran Akmal hit 74 from 43 balls and Chris Jordan took 3-26 in four overs as Zalmi bounced back to book their final place, however – scoring 214/5 in a 48-run win against Islamabad United.

Date – 17 March 2019

Time – 19:30:00, GMT +5:30

Venue-  National Stadium – Karachi, Pakistan

• Winner – Quetta Gladiators

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• Momentum is going to be with Islamabad United who are coming on the back of wins in their last two matches.
• Peshawar Zalmi defeated Islamabad United last time out and that should give them a big psychological advantage.
• Peshawar Zalmi have more firepower in their bowling department than Islamabad United who are over-reliant on Faheem Ashraf.

Date – 15 March 2019

Time – 19:30:00, GMT +5:30

Venue- National Stadium – Karachi, Pakistan 

Winner –Peshawar Zalmi

Islamabad United Predicted Playing 11

• Luke Ronchi (wk), Cameron Delport, Alex Hales, Chadwick Walton, Hussain Talat, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Rumman Raees, Mohammad Sami (c), Muhammad Musa

Peshawar Zalmi Predicted Playing 11

• Kamran Akmal (wk), Imam-ul-Haq, Sohaib Maqsood, Misbah-ul-Haq, Liam Dawson, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy (c), Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Tymal Mills, Sameen Gul

Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)

• The Knights are languishing at the bottom of the points table and they are yet to register a win this season.
• The Warriors are coming on the back of defeats in their last two matches and so they will be desperate for a win.
• The Warriors have won the last four matches that they have played against the Knights.

Date – 15 March 2019

Time – 17:00:00, GMT +5:30

Venue- Buffalo Park – Port Elizabeth, South Africa 

Winner – Warriors

Warriors Predicted Playing 11

• Gihahn Cloete (wk), Matthew Breetzke, JJ Smuts (c), Colin Ackermann, Sinethemba Qeshile, Marco Marais, Yaseen Vallie, Andrew Birch, Sisanda Magala, Lutho Sipamla, Glenton Stuurman

Knights Predicted Playing 11

• Grant Mokoena, Andries Gous, Keegan Petersen, Petrus van Biljon (c), Rudi Second (wk), Patrick Kruger, Ryan McLaren, Marchant de Lange, Eddie Leie, Ottniel Baartman, Tshepo Ntuli

• Islamabad United have beaten Karachi Kings on the previous three occasions, including both the encounters of this season.
• Karachi Kings have three wins in their last four matches while Islamabad United have lost three of their last five matches.
• Karachi Kings have most of their bowlers in good form while Islamabad United seem to rely heavily on Faheem Ashraf to pick wickets.

ISU vs KRK Toss Prediction

The wicket at this ground has been a very good one for batting and it won’t be easy for the side batting first to determine a safe score here. And also since the pitch is expected to remain the same across the 40 overs, the team that wins the toss in this match is likely to bowl first.

Date – 14 march 2019

Time – 19:30:00, GMT +5:30

Venue – National Stadium – Karachi, Pakistan

Winner -Islamabad united

Islamabad United Predicted Playing 11

• Luke Ronchi (wk), Cameron Delport, Alex Hales, Chadwick Walton, Asif Ali, Hussain Talat, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Sami (c), Muhammad Musa, Rumman Raees

Karachi Kings Predicted Playing 11

• Babar Azam, Colin Munro, Liam Livingstone, Colin Ingram, Ben Dunk (wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim (c), Sohail Khan, Mohammad Amir, Umer Khan, Usman Khan Shinwari

Winner – India

India Predicted Playing 11

• Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia Predicted Playing 11

• Aaron Finch (c), Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Turner, Alex Carey (wk), Jhye Richardson/Jason Behrendorff, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa

• Peshawar Zalmi are second with six wins from nine matches but know a win against Karachi – who they have beaten the last three times in a row – would see them top the group.
• Karachi Kings have won their last three matches to claim the final play-off spot – sealing it with a thrilling one-run win against Quetta Gladiators on their debut in Karachi.
• The Kings had Usman Shinwari to thank for victory, as he took three wickets in the final over and conceded just three runs to seal victory.

KRK vs PSZ Toss Prediction

Karachi were asked to bat first last time out, but with runs to be found in this Karachi wicket they may be happy to choose to do so if they win the toss

Date – 11 march 2019

Time –19:30:00, GMT +5:30

Venue –National Stadium – Karachi, Pakistan

Winner – Karachi Kings

Karachi Kings Predicted Playing 11

• Babar Azam, Colin Munro, Liam Livingstone, Colin Ingram, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Ben Dunk, Aamer Yamin, Umer Khan, Usman Shinwari, Sohail Khan

Peshawar Zalmi Predicted Playing 11

• Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Amin, Misbah-ul-Haq, Liam Dawson, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Tymal Mills, Sameen Gul

• Quetta Gladiators have already qualified for the qualifier, with seven wins from nine matches so far – putting them two points clear of Peshawar Zalmi.
• One of their two defeats so far was against Karachi Kings, however, when Colin Ingram smashed an unbeaten 127 from 59 balls as they scored 188/4 to seal a six-wicket win.
• This is Karachi’s first PSL match in Karachi, where the remainder of this year’s matches will be played as the tournament concludes on Pakistani soil.

KRK vs QTG Toss Prediction

Both teams have been successful winning the toss in recent matches, and both prefer to field first – it could be a crucial toss therefore, and Karachi would love to seize the initiative in front of a ‘home’ crowd.

Date – 10 march 2019

Time – 14:30:00, GMT +5:30

Venue –Kingsmead Cricket Ground – Durban, South Africa

Winner – Karachi Kings 

Karachi Kings Predicted Playing 11

• Babar Azam, Colin Munro, Liam Livingstone, Colin Ingram, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Ben Dunk, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Umer Khan, Usman Shinwari

Quetta Gladiators Predicted Playing 11

• Shane Watson, Ahmed Shehzad, Azam Khan, Rilee Rossouw, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Sohail Tanvir, Fawad Ahmed, Harry Gurney, Mohammad Hasnain

• South Africa have bowled Sri Lanka out for 231 and 138 in the first two matches of this series to take a 2-0 series lead after two matches.
• Faf du Plessis hit an unbeaten century in an eight-wicket win first up, and has now passed 5,000 runs in one-day internationals after scoring 57 in the second game.
• The match will see Kusal Perera return to Kingsmead after his heroics in the test match here last month – the Sri Lankan hit an unbeaten 153 as Sri Lanka chased 304 to win by one-wicket, courtesy of an unbroken 78-run last-wicket stand.

Date – 10 march 2019

Time – 13:30:00, GMT +5:30

Venue – Kingsmead Cricket Ground – Durban, South Africa

Winner – South Africa

South Africa Predicted Playing 11

• Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Faf du Plessis, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Norje, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir

Sri Lanka Predicted Playing 11

• Niroshan Dickwella, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Perera, Oshada Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Dhanjaya de Silva, Akila Dananjaya, Thisara Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Lasith Malinga, Isuru Udana

• India won the first two games of this series but Australia hit back last time to keep the series alive at 2-1 with two games to play.
• Virat Kohli hit 116 in the second ODI and followed that up with 123 in a losing cause last time out – his 40th and 41st ODI centuries.
• Usman Khawaja was Australia’s batting ace last time out, meanwhile – his first ODI century earning him the man-of-the-match award.

Toss Prediction

With a green wicket expected, it is likely the team winning the toss will field first – as both teams have done in each of the last two matches. Aaron Finch has won the toss twice, while Virat Kohli won it last time out.

Date – 10 march 2019

Time – 13:30:00, GMT +5:30

Venue – Punjab Cricket Association – Mohali, India 

Winner – INDIA

India Predicted Playing 11

• Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Rishabh Pant, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia Predicted Playing 11

• Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Peter Handscomb, Jhye Richardson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins

• Sri Lanka’s confidence would have taken a big blow after their humiliating eight-wicket defeat in the opening game of the series.
• South Africa have an impressive recent ODI record at Centurion; they have won seven of their last nine completed matches here.
• South Africa have beaten Sri Lanka two times in the three ODIs that they have played against them at this ground.

Pitch Report

A quick surface is expected and the ball should come nicely onto the bat Seamers are likely to be more effective here than spinners

Date–  Mar 06, 2019

Time – 16:30:00, GMT +5:30

Stadium –  SuperSport Park – Centurion, South Africa

Our Prediction

Winner –South Africa

South Africa Predicted Playing 11

• Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Dwaine Pretorius/Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada/Dale Steyn, Anrich Nortje, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi

Sri Lanka Predicted Playing 11

• Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Upul Tharanga, Kusal Perera, Oshada Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Lasith Malinga (c), Lakshan Sandakan/Isuru Udana, Vishwa Fernando