On Thursday evening, Lahore Qalandars will play Quetta Gladiators in Match 18 of the 2023 Pakistan Super League at the Gaddafi Stadium. With four victories from their first five games, the Qalandars are currently leading the table. With only one victory thus far, the Gladiators are last in the PSL. Stay tuned for our preview of this match.
At 19:00 local time, the game begins. Lahore Qalandars have been playing excellent cricket throughout this competition, and they appear to be on track to defend their PSL title in 2022. They should not have any issues with the side that is on the bottom.
The Quetta Gladiators, who suffered a crushing defeat against Islamabad United in Match 13, will need to put on their best performance of the season in order to take on the Qalandars in this match. After losing by 67 runs to the Karachi Kings, the Qalandars, led by Shaheen Shah Afridi, were languishing at the bottom of the table.
However, the team has moved above Mohammad Rizwan’s Multan Sultans to the top thanks to three consecutive victories. After defeating Islamabad United’s Shadab Khan by 110 runs on Monday (February 27), the Qalandars increased their net run rate to +1.470.
David Wiese won the award for Player of the Match after taking three wickets and scoring 12 runs off six balls.
Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Match details :
- Match: Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators, Match 18, Pakistan Super League 2023
- Date and Time: March 2, 2023, Thursday, 07:30 pm IST
- Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Prediction :
In this year’s PSL, any team can beat another, but Quetta Gladiators would need a big change in their current form to win on Thursday night. Not only do the Lahore Qalandars possess white-ball specialists, but they are also performing exceptionally well thus far in the tournament.
Lahore Qalandars will win this match for the fifth time in the competition, according to our prediction.
At odds of 1.57, the Lahore Qalandars are favored to defeat the Quetta Gladiators.
Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Weather Report :
Thursday evening in Lahore was cloudy and humid from beginning to end. During this match, the temperature will not fall below 19 degrees.
Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Pitch report :
It is evidently a batter-friendly pitch in Lahore, as team totals in three of the first four innings were over 200. In this game, we anticipate more pace and bounce from this wicket. The captain who won the toss has chosen to bat first in both games played at the Gaddafi Stadium. If they win the toss prior to this match, we anticipate that both skippers will choose to bat first.
Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Head to head :
In the PSL, Lahore Qalandars have a head-to-head advantage over Quetta Gladiators of 8-7, and they have won six of the last eight matches against the two teams.
| Matches Played | LAH Won | QUE Won | Tie | NR | |
| Overall | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Fantasy tips :
- The Qalandars’ highest run scorer in Thursday’s match is Fakhar Zaman, who leads the tournament in run totals and is well worth backing. Our pick for Lahore Qalandars’ top wicket-taker against Quetta Gladiators is left-arm pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, who has taken 10 wickets at a strike rate of 10.8 so far.
- Our pick for Quetta Gladiators’ highest run scorer against Lahore Qalandars is Martin Guptill, who is 115 runs away from scoring 9000 T20 runs. The attacking opening batter is our pick. Mohammad Hasnain is a strong candidate to be Quetta Gladiators’ top wicket-taker in this game due to his tournament-best figures of 3-13.
- Since Shaheen Shah Afridi has already taken five wickets at this venue in this tournament, we recommend backing him to take more than 1.5 wickets in this match.
Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Dream 11 :
- Captain: David Wiese
- Vice-Captain: Shaheen Afridi
- Wicketkeeper: Sam Billings, Sarfaraz Ahmed
- Batters: Fakhar Zaman, Jason Roy, Martin Guptill, Iftikhar Ahmed
- All-rounders: David Wiese, Sikandar Raza
- Bowlers: Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Where to watch :
Fans can watch the match live on PTV Sports, Ten Sports, and A Sports. They can also stream it on SonyLIV, Daraz, Tapmad, and Tamasha App.
Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators Playing XIs :
Lahore Qalandars:
- Fakhar Zaman, Mirza Tahir Baig, Abdullah Shafique, Sam Billings (wk), Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
Quetta Gladiators:
- Jason Roy, Martin Guptill, Will Smeed, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Odean Smith, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Aimal Khan