Qalandars face Zalmi in do-or-die PSL encounter today

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Rawalpindi: The stake cannot be high and the drama may not be more severe when the screen increases that there is a thrilling, everything or nothing, between the Lahore Qalandars and the Peshawar Zalmi-A match that will eventually decide the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

This is not just another game. This is a duo or dye. This is survival. And all of them are coming out this Sunday evening under the light of the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, where only one team will emerge with their playoffs. Other? Possibly packing your bag, watching the rest of the tournament from the edge.

For Lahore Qalandars, the challenge is very high. The loss not only eliminates them from the play -off controversy, but also crushes their dream of playing in front of a house crowd roaring Gaddafi Stadium.

If they fall short, it will indicate the seventh time in the ten PSL season that Qalandars have failed to qualify for the playoffs.

In this season, their journey has been anything but smooth. After a rocky start, after a short renovation, only for the speed of slipping again.

Rain obstacles hurt, but the real concern is the poor performance of his rapid heads, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hers Rauf.

Of the top eight bowlers in this season, neither person nor Rauf is characteristic.

Dangerously, Hers has scored at the economy rate, with more than 10 runs per over, while Shaheen has not improved with data in the north of 8. With such numbers, the famous bowling attack of Qalandars has lost a lot in its bite when it makes the most difference.

To further worsen matters, Lahore has been subjected to the emergence of key players abroad. When the league stopped on May 8, they had a great foreign troops. But as PSLX restarted, only Alexander Raza has returned – though its availability is faster, with test assignments within a few days in the Trent Bridge against England. Sam Billings and Davidways are absent, and the explosive Dedial Michael has been rejected due to a finger injury.

However, the reinforcements have come. Kosal Pereira, Bhanoka Rajpakasa, and Shakib Al Hasan’s choice bring a spark of hope in Lahore’s batting lineup. But it will require a collective recovery and at a speedy speed. If Qalandars Script return to the fairy tale and proudly return home.

On the other hand, Peshawar Zalmi also finds himself in the area unfamiliar.

For the first time in the history of PSL, his progress in the play office is hanging in balance. Traditionally, a permanent top -four party, Zalmai, now faces the urgency of winning by hungry Lahore.

Zalmi’s batting unit, headed by Babar Azam, Sam Ayub, and Mohammad Herses, has not yet fully clicked. Their contradictions have forced the middle order to take repeated steps. Thankfully, for Zalmai, fun has emerged as a breakout star – commendable with both bat and hair. The choice of Luke Wood and Tom Kohler Cadmore (TKC) offers stability and experience in this high pressure collision.

Zalmi’s fans will remember his team’s clinical termination only weeks ago on April 24, when he restricted him to a pallet of 129, thanks to the mass -run -out magic of Alzari Joseph’s 15 -run fire. Joseph was no longer available, Zalmai will promise banking on wood and to get up on this occasion.

Since the cricketing world turns its eyes to Rawalpindi, one thing is sure – this is not just the most important match of PSLX, it is a war of rid, inheritance and survival.

Severity will be electric, the environment will be received, and for both teams, the error margin will be thin. Only one will rise. The other will fall.