PSL 2021 Peshawar Zalmi take-on Karachi Kings today

ABU DHABI: Peshawar Zalmi will take on defending champions Karachi Kings in the semi final of the Pakistan Super League’s sixth edition today at UAE’s Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.

The match will start at 11pm.

The winner of this match will play the loser of the Qualfier which will be played between Islamabad United and Multan Sultans on June 22.

The Wahab Riaz-led Peshawar Zalmi have produced some thrilling cricket to ensure a play-off berth, despite some hiccups on the way.

Seasoned campaigner Shoaib Malik has been their top scorer to date with 244 runs in 10 games at an average of 30.50 and a strike rate of 140.22. Malik made two fighting half-centuries in the Abu Dhabi-leg against Qalandars and United to ensure his team fought all the way, in pursuit of steep targets while minimising the damage to their net run-rate.

Defending champions Kings had to fight hard to resurrect their campaign after losing the first three matches of the Abu Dhabi leg, which left them on the verge of elimination.

King won a last-over thriller against the Qalandars – their ninth match, before defeating Gladiators on Saturday evening to clinch the fourth spot in the playoffs, ahead of their arch-rivals Qalandars.

Head-to-head, the Peshawar Zalmi has won nine matches while Karachi Kings emerged victories five times.