Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi Weather Report Live Today And Pitch Report Of National Stadium, Karachi – PSL 2024, Qualifier

Karachi is all set to host the PSL 2024 Qualifier between Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi on March 14. The match begins at 9.30 pm IST. The winner of this match goes through to the final while the loser plays Eliminator 2. Peshawar won both the league games against Multan earlier this season. 

Multan Sultans is led by Mohammad Rizwan. The Pakistan keeper-batsman played a crucial hand of 69 as his team scored 185/4 in 20 overs. They then restricted the opposition to 106 and won the match by 79 runs. 

Peshawar Zalmi is led by Babar Azam. They defeated Karachi Kings by two runs to finish second on the points table. Peshawar scored 157 and restricted the Kings to 145 to win the match by two runs. Babar Azam has scored 498 runs in the season while Rizwan has scored 366, the second most in the league so far. 

The PSL is a very important tourament for Babar Azam. Recently stripped off from captaincy a PSL title win will boost the chances of his return to leadership with the national team not doing very well since his axing as captain. With the T20 World Cup later this year, PCB might be inclined towards naming him the captain at least of the white-ball formats. 

Overall, Peshawar and Multan have played 15 matches in the PSL so far with 16 matches in the PSL so far with Peshawar winning six games and Multan five. Peshawar has won three of the last five games. 

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PSL 2024 Qualifier Weather Report

Karachi was scheduled to host 11 matches in PSL 2024 including the playoffs and the final. Seven league matches have been completed so far with the Sultans ending their league stage on a winning note. The final four league games remain with the Qualifierr being the first of them. The weather has held up pretty well in Karachi so far.

 The temperature during the daytime will be around 31 degrees. The PSL 2024 match will start at 9 pm local time in Karachi. The temperature in the evening will be around 20 degrees with conditions pleasant for cricket. There will be around 25 percent humidity with a wind bowling across the northwestern part of Karachi. There is no rain threat. 

Pitch Analysis

The pitch in Karachi has been a good one so far aiding the batters mostly. Multan Sultans posted above 180 at this venue while Peshawar Zalmi posted less than 150 in their previous match against Karachi Kings. Thus the pitch has something in it for the bowlers as well with the hard ball inside the powerplay. 

Weather Impact On The Game

The weather conditions for this game are expected to be a pleasant one. There is no rain threat as the Karachi weather has held up very well during matches. Two matches in Rawalpindi were affected by rain both washed out but none so far in Karachi The humidity and dew might come into play and that might dictate what the teams are comfortable doing.

Conclusion

We can expect a full 40 overs game between the Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zami at the National Stadium Karachi. The winner reaches straight to the final while the loser plays the Eliminator 2 on March 16.

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