Key match-ups, analysis, form, team news, weather forecast, tickets, TV and streaming information, odds, predictions and more ahead of the latest encounter in the 2023 PSL
Quetta Gladiators take on Lahore Qalandars in the next match of PSL8.
The match is scheduled to start at 7pm local time (2pm GMT) on Tuesday, February 21.
The National Stadium in Karachi will play host to this fixture.
Both teams have started this season of the PSL with a single victory from their opening batch of matches.
Quetta Gladiators have lost two of their three matches, most recently to Peshawar Zalmi, while Lahore Qalandars have a win and a loss from two games.
Qalandars are the defending champions and after starting their title defence with a one-run victory over Multan Sultans were dispatched handsomely by Karachi Kings.
The respective batting line-ups should decide this one. Martin Guptill made an impressive 117 runs off 67 balls, despite others falling cheaply around him in the Gladiators' recent win over Kings. W
With a valuable 32 lower down the order from Iftikhar Ahmed it seems they might have addressed some of the potential weaknesses in the line-up.
Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi will be hoping that Fakhar Zaman can find his form again soon, after being dismissed for 15 in their recent defeat.
However, it was the opening batter who set the Qalandars up for victory in their first game of the season, scoring 66 runs off 42 deliveries. If Fakhar can regain his form and the international allrounders contribute lower down the order then they could be set for a much more impressive performance.
Martin Guptill of Quetta Gladiators [Getty Images]
Neither side currently has any injury concerns. Jason Roy will be available for Gladiators until February 26 before joining up with England for their white-ball tour of Bangladesh.
Qalandars remain without Jordan Cox, who is the England Lions in Sri Lanka. Shai Hope is available before the West Indies' white-ball series in South Africa. They have focused on a core group in their opening games and should do the same again.
Gladiators are yet to settle on a preferred line-up. Naveen-ul-Haq is set to arrive following the end of Afghanistan's T20 series against UAE.
Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Roy, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal, Will Smeed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Naseem Shah, Odean Smith, Mohammad Hafeez, Umaid Asif, Muhammad Zahid, Abdul Bangalzai, Aimal Khan, Martin Guptill, Omair Bin Yousuf, Qais Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Dwaine Pretorius (partial replacement for Odean Smith), Will Jacks (partial replacement for Jason Roy), Nuwan Thushara (partial replacement for Naveen ul Haq)
Lahore Qalandars: Rashid Khan, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, David Wiese, Abdullah Shafique, Harry Brook, Kamran Ghulam, Zaman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Liam Dawson, Dilbar Hussain, Mirza Tahir Baig, Ahmed Danlyal, Shawaiz Irfan, Jordan Cox, Jalat Khan, Ahsan Bhatti, Sam Billings (partial replacement for Rashid Khan), Shane Dadswell (replacement for Harry Brook), Kusal Mendis (partial replacement for Jordan Cox), Shai Hope (replacement for Kusal Mendis)
*squads are for the overall competition and not specific to this match
Quetta Gladiators: Jason Roy, Martin Guptill, Abdul Bangalzai, Umar Akmal, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Odean Smith, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Qais Ahmad
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Mirza Baig, Shai Hope, Kamran Ghulam, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Liam Dawson, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
The weather is expected to be warm and dry with temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius at the start of play.
Lahore Qalandars are looking for their second win of the season [Getty Images]
Lahore Qalandars are favourites with the bookmakers with odds available at 8/11. Quetta Gladiators start as outsiders and can be backed at 11/10.
If Roy can rediscover form again after a duck in the Gladiators' last game, and with Guptill looking good they could prove too much for the Qalandars' bowling attack despite the impressive pace and skill within it.
Cricket fans in Pakistan will be able to watch PSL8 on A Sports, PTV Sports and TEN Sports on TV. Streamed matches will be available on Daraz App, tapmadTV and Tamasha.
Viewers around the world can watch the action live on Fox Sports (Australia), Sony (South Asia outside Pakistan), Willow TV (North America), Flow Sports (Caribbean), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), Sky Sport (New Zealand), Super Sport (sub-Saharan Africa) and, Etisalat and STARZPLAY (Mena).
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