PES vs ISL: Peshawar Zalmi Playing 11 for Eliminator 1 of PSL 2022

Peshawar Zalmi Playing 11: The Eliminator 1 of the PSL 2022 will be played between Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United at Gadaffi Stadium on Thursday evening. The Zalmi have dealt a major blow just ahead of the fixture as four members have tested positive for Covid 19. The key all-rounder Ben Cutting is one of them along with Usman Qadir, Sohail Khan, and batting coach Hashim Amla.

Peshawar Zalmi finished third in the table with six wins and four defeats in ten outings and will be high on confidence after securing a win over Lahore Qalandars in the Super Over. The Zalmi will be aiming to continue the good run and secure a spot in the Eliminator 2 as it will be the end of the road for the losing side.

Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United have faced each other twice in the ongoing season and managed a win each. Coming to head to head meetings, Zalmi have an upper hand, winning 9 out of the eighteen fixtures. The United have won eight games while one has ended in a no result.

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Team News

Overseas players Liam Livingstone, Sherfane Rutherford, and TK Cadmore are unavailable for the remainder of the tournament
Ben Cutting, Sohail Khan, and Usman Qadir have tested positive for Covid-19 and are unavailable
Benny Howell has joined the squad for the remainder of the tournament and is likely to get a chance
Hazratullah Zazai and Kamran Akmal will open the innings
Shoaib Malik, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Harris will form the middle order
Wahab Riaz will lead the pace attack along with Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Umar

PES Playing 11 (likely)

Hazratullah Zazai
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Mohammad Harris
Shoaib Malik
Hussain Talat
Haider Ali
Wahab Riaz (c)
Amad Butt
Khalid Usman
Mohammad Umar
Arshad Iqbal

Peshawar Zalmi Squad

Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sherfane Rutherford, Saqib Mahmood, Liam Livingstone, Haider Ali, Hussain Talat, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Qadir, Salman Irshad, Arshad Iqbal, Sameen Gul, Kamran Akmal, Sirajuddin, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Umar, Matt Parkinson, Pat Brown, Sohail Khan, Arish Ali Khan

Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United Dream11 Captain, vice captain picks from PES

Peshawar Zalmi’s batting order is heavily dependent upon the experienced Shoaib Malik. He is the top run-scorer for the side with 346 runs in 10 innings at an average of 43.25, including two fifties. He has also picked up three wickets in 7 innings.

Tournament	Matches	Runs Scored	Strike rate
PSL 2022	10	346	138.95
PSL 2020-21	13	354	149.36
Overall T20	471	11643	127.73

Mohammad Harris is the consistent contributor with the bat for Zalmi. In 4 innings, he has scored 154 runs, including a fifty, and will be a valuable pick in your fantasy team.