Home side Lahore Qalandars will meet two-time champions Islamabad United for the first time in this year's Pakistan Super League (PSL) today at Gaddafi Stadium.
Both sides will be pumped up as they won their last games convincingly. United beat Quetta Gladiators in Karachi whereas Qalandars defeated Peshawar Zalmi last night in Lahore.
United are currently second on the points table whereas Qalandars are just behind them on third position with same (6) points.
Here are five stats that you need to know about the clash.
Head-to-Head
Since first PSL season in 2016, United and Zalmi have faced each other in 15 matches. Two-time PSL champions United have a lead over Qalandars with eight wins out of fifteen. Qalandars, who had poor first four PSL seasons, beat United six times. One match between the two teams remained result less.
Highest total
In 2019, United scored a mammoth total of 238-3 against Qalandars in Karachi. In reply, Qalandars managed to score just 189 runs for the loss of nine wickets. United won that match by 49 runs.
United also have the highest team total of the PSL which they scored against Peshawar Zalmi in June 2021 that too in Karachi.
Largest victory (by runs)
The record for the largest victory between the two formidable sides belongs to United, who beat Qalandars by 71 runs during their encounter in PSL 2020 in Lahore.
Most runs
Fakhar Zaman of Qalandars managed to score the highest individual runs for Qalandars against United. The left-handed batter smashed 324 runs altogether.
Most wickets
United's current skipper Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf have the joint most wickets between the two teams. They took 18 wickets each since they joined the two-time champion team.
Probable XIs
Islamabad United: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Colin Munro, Rassie van der Dussen, Shadab Khan (c), Azam Khan (wk), Asif Ali, Mubasir Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Hasan Ali
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Tahir Baig, Sam Billings (wk), Abdullah Shafique, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan