Highlights | LHQ vs PSZ, 2nd Eliminator Match PSL 2023: Lahore Qalandars Win By 4 Wickets

Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi, 2nd Eliminator Match PSL 2023 LIVE Cricket Scorecard and Updates: The winner of tonight's contest will meet Multan Sultans in final on March 18

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It is going to be a battle between two of Pakistani's biggest cricketing superstars - Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi - when Peshawar Zalmi play Lahore Qalandars in the Eliminator 2 of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 2023) on March 17 (Friday). Babar Azam has been in top form, scoring 480 runs in 10 games at an average of 53.33 and strike rate of 148.61. Shaheen, who leads Lahore, has picked up 14 wickets in 10 matches so far. Babar vs Afridi will be the top battle to watch out for in tonight's contest. However, the two captains will be aiming to win the bigger battle.

The winner of the Zalmi vs Qalandars match sets up final vs Multan Sultans, which has preponed to Saturday, March 18. In Eliminator 1, Zalmi bowlers stepped up to stop Islamabad United from chasing the total on a beautiful batting wicket. This match too is being played in Lahore and Babar will be hoping for a similar performace from his side.

Check LIVE Scores and Updates from Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi PSL 2023 Eliminator 2 here.

17 March 2023

23:20 IST

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23:20 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: That is it!

It's a rematch of last year's final as Lahore faces off against Multan. This is the first time that Lahore has successfully chased a target this season, and they did it at a critical moment. Despite losing three wickets, young player Tahir Baig continued to play his shots and found a reliable partner in Billings, who used his experience to guide Lahore's innings. Their 50-run partnership kept the team on track, even though Baig's running was questionable. He had already run Shafique out, and Peshawar missed an opportunity when they did not appeal for obstructing the field after Billings curved his run and was hit by the ball while out of his ground. After Baig and Billings were dismissed, Sikandar Raza's brief innings helped bring Lahore closer to their target. Finally, Shaheen Afridi hit a six to secure Lahore's spot in their second final in a row. Peshawar will be disappointed, as they had a good score on the board, and Lahore had lost all of their games while chasing this season. Also, Salman Irshad and Aamer Jamal did not get the reverse they had in their previous match. Too many predictable slower balls into the pitch did not help either. Although Babar and Co. may feel frustrated, Sammy still wears a smile at the end.

22:53 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Qalandars 4 down

Mirza Baig, attempting to play the scoop, edges a length delivery outside off from Aamer Jamal to the wicketkeeper Haseebullah Khan, who takes the catch with ease. Aamer Jamal celebrates enthusiastically as the game shifts momentum. Mirza Baig departs after scoring 54 runs off 42 balls, including 7 boundaries and 2 sixes. The official scorecard reads: Mirza Baig c Haseebullah Khan b Aamer Jamal 54(42) [4s-7 6s-2].

22:08 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Ahsan Bhatti Departs

Ahsan Bhatti departs after being caught by Haseebullah Khan off the bowling of Riaz on the first ball. Riaz bowled a short delivery which Ahsan Bhatti tried to pull, but ended up getting a thick edge that flew to Haseebullah Khan who took a comfortable catch to his right. Ahsan Bhatti's innings comes to an end scoring 15 runs off 10 balls, including 2 fours and 1 six. He was dismissed by Riaz.

21:42 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: First blood

Fakhar Zaman departs after playing a wild shot and Azmatullah claims the wicket by hitting the stumps. Babar Azam, who had earlier mentioned the importance of dismissing Fakhar during the powerplay, runs towards Azmatullah to celebrate. Fakhar attempted a charge at Azmatullah's delivery and tried to hit it towards the leg side, but the length ball remained low and went on to hit the stumps. It was a poor shot selection from Fakhar, and he departs after scoring just six runs off five balls, including one boundary. The dismissal is recorded as Fakhar Zaman b Azmatullah 6(5) [4s-1].

21:20 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Mid-innings

Although Lahore Qalandars managed to come back in the final innings, this is still a respectable total. Saim Ayub left early, but Babar and Haris made sure they got going right away. With Haris acting as the enforcer, the pair put up 89 runs for the second wicket.

20:54 IST

LHQ vs PSZ LIVE: Zalmi pin hopes on Haris

Rajapaksa is unable to connect well in the middle. Haris needs to play till the end. Not just play, but hit boundaries. A total near to 180 will challenge the Qalandars on this track. Zalmi defended well yesterday vs United and they can do it even today. Afridi has over left and he will surely complete his spell.

PSZ 133/3 (16)

20:45 IST

LHQ vs PSZ LIVE Updates: Zalmi eye big total

Mohammad Haris will need to smash a century today and Bhanuka Rajapaksa need to support him ably from the other end if Zalmi want to put a grand total on the board.

PSZ 120/3 (14)

20:31 IST

LHQ vs PSZ LIVE Updates: Haris strikes fifty

Mohamamd Haris stepped up on the big day. Strikes fifty. Babar Azam gets out for just 42. Zalmi need a push now and hopefully the batters to follow will do well. Rashid Khan with the wicket.

PSZ 104/2 (11.4)

20:12 IST

LHQ vs PSZ LIVE Updates: Babar puts Zalmi on top

Babar Azam and Mohammad Haris put on 62 off 40 balls. Haris is striking nearly 200 strike rate. Wickets are hard to come by for Shaheen Afridi and Co.

PSZ 79/1 (8.2)

20:01 IST

Lahore vs Peshawar LIVE Updates: Fifty up for Zalmi

Mohammad Haris is on fire as he has smashed 4 fours and 1 six respectively. End of powerplay and Zalmi have gone past fifty. Like yesterday, Zalmi have another good start but they must not throw it away. 

PSZ 54/1 (6)

19:50 IST

LHQ vs PSZ LIVE Updates: Ayub gone

Zaman Khan has dismissed Ayub for just 5 which was a big blow to Zalmi. However, Babar and Mohammad Haris has steadied the ship with some lovely strokemaking. 

PSZ 38/1 (3.5)

19:37 IST

LHQ vs PSZ LIVE Updates: Zalmi off to a brilliant start

Babar Azam and Mohammad Haris have taken Zalmi off to another good start with the bat in hand. Shaheen Afridi goes for 10 runs off the first over. Qalandars need a better effort from the skipper tonight.

PSZ 15/1 (1.3)

19:19 IST

PSL 2023 LIVE Updates: Teams

Lahore Qalandars (Playing XI): Mirza Tahir Baig, Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Sam Billings(w), Ahsan Bhatti, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi(c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan

Peshawar Zalmi (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Mohammad Haris, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Haseebullah Khan(w), Aamer Jamal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Wahab Riaz, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Salman Irshad

19:02 IST

LHQ vs PSZ LIVE Updates: Zalmi win toss

The news from the middle is that Peshawar Zalmi have won the toss and chosen to bat first.

18:45 IST

LHQ vs PSZ LIVE: Check Squads

Lahore Qalandars Squad: Mirza Tahir Baig, Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Sam Billings(w), Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi(c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan, Jalat Khan, Shawaiz Irfan, Ahsan Bhatti, Shane Dadswell, Ahmed Daniyal, Dilbar Hussain, Kamran Ghulam

Peshawar Zalmi Squad: Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Haseebullah Khan(w), Mohammad Haris, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, James Neesham, Aamer Jamal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Wahab Riaz, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Salman Irshad, Danish Aziz, Sherfane Rutherford, Sufiyan Muqeem, Khurram Shahzad, Saad Masood, Arshad Iqbal, Usman Qadir

18:19 IST

LHQ vs PSZ LIVE Updates: Toss at 7 pm 

Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Afridi and Peshawar Zalmi skipper Babar Azam will come out for the all-important toss at 7 pm IST. The first ball will be bowled at 7.30 pm IST. 

17:17 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Prediction

The bowling lineups for Zalmi and Qalandars are both in good shape. As compared to United, the Zalmi bowling attack performed admirably. The toss, though, might be crucial because chasing is going to be difficult there.

16:47 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Live Streaming Details

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16:28 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Probable XIs

Lahore Qalandars

Fakhar Zaman, Mirza Tahir Baig, Abdullah Shafique, Sam Billings (wk), Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan

Peshawar Zalmi

Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Haris, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, James Neesham, Aamer Jamal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Wahab Riaz, Salman Irshad

16:10 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Weather Report

During the game, there will be an 18% chance of rain. It is anticipated that the temperature would be close to 19 degrees Celsius.

15:45 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Pitch Report

In the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, the side batting first has won 7 out of 7 games. So, it is easy to understand why the batting pitch at the venue gets worse. Chasing will therefore not be either team's first choice.

15:28 IST

Live Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Match Details

Match: Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi, Eliminator 2, Pakistan Super League 2023

Date and Time: March 17, 2023, Friday, 07:30 pm IST

Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

14:41 IST

Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam smashes Chris Gayle's record

Babar Azam broke Chris Gayle's world record in the last match, becoming the fastest to 9,000 T20 runs. Babar has achieved 9,000 runs in 245 matches while 'Universe Boss' Gayle took 249 matches to score the runs.

_ Babar Azam - that's it, thats's the tweet! pic.twitter.com/Opc5vnyJwG

— Peshawar Zalmi (@PeshawarZalmi) March 16, 2023

13:46 IST

LHQ vs PSZ: Hasan Ali copies Yuzvendra Chahal

Hasan Ali's campaign in the PSL 2023 may have ended on Thursday (March 16) night but he did manage to set social media on fire with his recreation of Yuzvendra Chahal iconic pose.

13:13 IST

Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi: Check Live Streaming details

Shaheen Shah Afridi's Lahore Qalandars are set to face Babar Azam-led Peshawar Zalmi in Eliminator 2 of PSL 2023. The winner of the match will face Multan Sultans in the PSL 2023 final on Saturday (March 18).

12:19 IST

LHQ vs PSZ LIVE: The second finalist to be decided today

A big battle awaits today as Babar Azam's Peshawar Zalmi take on Shaheen Shah Afridi's Lahore Qalandars. Expect a closely-fought contest as the second finalist is set to be decided tonight. Watch this space for all latest updates from the match.