Islamabad United’s win against Multan Sultans in Pakistan Super League (PSL) 8 on Tuesday has made the tournament more interesting.
Lahore Qalandars and Islamabad United have qualified for the playoffs, Karachi Kings are out of the race while 3 teams Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators are eyeing the remaining two positions.
After the completion of 24 matches in PSL, Lahore has 12 points, Islamabad United also has 12 points, while Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi have 8 and 8 points respectively. On the other hand, Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators have 4 and 4 points respectively.
Karachi has only one match remaining while Quetta and Multan Sultans have 2 more matches to play and Peshawar have 3 more matches to play.
Quetta Gladiators will have to win their matches against both Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi to remain in the race for qualification.
On Wednesday, the teams of Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators will compete and if Peshawar Zalmi wins in this match, then the story of Quetta Gladiators will also end and Multan Sultans will also reach the final four along with Peshawar. If Sarfraz XI overpowers Babar XI, then his chances will remain intact.
After that, there will be an important match on March 10, in which the teams of Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi will face each other. In case of victory of Quetta on Wednesday, this match scheduled for Friday will be considered as a quarter-final because this match The winner will qualify for the playoffs.
If Quetta Gladiators win on Wednesday and Multan Sultans on Friday and Quetta Gladiators defeat Multan Sultans on Saturday then all eyes will be on the scheduled match between Islamabad and Peshawar on Sunday and for Peshawar to win this match. will be important.
In the current scenario, Agar Magar’s situation will largely depend on the results of the matches on Wednesday and Friday, but the important thing for Quetta is to improve their net run rate as much as possible in the remaining two matches.
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