Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam (second from proper) flips the coin as Quetta Gladiators skipper Saud Shakeel (second from left) makes the decision on the toss for his or her PSL 11 match on the Nationwide Financial institution Stadium in Karachi on April 15, 2026. — PSL
Peshawar Zalmi received the toss and elected to bowl first in opposition to Quetta Gladiators within the twenty third match of the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 11 at Karachi’s Nationwide Financial institution Stadium on Wednesday.
The 2 sides have met 26 occasions, with Zalmi holding a slim edge with 13 wins, whereas the Gladiators have secured 12 victories, and one match led to no outcome.
Enjoying XI
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris, Kusal Mendis (wk), Farhan Yousuf, Michael Bracewell, Iftikhar Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Aeron Hardie, Sufiyan Muqeem, Mohammad Basit Ali, and Ali Raza.
Quetta Gladiators: Shamyl Hussain, Saud Shakeel (c), Rilee Rossouw, Hassan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay (wk), Tom Curran, Jahandad Khan, Ahsan Ali, Alzarri Joseph, Abrar Ahmed, and Usman Tariq.
Head-to-head
Conventional rivals Zalmi and Gladiators have come face-to-face 26 occasions for the reason that creation of the marquee league.
The 2017 champions dominate the head-to-head document with 13 victories, carefully adopted by the earlier version’s runners-up, who’ve 12 triumphs to their title.
Their final assembly got here within the landmark tenth version of the marquee league, which noticed the 2019 champions registering a thumping 64-run victory.
Matches: 26Peshawar Zalmi: 13Quetta Gladiators: 12No Consequence: 1Form Information
The 2 groups enter the fixture with contrasting momentum as Zalmi are unbeaten after taking part in six matches, successful 5, whereas their match in opposition to Islamabad United was deserted attributable to rain in Lahore. The 2017 champions, because of this, sit on the summit of the standings with 9 factors.
Gladiators, however, began their marketing campaign with a slim 14-run defeat by the hands of Karachi Kings earlier than registering their first victory over Hyderabad Kingsmen within the subsequent fixture.
The 2019 champions didn’t stretch their successful run and succumbed to back-to-back defeats by the hands of Islamabad United and Multan Sultans, respectively, till finally thumping RawalPindiz by 61 runs.
Peshawar Zalmi: W, W, W, W, NR (most up-to-date first)
Quetta Gladiators: W, L, L, W, L
