I have midterms to study for (and I'm genuinely failing micro econ so if anyone here is interested in tutoring me pls show up) so I'm gonna procrastinate n make an update post woohoo
The group stages are now over! As you all know, we've started the Pakistan leg of the competition and now we've reached the qualifiers! Karachi Kings, Quetta Gladiators, Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United have reached the qualifiers while Lahore Qalandars (for the 4th year in a row) and Multan Sultans (for the 2nd year in a row - this is also their second appearance in the competition) have finished last and second last, respectively and so are out of the competition.
Also should point out that ALL of the foreign players have flown to Pakistan for this leg despite the threat of war (which has pretty much dissipated - lol @ India for that huge ass scare they gave us) so kudos to them! In particular Shane Watson from Quetta Gladiators has also flown out which is a huge deal because he's the first big Australian name to come to Pakistan in like 12 years or smth so!! thats huge!!
the matches have been pretty intense esp yesterday's Karachi vs Quetta where Quetta needed 5 off of 6 balls and Karachi won by 1 run thanks to Usman Shinwari's brilliant last over where he got 3 wickets! Hassan Ali also got a hattrick vs Karachi today so that was pretty entertaining (he plays for Peshawar).
We have 4 matches left which are
Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators who play in a Qualifier on Wednesday at 7:00 pm (+5:00 GMT)
this match is between the teams who topped the table and decides who goes directly to the final aka the winner will go directly to the final while the loser will have to play in eliminator 2 vs the team who wins eliminator 1 (ie either Karachi or Lahore as written below). It's a bit confusing so do send me an ask if u don't understand!!
Interesting players to watch for this match are
- Darren Sammy, Hassan Ali, Tymal Mills (who is a fave of mine), Keiron Pollard, Liam Dawson from Peshawar Zalmi
- Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo and others from Quetta
Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings in the Eliminator 1 on Thursday at 7:00 pm (+5:00 GMT)
Interesting players to watch are
- Shadab Khan (the captain!!) + others from ISLU
- Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir and Colin Ingram from Karachi Kings
Eliminator 2 on Friday @ 7:00 pm (+5:00 GMT) (winner of eliminator 1 vs loser of the qualifier)
Final on Sunday @ 7:00 pm (+5:00 GMT) (winner of qualifier vs winner of eliminator 2)
