Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars match prediction

Karachi Kings will take on Lahore Qalandars in the second semi-final of the ongoing Pakistan Super League on Tuesday evening.

Karachi Kings finished second on the points table after the league stage and Lahore Qalandars finished right behind breathing down their necks. The battle of the semi-finals will see two of the exciting teams squaring off against each other at the iconic Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore tomorrow evening. But as matter of fact, it is no less exciting for you, and that is because you and I make quite a lot of cash when the Kings and the Qalandars will clash for the third time in this ongoing tournament. You do not even have to go and look around for the markets to bet on as I have got them sorted for you.

Expect Babar Azam to score at least 30 runs in the semi-final

Babar Azam is currently the poster boy of Pakistan cricket and something of this sort happened when Imran Khan lifted the World Cup back in 1992. Pakistan has produced excellent cricketers over the years but this time they have produced an absolute gem in the form of Azam. The exciting right hander is the leading run scorer in the tournament with 345 runs under his belt at an average of almost 50.0 including three fifties. He is the highest run getter for Karachi Kings in the ongoing season and he took credit for the same in the previous edition of the Pakistan Super League. Azam has already bettered his tally of 335 runs in 11 matches at an average of 30.45 and he is not done yet. He is also the highest run getter when it comes to head to head encounters, having scored 196 runs at an average of 28.0. He has featured in 13 T20 games at this venue and has racked up 437 runs in as many games at an average of 43.70. In Pakistan, he averages 48.49 and has piled up 1893 runs in 54 matches and that is not all as Lahore Qalandars will have to hatch a plan to get him out or else they have trouble waiting at their doorstep. Dafabet is offering odds of 1.87 for Azam to score over 29.5 runs and it should be a walk in the park for the Pakistani batsman.

We can expect at least one six from the bat of Sharjeel Khan

Now let’s focus on the other opener of Karachi Kings, Sharjeel Khan, who is also going to make us money on a Tuesday evening. The left-hander has had quite a good tournament so far and will be looking to continue with his form in the semi-final 2 against Lahore Qalandars as well. How is he going to help us win cash? Don’t fret, I will tell you - all he has to do is just hit one six and that is it! In the nine games he has played so far in this ongoing season of the Pakistan Super League, Sharjeel Khan has clobbered 16 sixes. He is the joint second highest six hitter in the tournament and he has also hit the maximum number of sixes for Karachi Kings. Sharjeel has featured in 81 T20 games in his career and he has managed to smash 101 sixes in those many matches. In the last two games he has played against Lahore Qalandars earlier this season, the left-handed batsman cleared the ropes 5 times. Bet 365 is offering odds of 1.72 for Sharjeel to hit at least one six in the game and that is the most obvious outcome.

Fakhar Zaman to deal in fours

Lahore Qalandars are still in this, don’t you forget and Fakhar Zaman is going to keep them in the hunt! This is one of the most lucrative markets that I have come across in recent times and we are in for a guaranteed win here. Zaman has managed to clatter 27 fours in nine games and that is an average of three fours per match. In the previous season of the Pakistan Super League, he managed to send the ball to the ropes 33 times in 10 matches and that again is more than three fours per match. In his T20 career, Zaman has featured in 113 innings and has hit 323 fours which is an average of 2.85 fours per game. In T20 international games, Fakhar has hit 86 fours in 33 innings and that again is an average of 2.70 fours per match. The last time Zaman played against Karachi Kings, he smashed three fours as well. Bet 365 is offering very generous odds of 1.90 for Zaman to hit over 2.5 fours and we cannot lose this bet any cost!

Lahore Qalandars to send the ball out of the park more times in the game

It has all come down to the penultimate game of the ongoing season of the Pakistan Super League. The Qalandars and the Kings will battle it out for a spot in the big final and who do you think is going to make it? Even I am contemplating on the same but I think I will reach the conclusion pretty soon by the end of this paragraph. For now I need you to focus on the number of sixes which will be hit in the forthcoming semi-final fixture. The Qalandars have their noses ahead in this particular battle as in the ongoing season Sohail Akhtar and company have smashed 79 sixes and on the other hand, the Kings could only manage 60 of them so far. In the last six head to head encounters, Lahore Qalandars have cleared the boundary ropes 30 times whereas Karachi Kings could do it 26 times. The last time these two sides met at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore earlier this season, the Qalandars clobbered 14 sixes compared to the Kings’ 10 of them. Royal Panda is offering odds of 2.00 for the Qalandars to hit more sixes in the game and the kind of form Chris Lynn and Ben Dunk are in right now, it is the most obvious outcome.

Expect Lahore Qalandars to have the last laugh

It is indeed a tricky market to pick but where’s the fun without a little bit of risk right? However, it is not going to be as risky as you think because I told you just a while ago that I will be able to reach the conclusion by the end of this article. I may be going against the favourites for this market but I bloody well have reasons to substantiate my claim. The Qalandars and the Kings have collided on nine occasions in the past and the latter has won five of those encounters. However, in the last five head to head clashes, Lahore Qalandars have won on three occasions. Lahore Qalandars are coming into this fixture on the back of five wins from their last seven games and that run of form helped them to reach the semi-final stages of the tournament. Karachi Kings, on the other hand, have won four out of their last seven games on their way to this game. The last time these two sides collided at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, the Qalandars handed the Kings an eight-wicket drubbing. On top of that, Karachi Kings are a depleted side as Alex Hales, Chadwick Walton and Chris Jordan have left the tournament amidst CoronaVirus (Covid-19) situation. On the other hand, the Qalandars are still in possession of most of their players who have played throughout the tournament. Royal Panda is offering odds of 2.10 for Lahore Qalandars’ victory and this is our chance to double up the investment.

Karachi Kings Openers to do a better job than their opponents

So far, as you have read, things are working well for the Qalandars, leading up to the second semi-final, but when it comes to having a better opening partnership, it seems Karachi Kings are going to run away with this market. Karachi Kings’ average opening partnership against Lahore Qalandars is 37.66 in 10 matches. The Qalandars, on the other hand, maintain an average of 29.66 in as many matches against Karachi Kings. In the previous head to head encounter, Karachi Kings thrashed Lahore Qalandars by 10 wickets putting up an unbeaten opening stand of 151* runs and the orchestrators were tournament’s top scorer Babar Azam and his partner Sharjeel Khan. The last time the Qalandars and the Kings met at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, the former could only score 2 runs from the opening stand, whereas the latter added 10 runs to their total for the first wicket. Royal Panda is offering odds of 1.90 for Karachi Kings to have a better opening stand in the game and that could well be the case considering the form of their opening pair Babar Azam and Sharjeel Khan.