The 5th match of Pakistan Super League 2023 is scheduled to play between Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi on Friday 17th February 2023 at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan.

Multan Sultans are going to play their third match in no time. They had played two matches where they had just been outstanding. They lost the first match by a close margin and won their very next match against Quetta Gladiators with a big margin of nine wickets. No, they are going to face Peshawar Zalmi at their home ground. Remember that the first five matches of Multan Sultans are at their home ground.

Peshawar Zalmi is a strong team and they also proved this in their very first match against Karachi Kings in their first match. They had opened their account on the points table. Both teams, Multan Sultans are Peshawar Zalmi are almost equal in strength and this match is going to be very interesting. Can Peshawar Zalmi make two in two? we don’t think so but it is confirmed that this match will be a close contest.

Multan Sultans won their second match of this edition of the Pakistan Super League against Quetta Gladiators with a big margin of nine wickets. The bowling unit of Multan Sultans almost destroyed the batting order of Quetta Gladiators. They leaked just 110 runs and send the full team of Quetta Gladiators back to the pavilion in under 20 overs. Almost all bowlers of Multan Sultans performed well and Ihsanullah was the most successful and highest wicket-taker. he picked up five wickets in four overs against just 12 runs and become the first fifer from the side of Multan Sultans. Sameen Gul was the other bowler who performed well.

Sameen Gul picked up two wickets in three overs while he was charged with 20 runs. Abbas Afridi also picked two wickets but he leaked a lot of runs. He was charged with 27 runs in 3.5 overs. Usama Mir picked one wicket while Akeal Hosein was the only bowler from their side who failed to pick any wicket. He was charged for 31 runs in four overs. The batting order of Multan Sultans had an outstanding performance and chased the target of 111 runs in just 13.3 overs. Rilee Rossouw was the most successful and highest run-scorer with 78 runs to his name on 42 balls with the help of nine boundaries and three huge sixes. He remained not out till the chase of the target. Mohammad Rizwan also performed well and scored 28 runs. He faced 34 balls and smashed just two boundaries.

Peshawar Zalmi had an ideal start to this season of PSL T20 and won their very first match against Karachi Kings. Peshawar Zalmi changed their captain and the new captain had the first win to his account. Peshawar Zalmi lost the toss and was asked to bat first in the first match. The way how their batting order performed in the previous match was just outstanding. They scored a total of 199 runs in 20 overs. Tom Kohler-Cadmore was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side. He scored 92 runs on just 50 balls with the help of seven boundaries and six huge sixes. The skipper, Babar Azam also had an outstanding performance with the bat and scored 68 runs on 46 balls with the help of seven boundaries and one huge six.

Mohammad Haris, Saim Ayub, B Rajapaksa, James Neesham, and Shakib Al Hasan are the leading batsmen of Peshawar Zalmi but they all batsmen failed to put some big runs on the board. The bowling unit of Peshawar Zalmi failed to give the best performance but they defended the target of 200 runs and leaked 197 runs in 20 overs. The bowling unit of Peshawar Zalmi is strong than the previous season. Wahab Riaz is leading the bowling unit of this team with Khurram Shahzad, James Neesham, Shakib Al Hasan, Salman Irshad, and Sufiyan Muqeem. James Neesham was the most successful bowler in the previous match with two wickets to his name in four overs against 26 runs. Wahab Riaz also picked two wickets while he was charged with 34 runs in four overs. Salman Irshad picked one wicket while Khurram Shahzad, Shakib Al Hasan, and Sufiyan Muqeem were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

Multan Sultans had faced Peshawar Zalmi in 11 matches where they won 8 matches while Peshawar Zalmi won 3 matches.

According to today’s prediction, Multan Sultans is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Multan Sultans a favorite team to win this match.

• Multan Sultans is a strong batting side
• Both teams are almost equal in strength
• Key players of Multan Sultans are in superb form
• Peshawar Zalmi won their first match and will be confident
• Both teams are very rich in the batting order

Multan Sultans is overall a strong team as compared to the Peshawar Zalmi especially when it comes to batting. The batting and bowling squad of the Multan Sultans is strong at least on paper, so the winning chances of today’s match for Multan Sultans have been increased. The equation of winning the chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Multan Sultans have a 52% chance to win this match
Peshawar Zalmi has a 48% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important role in almost all matches of Pakistan Super League season 8. We had seen in the previous editions of this tournament that chase is the best option for both teams at the venue of Multan. Almost 70% of matches had been won by bowling first. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to field first.

The 5th match of the Pakistan Super League season 2023 is scheduled to be held at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan. The pitch at this venue is known to be batting-friendly with a good balance between ball and bat. The pitch has a true bounce that allows good strokes to play. This patch also offers some help to the spinners with the progress of the match which make it a challenging venue for both batsmen and bowlers. The wicket is expected to be hard and bouncy with the ball coming onto the bat nicely. The conditions are generally hot and dry which can make the pitch slow down a bit during the latter half of the match. Dew will also play a role in the second inning. According to the live cricket score, a total of 190 runs should be a par score.

The weather forecast in Multan is good for a cricket match. The temperatures can range from 16 to 29 degrees during the day and can drop to 10 to 15 at night. Dew will start falling after 9 PM. The forecast is predicting almost no chances of rain on match day and we will have a full match to enjoy.

Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Shan Masood, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Kieron Pollard, Khushdil Shah, Akeal Hosein, Usama Mir, Sameen Gul, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah.

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, James Neesham, Shakib Al Hasan, Wahab Riaz, Sufiyan Muqeem, Salman Irshad, Khurram Shahzad.

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• Date: Friday, 17th February 2023
• Time: 01:00 PM GMT / 06:00 PM LOCAL / 06:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Multan Cricket Stadium
• Location: Multan, Pakistan
• Capacity: 30000
• Ends: Main Pavilion End, North Pavilion End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:00
• Home to: Multan
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 10
• Matches won batting first: 5
• Matches won bowling first: 5
• Average 1st Inns scores: 254
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 206
• Highest total recorded: 323/3 (50 Ov) by PAK vs BAN
• Lowest total recorded: 148/10 (38.3 Ov) by ZIM vs PAK
• The highest score chased: 306/5 (49.2 Ov) by PAK vs WI
• The lowest score defended: 272/9 (50 Ov) by PAK vs ZIM

Usman Khan, Arafat Minhas, Mohammad Sarwar, Carlos Brathwaite, Mohammad Ilyas, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Shan Masood, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Kieron Pollard, Khushdil Shah, Akeal Hosein, Usama Mir, Sameen Gul, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah.