Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United Betting Tips 06/02/2022

February 6, 2022 5:13 pm

Zohaib Ahmed, Senior Author

The 14^th match of the Pakistan Super League 2022 sees Karachi Kings take on Islamabad United at National Stadium Karachi on Feb 6 (Sunday). The match is to begin at 8 pm IST.

Teams Status

Karachi Kings

The bad news for Karachi is that after four matches, they are still searching for their first win of the tournament. The good news is that if they win this one, they’d only be two points shy of the teams holding third and fourth spot.

Such is the nature and size of PSL that you have to be ridiculously poor for a ridiculously long time to truly be out of playoff contention early. And as poor as Karachi have been, they still have plenty of time to get their act together and start accumulating points.

They did come close in the last game, falling just nine short of the 174-run target set by Peshawar Zalmi in a game their captain Babar Azam’s battling and unbeaten 90 went in vain.

More bad news for Karachi is that their pacers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Ilyas are out of the tournament. Usman Shinwari has been added to the roster.

Islamabad United

Islamabad faced two fellow contenders – Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalandars – and lost to both. But they also faced two strugglers in Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators and beat them both.

Their results tell us that Islamabad are contenders but aren’t in as full flow as the two above them. They now get the opportunity to face the weakest side in the competition.

One man who has been in incredible form of late and is arguably the player of the tournament on current form is Islamabad captain Shadab Khan.

The allrounder has a 91 and 52 in his last three innings while with the ball he has nine wickets in the last two matches.

What Do the Sportsbooks Say?

Brand	Karachi Kings	Islamabad United
	2.33	1.56
	2.475	1.55
	2.465	1.544

Islamabad are the favourites for this PSL fixture. Parimatch has Islamabad priced at 1.56 and Karachi at 2.33. Paripesa has Islamabad available for 1.55 and Karachi for 2.475. Lastly, 22Bet has Islamabad priced at 1.544 and Karachi at 2.465.

Tipster’s Angle

Tip: Islamabad to win @ 1.56

This is more chalk than what we usually lay but isn’t more than what we’re comfortable with. Karachi are battered and bruised while Islamabad are stacked. This is almost a mismatch at this point. Therefore, we side with Karachi here. The odds have been sourced from Parimatch.

Tip: Sharjeel Khan Total Runs Over (21.5) @ 1.832

Sharjeel Khan got runs in both of Karachi’s matches against Islamabad last year- 125 in the first game and 25 in the other. He is due a big knock and if it doesn’t come now when else would it come. For our purposes, we need him to just more than 21.5 runs. The odds have been sourced from 22Bet.

Conclusion

We do not see much life left in Karachi. One of Sharjeel and Babar Azam will have to play out of their skins for Karachi to pose any threat here.

Zohaib Ahmed

17:13, 6 Feb 2022

Senior Author

Zohaib Ahmed

Senior Author

17:13, 6 Feb 2022

Zohaib Ahmed is a sports journalist whose profession is to report and edit but whose passion is to predict and bet. He’s been in the industry for more than a decade and has worked/written for various bookmakers/tipsters. His expertise is in cricket, football, MMA, boxing and basketball.