Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings Betting Tips 13/02/2022

February 10, 2022

Zohaib Ahmed, Senior Author

The 19^th fixture of the Pakistan Super League 2022 sees Peshawar Zalmi take on Karachi Kings at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on Feb 13 (Sunday). The match is to begin at 3 pm IST.

Teams Status

Peshawar Zalmi

Peshawar Zalmi must still be recovering from back-to-back defeats to league leaders Multan Sultans – once in Karachi and once in Lahore but both by big margins.

On both occasions, Multan piled up big totals and Peshawar batting crumbled in pursuit of the target.

England pacer Saqib Mahmood has been expensive on both occasions, although he at least picked two wickets in the last game.

In the last game, they had dropped Hazratallah Zazai despite for Liam Livingstone despite the Afghan opener having scored 43 in the previous game. Haider Ali was given his opening spot and it absolutely did not work out as he scored just one-off five balls before perishing.

Zalmi had actually swapped Zazai with Liam Livingstone but with Haider flopping so badly, Zalmi now have a potential selection headache on their hands.

Karachi Kings

The elephant named Karachi Kings is practically out of the tournament, with just its tail still left. With five straight defeats, their only chance of making the playoffs is via a numerical miracle that must see them win all their games and hope that stars align for them and others lose in the sequence they want them to.

The Kings have a creaky batting made and uninspired bowling made exponentially worse by several injuries to key players.

Already without Joe Clarke, Mohammad Amir, and Mohammad Ilyas, they have not lost emerging pacer Imran Khan Jr as well. They’ve added Mir Hamza but he is unlikely to make a major difference.

What Do the Sportsbooks Say?

Brand	Peshawar Zalmi	Karachi Kings
	1.70	2.12
	1.72	2.11
	1.72	2.14

Peshawar are the favourites for this PSL fixture. Parimatch has Peshawar priced at 1.70 and Karachi at 2.12. Paripesa has Peshawar available for 1.72 and Karachi for 2.11. Lastly, Sportsbet has Peshawar priced at 1.72 and Karachi at 2.14.

Tipster’s Angle

Tip: Babar Azam to score more than 31.5 runs @ 1.87

Any bet that backs Babar Azam to score a certain amount of runs is more often than not a decent bet. Add to it the fact that Azam’s team needs him to score big and he did just that in the reverse fixture last week with an unbeaten 90-run knock makes this play even better. The odds have been sourced from Parimatch.

Tip: Kamran Akmal to score more than 20.5 runs @ 1.85

Kamran Akmal is 40 now and his best days are certainly way behind him but he is back in his hometown of Lahore, and with this probably being his last PSL, he would want to put on a show, although we don’t even need that from him to win this bet. A mere 20.5 runs or more is what we want him to deliver. The odds have been sourced from Sportsbet.

Conclusion

We’re not picking sides here because we have a suspicion that Karachi batters might to comparatively better here in Lahore. However, if we were to choose, we’d of course pick Peshawar because Karachi’s bowling is just shorn of any life whatsoever. Peshawar have won three straight over Karachi. We think a fourth one is also on the way.

Zohaib Ahmed

20:05, 10 Feb 2022

Senior Author

Zohaib Ahmed

Senior Author

20:05, 10 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.