SHARJAH – Peshawar Zalmi have won the toss and elected to bat first at theSharjah Cricket Ground.

Peshawar, with only three wins in their eight games so far, are dangerouslyclose to elimination: they need to win both of their remaining two games inorder to progress to the playoffs.

If Karachi beat Peshawar today, then the line-up for the playoffs andeliminators will be completed: Islamabad United, Quetta Gladiators, MultanSultans and Karachi Kings will be through.

But if Peshawar win today, then Karachi and Multan will have to wait untilPeshawar’s next match against Lahore on Friday.

If Peshawar win on Friday as well, they will reach the playoffs, leavingKarachi and Multan to wait for the result of the last league match of thisPSL: Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings.

It will be advantage Karachi: if they win, they’re through. Even if theydon’t, they’ll have to try their best to score as much as possible to beable to surpass Multan on NRR, as a Karachi defeat scenario would see themtied with Multan with 9 points each