DUBAI: Islamabad United and Karachi Kings clash in the playoff of the third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight.

The winner of tonight’s match will secure a place in the final of the tournament, to be held in Karachi on March 25. The losing team will play the winner of Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators eliminator game in Lahore, in one more shot at a berth in the final.

Former champions Islamabad United, who top the points table this season, have won 7 and lost 3 out of their 10 matches.

Karachi Kings, at second position, have won 5 and lost 4 matches.

Islamabad United

Head coach: Dean Jones

Captain: Misbah-ul-Haq

Squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Alex Hales, Sam Billings, Chadwick Walton, Luke Ronchi, Amad Butt, JP Duminy, Hussain Talat, Samit Patel, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Samuel Badree, Steven Finn, Mohammad Sami, Zafar Gohar, Mohammad Hasan, Rohail Nazir

Players to look out for:

Karachi Kings

Head coach: Mickey Arthur

Captain: Imad Wasim

Squad: Imad Wasim (c), Babar Azam, Joe Denly, Colin Ingram, Khurram Manzoor, Lendl Simmons, Saifullah Bangash, Eoin Morgan, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammed Taha, Tabish Khan, Ravi Bopara, Hasan Mohsin, Shahid Afridi, David Wiese, Usama Mir, Tymal Mills, Mohammad Amir, Usman Khan Shinwari

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DUBAI: Lahore Qalandars’ dream has ended: Quetta Gladiators’ win over Peshawar Zalmi last night threw Lahore out of the race for top four, clean sweeping any hope of a miracle.

With six defeats and just one win out of their seven games, Lahore’s qualification was still virtually impossible, independent of the outcome of yesterday’s match.

The team, however, will look to salvage some pride when it goes up against Karachi Kings at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight.

Karachi sit at third spot on the points table with 9 points, with four wins and two losses to their name.

Lahore Qalandars

Head coach: Aqib Javed

Captain: Brendon McCullum

Squad: Brendon McCullum (c), Fakhar Zaman, Umar Akmal, Dinesh Ramdin, Anton Devcich, Bilal Asif, Cameron Delport, Bilawal Bhatti, Aamer Yamin, Ghulam Mudassar, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mustafizur Rahman, Sunil Narine, Raza Hasan, Shaheen Afridi, Sohail Khan, Yasir Shah

Karachi Kings

Head coach: Mickey Arthur

Captain: Imad Wasim

Squad: Imad Wasim (c), Babar Azam, Joe Denly, Colin Ingram, Khurram Manzoor, Lendl Simmons, Saifullah Bangash, Eoin Morgan, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammed Taha, Tabish Khan, Ravi Bopara, Hasan Mohsin, Shahid Afridi, David Wiese, Usama Mir, Tymal Mills, Mohammad Amir, Usman Khan Shinwari

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