PSL 2026: Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators Match 23- Who Will Win Today?

Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators predictions [Source: AFP]

The Peshawar Zalmi will face the Quetta Gladiators in PSL 2026, Match 23 at the National Stadium, Karachi, on April 15 AT 7:30 PM (IST).

The Babar Azam-led Peshawar Zalmi could go a step closer to sealing their playoff qualification for the season, having won five of their six matches, while one ended without a result. On the other hand, Saud Shakeel's Quetta Gladiators have been a bit inconsistent with two wins and three losses at the halfway stage of the league phase.

As the two sides lock horns on Wednesday evening, we take a look at what all to expect from the electrifying PSL 2026 clash.

Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators current form (last 5 matches)

Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators Player Battles

Babar Azam vs Alzarri Joseph

Captain Babar Azam averages 70.66 in PSL 2026 after 4 matches, scoring 212 runs. He has been holding one end formidably, while Kusal Mendis and co. are taking the attacking role. If Alzarri Joseph picks an early wicket in the powerplay, the Zalmi could find themselves in an unknown territory and look for solutions in other batters.

Saud Shakeel vs Iftikhar Ahmed

Saud Shakeel has been in good form in PSL 2026, scoring 33, 42, 56 and 42 in four of the five innings so far. While he would look to convert these starts into big scores, he will face Iftikhar Ahmed, who has been handed the ball in the powerplay in the last few matches and returned with figures of 4/21, 3/9 and 2/32. This LHB vs off-spinner will be a battle to watch out for.

Hasan Nawaz vs Sufiyan Muqeem

The right-hand middle order batter, Hasan Nawaz, has scored 197 runs in 5 matches of the season for the Gladiators, with two fifties to his name as the Gladiators’ top run-getter. He will face Sufiyan Muqeem’s leg-spin in the middle-overs after the bowler has already picked 10 wickets as the leading wicket-taker of the tournament.

As the two in-form stars meet in the middle overs on Wednesday, it will be interesting to watch who comes at the top and puts their team ahead in the contest.

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Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators top performers (current squad members)

Most runs for Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators

Babar Azam has scored 267 runs in 6 innings at a strike rate of 162.80 with two fifties and a hundred to his name against the opposition.

Most wickets for Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators

From the current squad members, Ali Raza has picked a solitary wicket in two innings against the Quetta Gladiators in PSL.

Most runs for Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi

Rilee Rossouw has scored 281 runs in 13 innings for the Quetta Gladiators at a strike rate of 127.72.

Most wickets for Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi

Abrar Ahmed has picked 8 wickets in 4 innings against the Peshawar Zalmi, with the best figures of 4/42. He has conceded at an economy rate of 9 runs per over.

Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators toss prediction

In PSL 2026, 8 matches have been played at the National Stadium, Karachi, with four teams winning while batting first and four have chased targets successfully. The average first innings score is 172, and the team winning the toss is more likely to bat first.

Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators 1st innings score prediction

Powerplay – 52/1

Final score – 168/5

Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators 2nd innings score prediction

Powerplay – 46/2

Final score – 152/8

Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators top players prediction

Peshawar Zalmi top players' prediction

Probable best batters

Kusal Mendis, Michael Bracewell

Probable best bowlers

Nahid Rana, Sufiyan Muqeem

Quetta Gladiators top players prediction

Probable best batters

Hasan Nawaz, Saud Shakeel

Probable best bowlers

Abrar Ahmed, Alzarri Joseph

Who will hit the most sixes in Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators PSL 2026, Match 29?

Michael Bracewell

Who will score the most fours in Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators PSL 2026, Match 29?

Babar Azam

Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators match winner prediction: Who will win PSL 2026, Match 29?

The two sides are coming into the clash in contrasting forms. The high-flying Peshawar Zalmi have found their best combination early in the tournament and have comprehensively dominated PSL 2026, especially the Karachi leg. Looking at the forms, Peshawar Zalmi are the more likely winners of the match.

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