The 1st match of the Pakistan Super League ( PSL T20 ) 2022 is scheduled to play  Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans on  Thursday, 27th January 2022 at The National Stadium, Karachi.

Karachi Kings is led by Babar Azam, who was recently announced as the best ODI cricketer of the year, 2021. He is also leading Pakistan national team and is known as the best batter of the T20 format of cricket. He has opening partner Sharjeel Khan who was just superb with the bat in the previous edition of PSL. Karachi Kings has a strong batting order on their side. With Babar Azam and Sharjeel Khan, Joe Clarke, Sahibzada Farhan, and Mohammad Nabi are available to handle the middle batting order.

Multan Sultans were just outstanding in the second half of the previous edition of the Pakistan Super League which was held in the United Arab Emirates. They won the title of PSL 6 after beating Peshawar Zalmi in the final. Mohammad Rizwan will be leading the Sultans in this edition of PSL who had won the award of ICC T20 cricketer of T20 of the year 2021. You may know that ten out of eleven players who played the final match of the previous season of PSL are available for this match.

Total Match: 7

• Karachi Kings: 5
• Multan Sultans: 2

According to our today prediction, Karachi Kings is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Multan Sultans a favorite team to win this match.

• Karachi Kings has a strong batting order on the side which is in good form
• The batting order of Karachi Kings is struggling in this tournament
• Karachi Kings is overall a well-balanced team as compared to the Multan Sultans
• The batting order of Multan Sultans is strong and in good form

Karachi Kings is overall a strong team as compared to the Karachi Kings especially when it comes to batting. The batting and bowling squad of the Multan Sultans is strong at least on papers, so the winning chances of today’s match for Karachi Kings have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Karachi Kings have a 54% chance to win this match
Multan Sultans has a 46% chance to win this match

The toss had played a key role in the decision of all previously played matches of Pakistan Super League season 7. We had seen in the previous editions of this tournament that chase is the best option for both teams at the venue of Karachi. Almost 65% of matches had been won by the bowling first. According to toss prediction, the team that will win the toss may choose to field first.

The 1st match of Pakistan Super League season 2022 is scheduled to be held at National Stadium, Karachi. The pitch here at this venue is flat good for batting as there is no bounce and pace. Out-field on this venue is very fast and the ball will travel to the boundary very quickly. It also has a lot of help for the spin bowlers but almost all teams in this tournament have a strong batting order so this does not matter. According to the live cricket score, a total of 180 runs should be as a par score.

The weather forecast in Karachi is good for a cricket match. The forecast is predicting almost no chances of rain on match day and we will have a full match to enjoy.

Captain: Babar Azam
Vice-Captain: Mohammad Rizwan
J Clarke, R Rossouw, Sohaib Maqsood, Shan Masood, Lewin Gregory, Tim David, Umaid Asif, Chris Jordan, Shahnawaz Dhani

Date: Thursday, 27th January 2022
Time: 08:00 PM BD

Stadium: National Stadium
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Capacity: 34228
Ends: Pavilion End, University End
Time Zone: UTC +05:00
Home to: Pakistan, Karachi Kings
Floodlights: Yes

Babar Azam, Chris Jordan, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Lewis Gregory, Mohammad Nabi, Joe Clarke, Aamir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Imran, Rohail Nazir, Tom Abell, Umaid Asif, Faisal Akram, Qasim Akram, Romario Shepherd, and Talha Ahsan.