Quetta Gladiators v Karachi Kings, PSL 2017 live stream: Watch match online, TV listings and team news

PSL action is back in Dubai as Karachi and Quetta meet on Thursday.

Kevin Pietersen
Pietersen has been in good form for Quetta Reuters

Karachi Kings take on strugglers Quetta Gladiators in the 15th match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League season as action resumes in Dubai on Thursday.

While the inaugural season's runners-up are well-placed to make the play-offs this season as well, Kumar Sangakkara's Karachi, who are reeling at the bottom of the table with only two wins from five matches, need nothing less than a win today to ensure they will remain in contention for the next stage as they have only three matches left including today's game.

Karachi, who lost their early-season match against their Thursday's opposition, are in for another tough test as Quetta ended their two-match winless streak with an impressive victory against Lahore Qalandars last week in Sharjah. Despite conceding 200 after sending the opposition in to bat, Sarfraz Ahmed team, led by Kevin Pietersen's 42-ball 82, gunned down the target with an over to spare.

Quetta have a settled batting unit with Ahmed Shehzad at the top and an in-form middle order, consisting the likes of Pietersen, South African import Rilee Rossouw and the skipper Sarfraz. Their bowling unit has also been impressive throughout the tournament except for the last match, which the team would like to view as a temporary blip only.

On the other hand, with time running out, Sangakkara's men need good starts from their big-hitting West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, who has been a big disappointment, scoring only 30 runs from five matches so far. However, after losing three in a row to start the season on a poor note, Karachi have won their last two games to release some pressure.

Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik are getting back to form and last season's top-scorer Ravi Bopara's quickfire 30 in their win against Peshawar Zalmi on Sunday should have boosted their batting unit's confidence.

TV Schedule

Pakistan: Ten Sports, PTV, Geo Super

Sri Lanka: Ten Sports, CSN

UK: Prime TV

West Indies: Flow TV

Bangladesh: Gazi TV

UAE: OSN Sports

Team News

Quetta

Possible XI: Sarfraz (c & wk), Shafiq, Shahzad, Pietersen, Rossouw, Nawaz, Perera, H Khan, Ali, Mills, Babar

Karachi

Possible XI: Sangakkara (c & wk), Hasan, Gayle, Babar, Malik, Bopara, Pollard, Wasim, Amir, Sohail, Abrar

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