Squads –
BAL –
Haris Sohail (C), Bismillah Khan (WK), Akbar-ur-Rehman, Akif Javed, Ammad Butt, Awais Zia, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Butt, Imran Farhat, Kashif Bhatti, Khurram Shahzad, Taimur Khan, Umaid Asif, Umar Gul, Usama Mir and Yasir Shah
KHP –
Mohammad Rizwan (captain, wicketkeeper), Junaid Khan (vice-captain), Arshad Iqbal, Asif Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imran Khan Snr, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Mohsin, Sahibzada Farhan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Usman Khan Shinwari, Wahab Riaz and Zohaib Khan.
Team News –
BAL –
– Team Balochistan has a decent Leg at Multan where they won 3 games out of 5 and are 3rd in the points table.
– Imam Ul Haq and Awais Zia will be opening for Balochistan. Imam is a international player with a lot of experience accompanied by last season’s highest scorer Awais Zia. Imam was 3rd highest scorer in the Multan Leg.
– Young hard hitting Bismillah Khan will bat at 1 down. He strikes the ball around 160 and will also keep the Wickets. He scored a brilliant 50 1st game around 127 runs in 1st 5 games.
– Captain Haris Sohail will bat 2 down. He have played international cricket and has an experience of 80+ t20s. He can also bowl. He scored 51 last game but is not bowling.
– Akbar-ur-Rahman and Amad Butt will handle the middle lower middle order. Amad can score quick runs and can be promoted.
– Yasir Khan and Kashif Bhatti(if plays) will be leading the spin attack. Yasir took 6 Wickets in 5 games in the Multan Leg.
– Akif Jayed , Amad Butt, Umar Gul and Umaid Asif( if plays) will lead the pace attack for Balochistan.
KHP –
– The Pakhtoons lost just 1 gane in their Multan Leg out of 5 games and are placed 2nd in the points table with 8 points.
– Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan will open the Innings. Mohammad Rizwan who is highest scorer for pakhtoons scored 160 runs while Fakhar scored 170 in 1st 5 games.
– The Professor Hafeez will bat 1 down. The veteran is still in terrific touch scoring back to back 50s. He scored 72 last 2nd game.
– Shoaib Malik will bat 2 down . He is the most experienced man in Pakistan cricket team and showed his experience when team was in trouble last game scoring 27 runs.
– Sahibzada farhan will bat next. Farhan who opened in 1st game and scored 62 was demoted next games and had a poor performance afterwards.
– Big Hitting Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammad Mohsin(if plays) will do the late hitting. Both can bat as well as bowl.
– Hafeez ,Malik and Iftikhar Ahmed. Mohsin didn’t played last game.
– Shaheen Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan/Usman Shinwari and Asif Afridi will lead the pace attack
Probable XI –
BAL –
Imam Ul Haq, Awais Zia, Bismillah Khan, Haris Sohail, Amad Butt, Akbar-ur-Rahman Yasir Khan, Usama Mir, Akif Jayed, Umar Gul, Umaid Asif.
KHP –
Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan(C & WK ), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sahibzada Farhan, Wahab Riaz, Zahoor Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Junaid Khan/Usmam Khan, Asif Afridi.
Pitch Report –
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan
Pindi pitch favours the pacers more however Batsman can get good assistance at the start.
Average Score : 158
Total Match Played: 9
Batting First Won: 2
Batting Second Won: 7
Team Blueprint –
WK –
M Rizwan( Open, 305 runs for pakhtoons, highest scorer for pakhtoons, 160 in 1st 5 games)
B Khan( 1 down, 131R in 7i last season, attacking batter with SR around 130 in t20 cricket, 58 highest score with 127 runs in 5 games)
BAT –
Imam ul haq( LHB, opener, 191R in 7 games last National T20, averages around 33 in t20, 94 highest with 191 runs in 5 games)
M Hafeez ( 1 down + off spin, bowled 2 overs last game 86(52b), 69(36b) recently against Eng, 45(25b), 72(32b) last 2 of 3 game, Must have)
Fakhar Zaman ( Opener, international player for Pakistan, very attacking, 192 runs in 6 games last season, 170 last 5 games )
Haris Sohail( 2 down + part time bowl, 1624 runs in 79 t20 innings, poor recent form, very attacking, 25,29,53,51 in previous 4 games)
Awais Zia( LHB, opener, 276 runs in 7 innings last National T20, Must have)
Imran Farhat(2/3 down, 1600+ t20 runs , just 79 runs last National T20)
Shoaib Malik ( 3 down + off spin, very experienced, 9800+ runs + 148 Wickets in t20 cricket, Must have )
S Farhan( 3 down, 559 T20 runs in 27i , 58 runs in 3 games last season, good GL choice , 62 1st game)
Imran Butt( 2 down, poor t20 record with Average below 14, played just 2 games last National T20, 37(32b) in only game played this season)
ALL –
K Bhatti( Lower middle order + left arm orthodox bowl, experienced, 51 t20 Wickets on his name )
Iftikhar Ahmed ( Middle order + off spin, attacking batsman, Can be promoted any day, Must have)
Asif Afridi ( Left arm bowler 31 t20 Wickets in 37 games, 4w last 4 games )
M Mohsin ( Leg spin + very attacking Batsman, 9 Wickets in 6 games last season, Punt pick if plays )
Amad Butt( Right Arm fast + decent hitter, 22w for Balochistan, 10 last season, 5w in 5 games, Must have)
BOWL –
S Afridi( Left arm fast, best bowler of Pakistan recently, 4 Wickets in 4 balls in T20 blast recently, will bowl in death, 12w in last 5 games, Must have )
Wahab Riaz ( Left arm fast , t20 specialist, experienced , can also bat in attacking manner, 130R + 6w last National T20, 5w in last 5 games, Must have)
Yasir Shah( Leggie, international bowler for Pakistan, poor recent form, 3w in PSL 2020, 6w in 1st 5 games)
Akif Jayed( Left arm pacer, extremely talented, 7w in National T20 2019, 6w in 5 games, good choice)
Umar Gul( Right Arm fast, very experienced, 215w in 179i in t20 cricket, 5w in just 2 games with a 4-for )
Junaid khan ( Left arm pacer, 172 t20 Wickets on his name, excellent bowler but very much ignored, 7w in 4 games in Multan Leg)
Usman Shinwari( Left arm pacer, 91 t20 Wickets in 75 games on his name, 10w last season, 2w in 2nd game played ,Must if plays)
C/VC Picks –
BAL –
Imam ul haq
Amad Butt
Haris Sohail
KHP –
Mohammad Hafeez
Fakhar Zaman
Mohammad Rizwan
Shoaib Malik(GL)
