Squads –
MUL –
Shan Masood(c), Rohail Nazir(w), Shahid Afridi, Moeen Ali, Ravi Bopara, Rilee Rossouw, James Vince, Sohail Tanvir, Imran Tahir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Wayne Madsen, Usman Qadir, Bilawal Bhatti, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Ilyas, Ali Shafiq, Zeeshan Ashraf
LHQ –
Sohail Akhtar(c), Ben Dunk(w), Fakhar Zaman, Chris Lynn, Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, Samit Patel, Dane Vilas, Usman Shinwari, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, David Wiese, Seekkuge Prasanna, Jaahid Ali, Dilbar Hussain, Faizan Khan, Raja Farzan
Team News –
MUL –
– Multan lost the Qualifier against Karachi Yesterday which was a nail biting super over game where Karachi emerged victorious. Multan are a strong team and are favorates winning this game.
– Zeeshan Ashraf and adam Lyth will open the Innings. Zeeshan has really evolved as a quick scoring top order Wicket keeper recently. Lyth is a big hitter in English domestic games.
– Shan Masood will bat 1 down. Masood has been the player to rely on for Multan this season with over 250+ runs this season.
– Ravi Bopara and Khushdil Shah will bat next and handle the middle order. Khushdil has evolved a lot as a big hitting machine also scored a century in National T20.
– Shahid Afridi and Sohail Tanvir will bat next. Tanvir play a quick 25 runs cameo of 13 balls last game.
– Shahid Afridi and Imran Tahir will lead the spin attack. Left armer Khushdil Shah will assist them.
– Sohail Tanvir, M llyas and M Irfan/Junaid khan will be responsible for the pace attack. Tanvir took 3 Wickets last game.
LHQ –
– The Qalandars won 5 of the 10 games in the league stage and finished in top 4 this season. They won a triller of a game against Peshawar in the eliminator.
– Samit Patel, David Wiese ,Tamim Iqbal and Ben Dunk will be the likely foreign options for the Qalandars.
– Fakhar Zaman and Tamim Iqbal will open the innings. Both leftis are great striker of the ball. Fakhar however had an average series against Zimbabwe.
– Captain Sohail Akhtar will bat 1 down followed by the professor M Hafeez at 4. Hafeez has all the experience needed in T20 cricket and is also in good form.
– Ben Dunk will bat next and do wicket keeping. He scored 2 90+ scores in the league stages.
– Samit Patel and David Wiese will do the All Round duties.
– Samit Patel will handle the spin section along with Mohammad Hafeez.
– Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi and Dilbar Hussain will lead the pace attack.
Probable XI –
MUL –
Zeeshan Ashraf (WK), Adam Lyth, Shan Masood (C), Rilee Rossouw, Ravi Bopara, Khushdil Shah, Shahid Afridi, Imran Tahir, M Illyas, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan/Junaid Khan.
LHQ –
Fakhar Zaman, Tamim Iqbal, Sohail Akhtar (C), Mohammad Hafeez, Ben Dunk (WK), David Wiese, Samit Patel, Usman Shinwari/M Farhan, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Dilbar Hussain.
Pitch Report –
National Stadium, Karachi
Very good Batting Wicket as the Wicket is fresh. Score around 170 is expected.
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Z ashraf ( Opener + wk, young talent, can play big and quick, 21(19b) last game )
Ben Dunk ( Middle order, highest scorer in MSL 2019, 286 runs in 8 innings )
BAT –
Shan Masood ( 1 down, excellent form this season with 256 runs in 9 innings )
F Zaman ( Opener, attacking batsman, 285 runs last season, 246 runs this psl in legaue stages, just 6 runs last game )
Tamim Iqbal ( Open/1 down, LHB, 2200+ t20 runs with SR of 125)
R Russouw ( 2 down, experienced, over 1200+ t20 runs, Must have )
S Akhtar ( Open/1 down, very attacking batsman, decent this season with 236 runs in 10 games )
K Shah ( Middle order , very attacking batsman+ some part time spin, 366 runs in 10 National T20 games )
Adam Lyth( Open + part time off spin, hard hitting batter, 308 runs in just 8 games in t20 blast 2020)
ALL –
M Hafeez ( 2 down, very experienced, will also bowl, 278 runs in National T20 2020, 74(46b) last game, Must )
D Wiese ( Medium pacer + attacking hitter of ball, wicket taking option, 9 Wickets in 9 games this psl, 2 Wickets + 17 runs last game)
Samit Patel ( Slow left arm + decent Batsman, 9 Wickets this psl, 49,50 in warmup games )
S Afridi ( Veteran All Rounder, Leggie, 1w last game, will surely contribute through both bat and bowl )
S Tanvir ( Left arm pacer, experienced, 15 wickets last season, 3 Wickets + 25 runs last game, Must have)
Ravi Bopara( 3 down + 1-2 overs of pace, 40 runs last game )
BOWL –
Imran Tahir ( Leggie, lot of experience with him, 11 wickets so far in 9 games, Must have )
H Rauf ( Pacer , 20+ wickets this BBL, 18 Wickets in National T20 2020, 2w last game, Must have )
Shaheen Afridi ( Left arm pacer, will bowl in death , 10w last season, 2w last game)
Junaid Khan ( Left arm pacer, will bowl in death, 8 wickets last season, didn’t played last game )
Mohammad llyas ( Right Arm fast, emerging player, 7 Wickets this PSL with 1w in last game )
Usman Khan ( Left arm pacer , bowls with very good pace ,wicket taker, 20 wickets in National T20 recently, Must have)
Dilbar Hussain ( Right Arm fast, hit the deck bowler, 10 Wickets in 9 games this PSL , 3 Wickets last game)
C/VC –
MS –
Shan Masood
Sohail Tanvir
Adam Lyth
LHQ –
Mohammad Hafeez
David Wiese
Fakhar Zaman