Squads –
NOR –
NOR –
Imad Wasim (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Ali Imran, Asif Ali, Farzan Raja, Haider Ali, Hammad Azam, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Ismail , Mohammad Nawaz, Musa Khan, Rohail Nazir (wicketkeeper), Sohail Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Amin and Zeeshan Malik
SIN –
Sarfaraz Ahmed (C/WK), Saud Shakeel, Ahsan Ali, Anwar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Azam Khan, Danish Aziz, Hassan Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Taha, Rumman Raees, Sharjeel Khan and Sohail Khan
Team News –
NOR –
– Northern the defending champions are right at the top by winning all their 3 games and will likely go unchanged.
– Imad Wasim is unavailable till 8th Oct due to T20 blast schedule. Shadab Khan will lead the team in his absence.
– Ali Imran amd Zeeshan Malik will open the innings for Northern. Zeeshan failed in both last games after his attacking 72 in 1st game.
– Young Haider Ali will bat 1 down. He is the best find for Pakistan cricket recently who has the ability to strike the ball above 150. He scored attacking 92 runs in 1st game with 5 massive sixes.
– Shadab Khan will bat 2 down. He is an excellent hitter of the ball and scores very consistently. He scored 30 of just 17 balls last game.
– Asif Ali will bat at 3 down and handle the middle order. He is a clean striker of the ball and had a strike rate of 199 last season. He scored attacking 24 last game.
– Umar Amin and Rohail Nazir will bat next. Umar amin was the 2nd highest scorer in 2019 National T20 cup. Rohail is a technically sound batsman but doesn’t have that power game with him.
– Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz and Sohail Tanvir will take care of Allround duties. Tanvir can hit the ball big.
– Shadab, Mohammad Nawaz will lead the spin attack. Shadab took 2 Wickets in the last game.
– Sohail Tanvir, Haris Rauf and Musa Khan will lead the pace attack. Musa Khan amd Haris Rauf took 3 while Tanvir took 2 Wickets last game.
SIN –
– Sindh won their last game against Central Punjab by a big margin of 7 Wickets. Both the openers scored their respective 50s with Sharjeel being the highest scorer with 77.
– Khurram Manzoor and Hard hitting Sharjeel Khan will open for Sindh. Both had a brilliant 134 runs opening partnership.
– Azam Khan will bat 1 down. He is an excellent hitter of the ball and had a good PSL .
– Sarfaraz Khan will bat 2 down. He has a excellent domestic record and was looking to score quick runs in PSL where his SR was around 140.
– Danish Aziz and Ahsan Ali who is highest scorer for Sindh will bat in middle. Ahsan can bat at 1 down also.
– Anwar Ali will be handled the job for late hitting. He has a strike rate of 170 in t20s and can be promoted.
– Mohammad Asghar will be leading the spin section. Young u19 spinner Hassan Khan will be assisting Asghar.
– Anwar Ali, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Hasnain and R Raees(if plays) will be the one handling pace attack.
Probable XI –
NOR –
Ali Imran, Zeeshan Malik, Haider Ali, Asif Ali, Umar Amin, Rohail Nazir(wk), Shadab Khan(C), Mohammad Nawaz, Musa Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Haris Rauf.
SIN –
Khurran Manzoor, Sharjeel Khan, Azam Khan Sarfaraz Khan(wk), D Aziz, Ahsan Ali, Anwar Ali, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Hasnain, Rumman Raees/Hassan Khan, Mohammad Asghar.
Pitch Report –
Multan Crickey Stadium, Multan
Multan pitch favours the spinners more however Batsman can get good assistance at the start.
Average Score : 166
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Sarfaraz Khan( 2 down, out from Cricket for a while now, 127 runs in 7 games in PSL 2020)
Rohail Nazir ( RHB,Middle order, talented batsman, 89 runs in 5 Innings in National T20 2019, will not be much useful in small leagues)
BAT –
Haider Ali( RHB,1 down, SR of 150 in t20s, 54R(33b) against Eng recently, 92(48b) 1st game, Must have )
K Manzoor( Open, RHB , 136 Runs for Sindh in National t20, 2800+ t20 runs, experienced, 50 last game, Must have )
Sharjeel Khan( Open, very attacking ,hit miss type, 199Runs in PSL 2020, 77 runs last game, Must have)
A Shafiq( 2 down, SR of 175 in t20 cricket, 102(58b) last game, Must have if plays )
Saud Shakeel ( 1 down, 50 runs in 3 games last National T20, 151R in his last Domestic game against Balochistan, didn’t played last game)
Ahsan Ali( Opener/1 down, highest scorer for Sindh team, can bat in top order )
Asif Ali( RHB, 3 down, attacks from ball 1, 237 runs with SR of 199 and average 48 last season, 24(11b) last game, Must have )
Umar Amin ( LHB, 3 down, 266 runs at 38 last National T20, can drop in small leagues as batting very low)
Sohail Akhtar( RHB + RAM, 2/3 down, hard hitter , 1303 t20 runs in 59 innings, can bowl part time )
Zeeshan Malik( RHB, Open, 1032 FC runs averaging 34, 77(47b) 1st game , Must in SL )
ALL –
Imad Wasim ( Will not play )
Shadab Khan ( 2 down + Leggie, international bowler, 149 T20 Wickets including 5 last series against Eng, 11w last National T20, 30R + 2w last game, Must have )
Ali Imran( Opener, 127 runs in 5 games for Northern last season, 15R last game, will only bat)
D Aziz( Left arm orthodox + middle order Batsman, 198 Runs + 1w in t20s )
Hassan Khan( Slow left arm orthodox, played u19 world cup, 16w in 29 games)
S Tanvir ( Left arm fast, veteran, very experienced, highest wicket taker last National T20 with 14w in 7 games, 5w in CPL 2020, 2w last game, Must have )
BOWL –
H Rauf ( Right Arm fast, 6w in 6 games last season, 20 Wickets in BBL 2019, 3w last game, wicket taker but goes for lot of runs)
Anwar Ali ( Medium pacer + hard hitter , 121R + 10 Wickets in National cup for Sindh, 1w last game, Must have )
R Raees( Left arm pacer, have played international cricket, 8w in 8 t20i games)
Sohail Khan( Medium pacer, 7w in PSL 2020 in 8 games, decent bowler, experience of 100+ games, 3w last game, Must)
Mohammad Nawaz( Slow left arm + 3/4 down bat, 130runs + 4w last National T20, 16w in 9 games at Multan, 2w in 1st game, Must have )
M Asghar( Left arm orthodox, 57 t20 Wickets in 53 games, 2w last game)
Mohammad Hasnain( Right arm fast, one of the best t20 bowlers for pak recently, 15 Wickets in 9 games in PSL 2020, 2w last 2nd game, Must have )
Musa Khan( Pacer, raw pace, hit the deck bowler with good pace, 3 Wickets last game, bowled in death)
C/VC Choices –
NOR –
Shadab Khan
Haider Ali
Zeeshan Malik
SIN –
Sarjeel Khan
Khurram Manzoor
Anwar Ali