Squads –
KAR –
Amir Yamin, Arshad Iqbal, Babar Azam, Colin Ingram, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Sharjeel Khan, Waqas Maqsood, Mohammad Nabi, Dan Christian, Chadwick Walton, Joe Clarke, Noor Ahmad, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Illyas, Zeeshan Malik, Qasim Akram
MUL –
Shahid Afridi, Imran Tahir, James Vince, Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Sohail Tanvir, Usman Qadir, Chris Lynn, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Carlos Brathwaite, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohaib Ullah, Adam Lyth, Shahnawaz Dhani, Muhammad Umar, Imran Khan Sr
Team News –
KAR –
– Karachi scored a massive 196 in their last game but were unable to defend to score amd ended up on the loosing side against the United. Team can make some changes in their bowling section, their Batting looks preety much settled.
– Sharjeel Khan and Babar Azam will open the innings. Babar no doubt is world’s best T20 Batsman while his partner Sharjeel is an attacking lad but is very inconsistent. Sharjeel went on to score his 2nd PSL ton last game.
– Joe Clarke will bat 1 down. Clarke has been in excellent form recently and also scored match winning 46 of just 23 balls last 2nd game.
– Colin Ingram will bat in middle. Ingram looking very much out of form last 2nd game where he played 22 deliveries for his 17 runs while didn’t got any chance to bat last game.
– Mohammad Nabi and Imad Wasim the Renegades pair will contribute through both bat and bowl. Dan Christian will follow them. Christian can be promoted any day.
– Mohammad Amir, Waqas Maqsood, Aamer Yamin/M Illyas, Arshad Iqbal and Dan Christian will be the pace attack of Karachi.
MUL –
– Multan Sultans after loosing 2 games won their 1st game of the season defeating the in form Qalandars. Rizwan was again the man of the match for his brilliant 76 run knock.
– Chris Lynn and Mohammad Rizwan will open the Innings. Both of them are in red hot form Lynn from BBL and Rizwan from the series against South Africa being the highest scorer. Rizwan scored 71 in 1st and 41 in 2nd and 76 in last game while Lynn was out on single digits in all the games.
– James Vince will bat at 1 down. Vince is another in form candidate who single handedly won the Sixers BBL with his 2 innings of 98* and 95. He scored 84 last 2nd game. Shoaib Maqsood will follow him who was unbeaten on 61 last game.
– Rilee Russouw and Khushdil Shah will bat in middle. Roussouw scored 14 ball 25 last 2nd game. Khushdil haven’t got much chance to bat this PSL.
– Veteran Shahid Afridi and Carlos Brathwaith will do the allround duties. Carlos took 2 Wickets last game.
– Shahid Afridi and Usman Qadir and Imran Tahir (high chances of playing) will lead the spin attack. All of them are leg spinners.
– S Dhani, Sohail Khan and Carlos Brathwaith will be leading the pace department.
Probable XI –
KAR –
Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Joe Clarke, Colin Ingram, Mohammad Nabi, Imad Wasim (C), Daniel Christian, Mohammad Amir, Aamer Yamin/M Illyas, Waqas Maqsood, Arshad Iqbal
MUL –
Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Chris Lynn, James Vince, Rilee Rossouw, Shoaib Maqsood, Khushdil Shah, Shahid Afridi, Carlos Brathwaite, Sohail Khan, S Dhani, Usman Qadir
Pitch Report –
National Stadium, Karachi
Karachi has always been a high scoring encounter and will have some assistance for spinners.
Team Blueprint –
WK –
M Rizwan ( Open + wk, RHB, 100 against SA recently, red hot form, 71, 41, 76 last 3 games, Must have)
C Walton( Middle order + wk, experienced with 3000+ runs however going through poor form)
Joe Clarke ( 1 down, very attacking batsman + will keep the Wickets, 46(23b) last 2nd game, Must have)
BAT –
Babar Azam ( Open, #1 t20 batsman in world cricket, 62 runs last game, Must have, C/VC )
Chris Lynn( Open, RHB, 284 runs last PSL + 458 runs this BBL for heat, out cheaply on single digits in all the games)
James Vince( 1 down, another in form player from BBL with 537 runs, however poor last PSL with just 155 runs, 84 runs last 2nd game)
Shan Masood( Middle order/ Open, 283 runs last season, experienced but plays a bit slow, can play this game )
Colin Ingram( 2 down, LHB, very experienced with almost 7000 t20 runs, Must have especially in SL while Batting 1st )
Shoaib Maqsood ( 2 down, RHB, very attacking batsman, scored 100 in National T20 2020 recently, 61(41b) last game)
Khushdil Shah( Middle order , LHB, very attacking, fastest century in National T20 recently, 1w last 2nd game )
Rilee Rossouw ( 2 down, LHB, 212 runs including a 100* last season, 14(8b) last 2nd game, can be a Risky pick)
Zeeshan Malik ( 1 down, around 320 runs in National T20 2020, Must pick if playing)
ALL –
Imad Wasim ( Slow left arm + attacking lower order Batsman, very experienced with 181 t20 Wickets, 10 Wickets in BBL 2020, 1w last game)
Dan Christian( Medium pacer + attacking batsman, 2300 runs + 127 Wickets in t20 cricket, SR of 150, terrific form, 12(5b) last game, Must have)
Shahid Afridi( Leggie, veteran, still picks good no of wickets, 7 Wickets last PSL, 2 Wickets last 2nd game, very expensive last game)
Carlos Brathwaith ( Medium pace + big hitter of ball, 12 Wickets in BBL2020, was bowling in death overs, 2 Wicket last game, Must have )
M Nabi( Off spin + big hitter of ball, didn’t bowled a single over in T10 recently, bowled last game and took 1 Wicket)
BOWL –
M Amir( Left arm fast, huge t20 experience with 217 Wickets, 10 Wickets including a 5-fer in LPL2020, 1w last game)
A Yamin( Medium pace, 10 Wickets in National T20 2020, can try, very expensive with ball last game )
Imran Tahir( leggie, very experienced, 11 Wickets last PSL, Must have if plays )
Sohail Khan( Right Arm fast medium, 7 Wickets last season, 132 t20 Wickets, bowled good but was wicketless)
Usman Qadir( Leggie, 8 Wickets against Zim and 4 last Series against SA in t20s, 1w last game, Must have )
Sohail Tanvir( Left arm fast , Can Also bat, very experienced, 397 t20 Wickets, looking out of touch, very expensive with ball in both games + Wicketless, didn’t played last game)
S Dhani( Right Arm fast, bowls upto 145ks, 2 Wickets last game, Must try, good at 8cr )
Mohammad Illyas( Medium pacer, 17 t20 Wickets, economy slightly high, can get a game)
W Maqsood ( Left arm fast medium, 49 t20 Wickets with 6 in 4 National T20 games, 2 Wickets last game )
Arshad Iqbal ( Medium pacer, 26 t20 Wickets, eco just over 7, 3 Wickets last 2nd game )
C/VC –
KAR –
Babar Azam
Joe Clarke
Sharjeel Khan(GL)
Imad Wasim
MUL –
James Vince
Mohammad Rizwan
Chris Lynn