Squads –
LAH –
Ben Dunk, David Wiese, Dilbar Hussain, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hafeez, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sohail Akhtar, Joe Denly, Samit Patel, Tom Abell, Zeeshan Ashraf, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Faizan, Maaz Khan, Zaid Alam, Ahmed Danyal
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 –
LAH –
– Lahore the runner ups of last season started their PSL6 with back to back wins by 4 and 9 Wickets. They are favorates to win this game too.
– Rashid Khan has left the team due to National duties while his replacement is still not named. Maaz Khan young leggie could play this game.
– Fakhar Zaman and Sohail Akhtar will open for Lahore. Fakhar had a excellent last season with 300+ runs, Sohail has been playing some really attacking Cricket recently in the T10 games. Fakhar scored a match winning 82 last game while Sohail looked slightly out of touch with his 21.
– Young Agha Salman will bat 1 down. He was preferred over Zeeshan and scored 16 ball 21. He didn’t got chance to bat last game.
– Mohammad Hafeez will bat at 2 down followed by big hitting Ben Dunk at 5. Hafeez is always a evergreen customer, Dunk was Batting at an SR of 167 last season. Hafeez scored match winning 73 last game.
– Samit Patel and David Wiese will be the Allrounders for the Qalandars as last season. Both of them were exceptional throughout the last season. Samit Patel didn’t bowled in both last games.
– Maaz Khan if plays can be the spin option and will be assisted by Hafeez.
– Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Ahmed Daniyal and David Wiese will lead the pace attack of team.
MUL –
– Multan Sultans have been the weakest team in the PSL history with an average Run rate of 7.9 and have 2 losses in 2 games now.
– Multans bowling looked very weak so they can bring in Imran Tahir for any 1 of Lynn/Rossouw.
– 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 last game while Lynn was out for 1 in both 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 game. Shoaib Maqsood will follow him.
– Rilee Russouw and Khushdil Shah will bat in middle. Roussouw scored 14 ball 25 last 2nd game. Khushdil was out cheaply but took 1 Wicket with the ball in 1st game.
– Veteran Shahid Afridi and Carlos Brathwaith will do the allround duties. Carlos took 2 Wickets last 2nd 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 Tanvir and Carlos Brathwaith will be leading the pace department.
Probable XI –
LAH –
Fakhar Zaman , Sohail Akhtar, Agha Salman, Mohammad Hafeez ,Ben Dunk(wk), Samit Patel, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Ahmed Daniyal, Salman Mirza/Maaz Khan(high)
MUL –
Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Chris Lynn/Shan Masood, James Vince, Rilee Rossouw/Shan Masood, Shoaib Maqsood, Khushdil Shah, Shahid Afridi, Carlos Brathwaite, Sohail Tanvir, S Dhani/Imran Tahir, Usman Qadir
Pitch Report –
National Stadium, Karachi
Karachi has always been a high scoring encounter and will have some assistance for spinners with an average Score of 157
Team Blueprint –
WK –
M Rizwan ( Open + wk, RHB, 100 against SA recently, red hot form, 71, 41 last 2 game, Must have)
Ben Dunk( Middle order + wk, very attacking, 300 runs an an exciting SR of 169 last season )
Zeeshan Ashraf ( Open, 202 runs with an SR of 129 last season, could be a good differential pick, didn’t played last game)
BAT –
Fakhar Zaman( Open, LHB, scored 325 runs last season with 2 50+ scores, 82* runs last game, Must have)
Chris Lynn( Open, RHB, 284 runs last PSL + 458 runs this BBL for heat, out cheaply on 1 last 2 games, Must have)
James Vince( 1 down, another in form player from BBL with 537 runs, however poor last PSL with just 155 runs, 84 runs last game)
Shan Masood( Middle order/ Open, 283 runs last season, experienced but plays a bit slow, can play this game )
Sohail Akhtar ( Open, highest scorer in Abu Dhabi T10 with an average of 61, 21(26b) last game, Must have)
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 game, can be a Risky pick)
ALL –
Mohammad Hafeez( 2 down, very experienced, 312 runs last season with an average of 39, 73*(33b) runs last game, also bowled, Must have)
David Wiese ( Medium fast + Powerful hitter , 5 Wickets in knockouts last PSL, 1w last 2nd 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, 24 runs + 2 Wickets last 2nd game, Must have )
Samit Patel( Slow left arm, can be very handy with bat as well, 188 runs + 10 Wickets last season, didn’t bowled last game, so can avoid in SL)
BOWL –
Shaheen Afridi( Left arm fast, one of the best bowlers around, 17 Wickets last PSL while 20 in National T20 2020, 4 Wickets last 2 games)
Haris Rauf( Right Arm fast, hit the deck, wicket taking option but goes for runs, 10 Wickets in PSL2020, 2 Wickets against SA in 1st t20, 3 Wickets last game)
Dilbar Hussain( Right Arm medium fast, hit the deck bowler, 14 Wickets last season and was picking a Wicket every 14th ball, will miss the 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, Must if plays)
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)
Salman Mirza( Left arm fast, young talent, bowled brilliantly for his 2 Wickets last 2nd game, good option at 8cr if plays)
S Dhani( Right Arm fast, bowls upto 145ks, 2 Wickets last game, Must try, good at 8cr )
Maaz Khan( leg spin, haven’t played much Cricket, 5 Wickets in 5 t20 Innings, can try as punt if plays )
C/VC –
LAH –
Fakhar Zaman
Mohammad Hafeez
Shaheen Afridi
MUL –
James Vince
Mohammad Rizwan
Chris Lynn