Squads –
LAH –
Ben Dunk, David Wiese, Dilbar Hussain, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hafeez, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sohail Akhtar, Rashid Khan, Joe Denly, Samit Patel, Tom Abell, Zeeshan Ashraf, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Faizan, Maaz Khan, Zaid Alam, Ahmed Danyal
QUE –
Anwar Ali, Azam Khan, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Zahid Mahmood, Chris Gayle, Dale Steyn, Tom Banton, Usman Khan Shinwari, Cameron Delport, Qais Ahmad, Abdul Nasir, Saim Ayub, Arish Ali Khan, Usman Khan, Faf du Plessis , Hassan Khan
Team News –
LAH –
– Lahore the runner ups of last season started their PSL6 with a 4 Wickets win over the Zalmi. Hafeez and Rashid with the bat and young Salman Mirza and Shaheen Afridi were the stars of the show last game.
– Haris Rauf has tested Covid Position so will miss few games along with Dilbar Hussain who had a hamstring injury.
– 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.
– Young Agha Salman will bat 1 down. He was preferred over Zeeshan last game and scored 16 ball 21.
– 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 33 last game.
– Samit Patel and David Wiese will be the Allrounders for the Qalandars as last season. Both of them were exceptional throughout the season. Samit Patel didn’t bowled last game.
– Rashid Khan and Samit Patel will be the spinners in charge and can be assisted by Hafeez.
– Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Ahmed Daniyal and David Wiese will lead the pace attack of team.
QUE –
– Quetta Gladiators lost their opening game of the season due to some poor Batting. Team can bring in Cameron Delport to strengthen their Batting.
– Sarfaraz Ahmed and Tom Banton will open for Quetta. Tom Banton was in terrific form in Abu Dhabi T10 recently. Sarfaraz surprised everyone by opening the innings but was out cheaply on 7.
– Chris Gayle will bat 1 down. Gayle was demoted at 1 down last game but his destruction didn’t stopped. He scored 24 ball 39 last game.
– Cameron Delport if plays will bat 2 down. Delport has a big experience of playing franchise Cricket with 5000+ runs and also contribute through bowl. He didn’t featured last game. Saib Ayub who played last game can be dropped.
– Young Azam Khan will bat 3 down followed by Nawaz and Cutting. Azam has emerged as a attacking talent recently. He also scored a 17 ball 50 in T10 recently.
– Mohammad Nawaz and Ben Cutting will be the Allrounders for Quetta. Nawaz can bowl his left arm spin in powerplay.
– Anwar Ali(if plays) Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Usman Shinwari and Ben Cutting will be the pace attack of Quetta.
Probable XI –
LAH –
Fakhar Zaman , Sohail Akhtar, Agha Salman, Mohammad Hafeez ,Ben Dunk(wk), Samit Patel, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Ahmed Daniyal
QUE –
Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Tom Banton, Chris Gayle, Saib Ayub/Cameron Delport, Azam Khan, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Nawaz, Qais Ahmed/Anwar Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Usman Shinwari
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 –
Ben Dunk( Middle order + wk, very attacking, 300 runs an an exciting SR of 169 last season )
S Ahmed (Open/2 down + wk, averages around 50 against Kings in PSL, 7 runs last game, Must try)
Azam Khan( 2/3 down, very attacking batsman, 139 runs in 5 games at this stadium, 17 runs last game, Must have choice)
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, 15 runs last game, Must have)
C Gayle( 1 down, no intro needed , 280 odd runs this IPL with high score of 99, 39 runs last game, Must have)
Tom Banton( Open, attacks from ball 1, 1111 t20 runs with a SR of 152 , out cheaply on 5 last game, Must have)
C Delport ( 1/2 down + part time medium pace, 5700+ runs in t20s , didn’t played last game, Must if plays )
Sohail Akhtar ( Open, highest scorer in Abu Dhabi T10 with an average of 61, Must have)
ALL –
Mohammad Hafeez( 2 down, very experienced, 312 runs last season with an average of 39, 33 runs last game, didn’t bowled, Must have)
David Wiese ( Medium fast + Powerful hitter , 5 Wickets in knockouts last PSL, 1w last game ,Must have)
Ben Cutting( Medium pacer + hard hitter of ball, 289 runs + 4 Wickets this BBL , 11 runs last game, Must have)
Mohammad Nawaz ( Slow left arm + very good middle order batsman, can bowl in powerplay, 1400 runs + 115 t20 Wickets on his name, a must have option, bowled just 2 overs last game)
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 –
Rashid Khan( Leggie, #1 bowler in world cricket, can bowl in death overs too ,16 scalps this BBL, wicketless bit 27*(15b) last game)
Shaheen Afridi( Left arm fast, one of the best bowlers around, 17 Wickets last PSL while 20 in National T20 2020, 3 Wickets last game)
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, not play)
Mohammad Hasnain( Medium fast, hit the deck, will bowl in death, 18 Wickets in National T20 2020, 2 Wickets last game, Must have)
Usman Shinwari( Left arm fast, 9 Wickets in 7 games in LPL2020, 1w last game, can’t miss him )
Anwar Ali ( Medium fast + hard hitting batsman, 143 t20 Wickets + 1100 runs, SR of 143 in t20s, didn’t played last game, Must have if plays)
Naseem Shah( Right Arm fast, hit the deck bowler, 5 Wickets in 6 games last PSL )
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)
Salman Mirza( Left arm fast, young talent, bowled brilliantly for his 2 Wickets last game, good option at 8cr)
C/VC –
LAH –
Fakhar Zaman
Sohail Akhtar
Rashid Khan
Mohammad Hafeez
QUE –
Chris Gayle
Tom Banton
Ben Cutting