Squads –
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
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 –
QUE –
– Quetta Gladiators lost all their played this season. Their bowling has been very weak except young spinner Zahid Mehmood who has impressed everyone.
– Cameron Delport/Tom Banton any 1 will play and will open along with Young Saim Ayub. Delport has a big experience of playing franchise Cricket with 5000+ runs and also contribute through bowl. Saim Ayub has failed in all the games he played but can be given another opportunity.
– Faf Du Plessis will bat at 1 down. Faf looked good for his 37 last 2nd game but was dismissed cheaply on 17.
– Captain Sarfaraz will bat 2 down. Sarfaraz is in brilliant form this PSL with 2 back to back 50+ scores. He will also keep the Wickets.
– Young Azam Khan will bat 3 down followed by Nawaz and Cutting. Azam has emerged as a attacking talent recently. He scored brilliant 47 runs from just 27 balls last 2nd game.
– Mohammad Nawaz and Ben Cutting will be the Allrounders for Quetta.
– Mohammad Nawaz and Zahid Mehmood will be the spin options for Quetta. Nawaz can bowl his left arm spin in powerplay.
– Naseem Shah, Dale Steyn, Mohammad Hasnain and Ben Cutting will be the pace attack of Quetta.
MUL –
– Multan Sultans have been another poor performing team this season with just a win in their 4 games. Their Batting has been their strong point with in form Rizwan and Lynn at the top.
– 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 71,41,76 and 43 in last 4 games, Lynn finally showed some form scoring a 14 ball 32 last game.
– 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 45 last game.
Shoaib Maqsood will follow him who out on 34 last game.
– Rilee Russouw and Khushdil Shah will bat in middle. 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 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 Khan and Carlos Brathwaith will be leading the pace department.
Probable XI –
QUE –
Tom Banton/Cameron Delport, Saim Ayub, Faf Du Plessis, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Azam Khan, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Zahid Mehmood, Naseem Shah, Dale Steyn
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 with an average Score of 157
Team Blueprint –
WK –
M Rizwan ( Open + wk, RHB, 100 against SA recently, red hot form, 71, 41, 76, 43 last 4 games, Must have)
S Ahmed (2 down + wk, averages around 50 against Kings in PSL, 81, 54 runs last 2 game, Must have)
Azam Khan( 3 down, very attacking batsman, 139 runs in 5 games at this stadium, 47 runs last 2nd game, Must try choice)
BAT –
Faf Du Plessis ( 1 down, RHB, very experienced and attacking batsman, 2300+ IPL runs, 37, 17 runs last 2 game, Must have )
Chris Lynn( Open, RHB, 284 runs last PSL + 458 runs this BBL for heat, 34(12b) last game)
James Vince( 1 down, another in form player from BBL with 537 runs, however poor last PSL with just 155 runs, 84, 45 last 2 games)
Shan Masood( Middle order/ Open, 283 runs last season, experienced but plays a bit slow, can play this game )
Shoaib Maqsood ( 2 down, RHB, very attacking batsman, scored 100 in National T20 2020 recently, 61, 34 last 2 games)
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, can be a Risky pick but a must in GL)
Tom Banton( Open, attacks from ball 1, 1120 t20 runs with a SR of 152 , out cheaply on 5 and 4 last 2 games, didn’t played last game, Must have if plays)
C Delport ( open + part time medium pace, 5700+ runs in t20s, was out cheaply last game, Must if plays )
ALL –
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 2nd game, Must have )
Ben Cutting( Medium pacer + hard hitter of ball, 289 runs + 4 Wickets this BBL, 23(17b) 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, 31(29b) last game, bowled just 2 overs last game)
BOWL –
Mohammad Hasnain( Medium fast, hit the deck, will bowl in death, 18 Wickets in National T20 2020, 1 Wicket last game, Must have)
Dale Steyn( Right Arm fast, one of the greatest fast bowlers ever, 261 t20 Wickets with an economy just under 7, 1w last game, Must have)
Usman Shinwari( Left arm fast, 9 Wickets in 7 games in LPL2020, 1w last game played but very expensive )
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 with 1w last game)
Usman Qadir( Leggie, 8 Wickets against Zim and 4 last Series against SA in t20s, 1w last 2nd 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 few games)
S Dhani( Right Arm fast, bowls upto 145ks, 2 Wickets last game, Must try, good at 8cr )
Anwar Ali ( Medium fast + hard hitting batsman, 143 t20 Wickets + 1100 runs, SR of 143 in t20s, Must have if plays)
Naseem Shah( Right Arm fast, hit the deck bowler, 5 Wickets in 6 games last PSL, played last game but was quite expensive)
Zahid Mehmood( Leg spin, 3 Wickets against SA recently, 2w last game, good option to have)
C/VC –
QUE –
Faf Du Plessis
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Mohammad Nawaz
MUL –
James Vince
Mohammad Rizwan
Chris Lynn