Karachi Kings win toss, decide to bat first

Karachi Kings won the toss and decided to bat first against Quetta Gladiators in the 30th match of the fifth season of Pakistan Super League at Karachi International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

The much-awaited 30th match of the PSL is a do-or-die for Quetta Gladiators as Lahore Qalandars, Multan Sultans and Karachi Kings had already qualified for the semifinals.

For the remaining last slot in the top four positions in semi-finals, last-placed Quetta Gladiators need to win by a big margin otherwise today is the last match for the Gladiators. 

Earlier, Lahore Qalandars smashed the Multan Sultans and achieved the daunting task of 187 runs and qualified for semifinals of PSL 2020.

TEAMS:

Quetta Gladiators: The Gladiators have made two changes and added Omer Shafiq and Omair Bin Yousuf.  Sarfraz Ahmed (c/wk), Fawad Ahmed (AUS), Anwar Ali, Ahsan Ali, Ben Cutting (AUS), Mohammad Hasnain, Arish Ali Khan, Azam Khan, Sohail Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Zahid Mehmood (until March 7), Abdul Nasir, Mohammad Nawaz, Keemo Paul (WI, from March 7),  Naseem Shah, Ahmed Shehzad, Shane Watson (AUS).

Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim (c), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Umaid Asif, Babar Azam, Cameron Delport (SA), Arshad Iqbal, Chris Jordan (ENG), Sharjeel Khan, Ali Khan, Umer Khan, Mitch McClenaghan (NZ), Usama Mir, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Chadwick Walton (WI), Aamir Yamin, Awais Zia.