Multan Sultans face Peshawar Zalmi in 9th PSL match today
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The ninth match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) X will be played between Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium tonight, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The match will start at 8:00 pm as both teams are coming off back-to-back defeats and will be eager to get off the mark.
Peshawar Zalmi are reeling at the bottom of the table with two heavy defeats in two games. They lost the season opener against Quetta Gladiators by 80 runs and suffered a 102-run thrashing in the second against Islamabad United. Their bowlers were all over the place as United hammered 243 in 20 overs.
Chasing that massive target, Peshawar lost their top three in the first four overs. Mohammad Haris, who smashed 87 off 47, was the lone fighter. They moved Mitch Owen to number three in the previous game to get the maximum out of him.
Possible XI: Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Mitch Owen, Mohammad Haris (wk), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, George Linde, Hussain Talat, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammad Ali, Sufyan Moqim, Ali Raza.
TheRizwan-led Multan Sultans lost the opening game against Karachi Kings by four wickets. In the previous game, they went down against Islamabad United by 47 runs. Opting to field first, their bowlers couldn’t make enough inroads as United posted 202 on the board.
Rizwan scored 38 runs off 27 balls at the top while Usman Khan made 31 off 20, but none of the batters could keep up with the required rate.
The Sultans made one change in the previous game, with Mohammad Hasnain coming in for Shahid Aziz.
Possible XI: Mohammad Rizwan (c/wk), Shai Hope, Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kamran Ghulam, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Mohammad Hasnain, Chris Jordan, Usama Mir, Akif Javed.
In the eighth match of Pakistan Super League on Friday night, Karachi Kings beat Quetta Gladiators by 56 runs in Karachi.
Playing first Karachi Kings set the target of 176 runs for the loss of seven wickets.
In reply, Quetta Gladiators could score 119 for the loss of nine wickets in stipulated 20 ty overs.