PSL9: Peshawar Zalmi win toss and opt to bat against Multan Sultans

Peshawar Zalmi have won the toss and opted to bat first against Multan Sultans in the eight match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 9 being played at Multan National Stadium on Friday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Multan Sultans are remained  unbeaten in their all three matches while Peshawar Zalmi are yet looking for their first victory in the event.   

Teams

Multan Sultans:

Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Dawid Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Yasir Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, David Willey, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani

Peshawar Zalmi:

 Saim Ayub, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris (wk), Haseeb Ullah Khan, Rovman Powell, Asif Ali, Paul Walter, Luke Wood, Arif Yaqoob, Naveen Ul Haq, Salman Irshad

 Babar Azam:

Pitch looks good and later on it may help fast bowlers. This pitch seems like a batting track, should get 180-190. Not much grass today. We are making small mistakes that cost us. We've made a couple of changes.

 Mohammad Rizwan:

It's about executing our plans whether it's batting or bowling. Both overseas and local players are performing well ofr us and we want to keep this momentum. If you have confidence, you can do anything. We've seen some swing and seam in Multan. We're going with the same team.

 Mike Haysman on pitch report says that swing is going to be a real challenge on this venue. It swung 0.8 degrees in Lahore and 1.3 in Multan. The other thing he pointed out was that the pitch is going to offer variable bounce. The leg-side boundary is only 59 meters and the other side is 73m. There are some patches with dead grass on them and some are devoid of it