Qalandars win toss, bat first in breathtaking PSL-7 final
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Lahore Qalandars Sunday won the toss and elected to bat first against Multan Sultans ahead of the all-important final and the match 34 of the seventh edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.
In the high-voltage match, Lahoriites will be eying on the victory of Qalandars, so they should get an opportunity to devour “Nihari”, “Paaye’’ or such food. While, fans of Sultans will definitely want their team to retain their title of defending champions, so they would eat and distribute “Multani Sohan Halwa”.
Coming to the match, so this will be a thrill of a battle, between the top teams of the tournament, the pitch might be batting friendly, so expect the batters would go for a kill in a potential batting paradise. Talking about the pacers, so they might be effective in the depth overs.
Talking about the expert opinion, former skipper Intikhab Alam, who made his test debut under Fazal Mahmood’s captaincy, believed the Qalandars are the favorites to crown this year’s PSL title. He said that the packed crowd will expect a high-scoring final.
Key to success
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman (scored 585 runs), Kamran Ghulam (scored 284 runs), Mohammad Hafeez (scored 254 runs), Zaman Khan (15 wickets) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (13 wickets).
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan (scored 532 runs), Shan Masood (459 runs), Rilee Rossouw (260 runs), Tim David (scored 251 runs), Khushdil Shah (15 wickets), Shahnawaz Dahani (15 wickets).
SQUADS
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hafeez, Harry Brook, Zeeshan Ashraf (wk), David Wiese, Samit Patel, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Shan Masood, Rilee Rossouw, Tim David, Khushdil Shah, David Willey, Aamer Azmat, Asif Afridi, Rumman Raees, Imran Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani
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— Lahore Qalandars (@lahoreqalandars) February 27, 2022