KARACHI — PSL 11 Match 33 Preview
Wednesday night at the National Bank Stadium promises a fascinating contest as Multan Sultans — former champions with a title pedigree — prepare to face the competition’s newest franchise, Hyderabad Kingsmen, in the 33rd fixture of Pakistan Super League Season 11.
For the Kingsmen, this is only their second outing against Multan, and the memory of the first meeting still stings. The 2021 PSL winners showed no mercy on that occasion, brushing aside the debutants by a comfortable margin of six wickets to hand Hyderabad a lesson in big-tournament cricket.
Now, with that result fresh in the collective mind, the Kingsmen will be desperate to settle the score and prove that their debut campaign is more than a learning curve. Multan, on the other hand, will be equally keen to reassert their authority over a side they’ve already gotten the better of once this season.
The National Bank Stadium in Karachi sets the stage for what could be a pivotal evening in the PSL standings — and for Hyderabad, there could hardly be a bigger opportunity to make a statement.
Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Multan Sultans Squads
Hyderabad Kingsmen: Marnus Labuschagne (c), Hassan Khan (vc), Usman Khan, Akif Javed, Maaz Sadaqat, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Ali, Kusal Perera, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shayan Jahangir, Glenn Maxwell, Hammad Azam, Riley Meredith, Sharjeel Khan, Asif Mehmood, Hunain Shah, Rizwan Mehmood, Saad Ali, Tayyab Arif, Maheesh Theekshana and Ahmed Hussain.
Multan Sultans: Ashton Turner (c), Shan Masood (vc), Mohammad Nawaz, Shehzad Gul, Faisal Akram, Imran Randhawa, Arafat Minhas, Sahibzada Farhan, Steve Smith, Peter Siddle, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lachlan Shaw, Delano Potgieter, Josh Philippe, Momin Qamar, Muhammad Awais Zafar, Muhammad Shahzad, Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Muhammad Ismail and Atizaz Habib Khan.
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