Editor’s Pick (PSL T20): Multan Sultans

Editor’s Pick (PSL T20): Multan Sultans - Lahore Qalandars

Having won four out of seven matches, Multan Sultans are on top of the table with 9 points (one abandoned match too). They meet Lahore Qalandars today. Who has played and lost all six matches. Need I even say more about the two teams.

Multan Sultans

No big changes expected. And rightly so. If you have won good points in matches played by Multan Sultans, you might as well stick to the same players. Watch out for Tanvir and Irfan. They might be rested.

Lahore Qalandars

Where do we begin? For one, Umar Akmal might come back. So will Mitchell McClenaghan. Keep Fakhar Zaman and Sunil Narine. And M Rahman. Brendon McCullum.

EXPECTED11:

Lahore Qalandars:

Brendon McCullum (c), Fakhar Zaman, Anton Devcich, Agha Salman, Umar Akmal (wk), Sunil Narine, Mcclenaghan, Aamer Yamin, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Imran Khan jnr

Multan Sultans:

Ahmed Shehzad, Kumar Sangakkara, Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Ross Whiteley, Sohaib Maqsood, Saif Badar, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan/Junaid Khan, Umar Gull, Imran Tahir.

Key Players

Brendon McCullum

Kumar Sangakkara

Sunil Narine

Fakhar Zaman

Shoaib Malik

Anton Devcich

M Rahman

S Maqsood

Ahmed Shehzad

K Pollard

What do you think?

Indu

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