LAHORE: Debutants RawalPindiz won the toss and opted to bat first against former champions Peshawar Zalmi in the third match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11 at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
Squads
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (c), Sufiyan Muqeem, Abdul Samad, Ali Raza, Aaron Hardie, Aamir Jamal, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Haris, Khalid Usman, Abdul Subhan, Tanzid Hasan, Michael Bracewell, Kusal Mendis, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Kashif Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani, Farhan Yousuf, Brian Bennett, Mohammad Basit and Shoriful Islam.
RawalPindiz: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Sam Billings, Jalal Khan, Yasir Khan, Naseem Shah, Rishad Hossain, Daryl Mitchell, Mohammad Amir, Abdullah Fazal, Amad Butt, Dian Forrester, Asif Afridi, Kamran Ghulam, Razaullah, Mohammad Amir Khan, Shahzaib Khan, Cole McConchie, Usman Khawaja and Saad Masood.
The match marks the opening fixture for both sides in the expanded eight-team tournament, with Pindiz making their debut in the competition. All eyes are on how the new franchise performs against one of the league’s most consistent sides.
Conditions in Lahore are overcast, with a light breeze and slightly humid atmosphere, which could offer some assistance to bowlers early on.
Both teams have named balanced line-ups, setting the stage for an exciting contest to kick off their PSL 11 campaigns.
