ISLAMABAD: Quetta Gladiators have won the toss and chosen to bat first against Hyderabad Kingsmen in the fifth fixture of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday.
Both sides head into the contest looking to recover after suffering defeats in their opening matches of the tournament.
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.
Quetta Gladiators
Saud Shakeel (c), Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq, Hasan Nawaz, Shamyl Hussain, Alzarri Joseph, Rilee Rossouw, Ahmed Daniyal, Jahanzaib Sultan, Jahandad Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Khan Zeb, Bismillah Khan, Saqib Khan, Ahsaan Ali, Brett Hampton, Sam Harper, Bevon Jacobs, Ben McDermott and Tom Curran.
Both Gladiators and Kingsmen will face each other for the first time in the tournament’s history.
Both Hyderabad and Quetta began their PSL 11 campaigns with defeats and will be eager to secure their first win, aiming to claim their opening two points and gain crucial momentum ahead of their upcoming matches.
Quetta Gladiators: L, L, W, W, W (most recent first)
Hyderabad Kingsmen: L
