LAHORE: Hyderabad Kingsmen captain Marnus Labuschagne won the toss and elected to field first against former champions Multan Sultans in the first eliminator of Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 11 at Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday.
Both sides have met once in PSL 11, with the Sultans holding a 1-0 lead after defeating the Kingsmen in their only encounter so far.
One Ticket to Stay, One Long Road Home. 🎟️🛣️
It’s the ultimate survival battle under the Lahore lights. Multan Sultans vs Hyderabad Kingsmen in a do-or-die Eliminator 1. ⚔️🔥
Who keeps their championship dream alive, and who boards the bus home? 🚌🏏
7:00 PM | Gaddafi… pic.twitter.com/rcYE54dkqW
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Form guide
The Kingsmen and Sultans enter the fixture with contrasting momentum. The debutants have just one defeat in their last five completed matches, while the 2021 champions have only two triumphs in that same span.
The Sultans are fresh from a four-wicket defeat against Islamabad United, which barred them from securing a top-two finish. The Kingsmen, on the other hand, earned a miraculous entry into the playoffs by thumping fellow debutants RawalPindiz by 108 runs, boosting their net run rate to pip defending champions Lahore Qalandars in the standings.
Recent Form (most recent first):
- Multan Sultans:L, L, W, W, L
- Hyderabad Kingsmen:W, L, W, W, W
𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐗𝐈𝐬 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍!#HBLPSL11 | #NewEra | #MSvHK pic.twitter.com/yMviVEnBHZ
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Squads
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.
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.
