Published on: Feb 13, 2019 5:12 pm IST|Updated on: Feb 14, 2019 3:35 pm IST
Dubai, February 14 Thursday at 11:15 PM IST
While the fourth edition of Pakistan Super League is couple hours away, the two-times title champions Islamabad United are gearing up hard to defend their title. The PSL 2019 tournament opener will be played between reigning champions Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai tomorrow night.
This is the fourth edition of Pakistan’s T20 cricket league established by Pakistan Cricket Board in 2015. A total of six franchises will take place for the title win from February 14-March 17. The month-long cricket extravaganza will witness 34 T20s with the final being scheduled to take place in Karachi on March 17, Sunday.
Islamabad United clinched 3 wickets win over Peshawar Zalmi in last year’s final to seize the title for the second time after winning it for the first time in 2016. They will be defending the title this year.
Lahore Qalandars had one of the worst outings last year. With just three wins in ten outings, Qalandars finished at the bottom of the ladder last year but with some new international signings, Qalandars would be hoping for a better run this time around.
Qalandars new signings include- Mr 360- AB de Villiers- who is set to make his PSL debut with the tournament opener against Islamabad United, and Corey Anderson- who was in news for breaking Shahid Afridi’s world record for the fastest ODI century off just 36 balls.
Islamabad United will be banking on Luke Ronchi – who was the most devastating batter in the PSL 3. With a strike rate of 182.00, Luke Ronchi amassed 435 runs in last year’s PSL and was instrumental in Islamabad’s second title win. United will be led by Mohammad Sami and have Wayne Parnell, Cameron Delport, Philip Salt and Ian Bell as their overseas talents.
Total – 02
Islamabad United- 02
Lahore Qalandars- 00
All six captains with the much anticipated "Pakistan Trophy" ?#HBLPSL #KhelDeewanoKa pic.twitter.com/mISY1r5zr2— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 12, 2019
All six captains with the much anticipated "Pakistan Trophy" ?#HBLPSL #KhelDeewanoKa pic.twitter.com/mISY1r5zr2
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 12, 2019
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Islamabad United-
Wicketkeeper: Luke Ronchi
Batsmen: S Farhan, H Talat, C Delport, Asif Ali
All-rounder: Samit Patel, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf
Bowlers: M Sami (c), W Maqsood, R Raees
Lahore Qalandars-
Wicketkeeper: B Taylor
Batsmen: F Zaman, A Devcich, AB De Villiers
All-rounder: M Hafeez (c), A Salman,
Bowlers: Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali, H Viljoen, Shaheen Afridi
Shahibzada Farhan, Zahir Khan, Ian Bell, Asif Ali, Hussain Talat, Muhammad Musa, Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Zafar Gohar, Waqas Maqsood, Rumman Raees, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Sami, Philip Salt, Cameron Delport, Samit Patel, Wayne Parnell, Amad Butt, Rizwan Hussain, Nasir Nawaz
Fakhar Zaman, Umair Masood, Haris Sohail, Sandeep Lamichchane, Hassan Khan, AB de Villiers, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Shah, Sohail Akhtar, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Rahat Ali, Agha Salman, Anton Devcich, Carlos Brathwaite, Corey Anderson, Mohammad Imran, Brendan Taylor, Gohar Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Haris Rauf
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Reigning champions Islamabad United have Luke Wronchi, Shadab Khan, M Sami, C Delport and Faheem Ashraf in their ranks.
Luke Wronchi was the player of the tournament in PSL’s last edition
Qalandars will play under the leadership of a new skipper Mohammad Hafeez and have Carlos Brathwaite, Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, young Shaheen Shah Afridi in their ranks
AB de Villiers is their star attraction this year who is set to make his debut today
Unavailable – Sandeep Lamichhane, D Wiese, Wayne Parnell and Corey Anderson
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