KARACHI: Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field first against leaders Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11th 21st match at the National Bank Stadium on Monday.
Playing XI
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (catch), Mohammed Harris, Gusal Mendis (week), Farhan Yousaf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Michael Bracewell, Abdul Samad, Amir Jamal, Sufyan Mukeem, Shoriful Islam and Nahid Rana.
Multan Sultans: Sahibzada Farhan, Steve Smith, Ashton Turner (catch), Shaun Masood, Josh Phillip (week), Muhammad Nawaz, Arafat Minhas, Peter Siddle, Muhammad Wasim Jr, Muhammad Ismail and Faisal Akram.
head-to-head
Sultans and Zalmi have faced each other 18 times, and the former hold the head-to-head record with 11 wins, while the 2017 champions have managed just seven.
Their most recent encounter came in the previous edition of the marquee league, which saw Zalmi ease past Sultans by seven wickets following a mammoth 120-run win in the opening phase of the tournament.
Matches: 18
Sultans of Multan: 11
Peshawar Salmi: 7
Form Guide
Both teams enter the match with similar momentum as Zalmi are unbeaten in five matches, winning four, while their match against Islamabad United was abandoned due to rain in Lahore. As a result, the 2017 champions sit at the top of the points table with nine points.
Sultans, on the other hand, have won four of their first five matches but have suffered one loss, which came against defending champions Lahore Qalandars in a rain-affected game at the latter’s home ground.
Peshawar Zalmi: W, W, W, NR, W (Most recent first)
Sultans of Multan: W, W, L, W, W
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