PSL3: Champs Zalmi all set to take on debutant Sultans tonight

The much anticipated third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) is all set to begin tonight (Thursday) and Dubai is the place to be, where reigning champions Peshawar Zalmi will lock horns with Multan Sultans.

Darren Sammy led yellow storm looks lethal boosting the likes of veteran batsman Mohammad Hafeez and Kamran Akmal, while its bowling unit will be led by pace sensation Hasan Ali alongside Wahab Riaz.

.@MultanSultans, tayyar ho phir? #YellowStorm #HumZalmi #HBLPSL pic.twitter.com/fy8uU4lF2p

— PeshawarZalmi (@PeshawarZalmi) February 22, 2018

Meanwhile, Shoaib Malik will bring his Sultans for the first time in the tournament, the franchise is new but it carries a number of heavyweights including Sri Lankan legend Kuamr Sangakkara, T20 specialist Keiron Pollard and South Africa’s leggie Imran Tahir.

This is the #SultanSquad 👑

We are excited and thrilled for our debut today. Need the wishes of our amazing Sultan fans! pic.twitter.com/6zVvnb8W8e

— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 22, 2018

“We are well prepared for the match, we conducted a lot of practice and we are really up for the challenge,” said Sultans leg spinner Imran Tahir.

Squads:

Peshawar Zalmi: Darren Sammy (capt), Evin Lewis, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Arif, Khushdil Shah, Taimur Sultan, Ibtisam Sheikh, Mohammad Hafeez, Shakib Al Hasan, Haris Sohail, Dwayne Bravo, Hammad Azam, Saad Nasim, Khalid Usman, Kamran Akmal, Andre Fletcher, Hasan Ali, Chris Jordan, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Asghar and Sameen Gul.

Multan Sultans: Shoaib Malik (capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Sohaib Maqsood, Abdullah Shafiq, Darren Bravo, Saif Badar, Umar Siddiq, Shan Masood, Sohail Tanvir, Kieron Pollard, Kashif Bhatti, Ross Whiteley, Kumar Sangakkara, Nicholas Pooran, Umar Gul, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Imran Tahir, Irfan Khan, Mohammad Abbas and Hardus Viljoen.