After winning the toss, Hyderabad Kingsmen elected to bowl first against Karachi Kings within the twentieth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11 at Karachi’s National Bank Stadium on Saturday.
Today’s match sees the 2020 champions and Kingsmen meet for the primary time in PSL motion.
Playing XIs
Hyderabad Kingsmen: Saim Ayub, Maaz Sadaqat, Marnus Labuschagne (c), Usman Khan (wk), Kusal Perera, Glenn Maxwell, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Hassan Khan, Hunain Shah, Akif Javed and Mohammad Ali.
Karachi Kings: Reeza Hendricks, Muhammad Waseem, Salman Ali Agha, Saad Baig, Moeen Ali (c), Khushdil Shah, Azam Khan (wk), Abbas Afridi, Hasan Ali, Adam Zampa and Ihsanullah.
Head-to-head
The upcoming fixture marks the first-ever assembly between the 2020 champions and Kingsmen because the latter are making their maiden look within the PSL.
Form Guide
The two groups enter the fixture with contrasting momenta because the Kings have only one defeat in 4 matches within the ongoing PSL 11, whereas the Kingsmen are on a four-match dropping streak.
Karachi Kings made a flamboyant begin to their marketing campaign by defeating Quetta Gladiators, arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars and RawalPindiz, respectively, till finally struggling a document 159-run defeat by the hands of present leaders Peshawar Zalmi.
Hyderabad Kingsmen, then again, misplaced every of their 4 matches against Qalandars, Gladiators, Sultans and Zalmi, respectively, and solely maintain the seventh spot due to a comparatively superior web run charge than that of fellow debutants Pindiz.
Karachi Kings: L, W, W, W, L (most up-to-date first)
Hyderabad Kingsmen: L, L, L, L
