PSL 3.0: Peshawar Zalmi one on one against Multan Sultan
PSL 3.0: Peshawar Zalmi one on one against Multan Sultan
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It's going to be a six-team season, with Multan Sultans being the new franchise. With a coach in Tom Moody, whose coaching footprints have reached Pakistan, a director in Wasim Akram and T20 globetrotters like Shoaib Malik, Kumar Sangakkara, Kieron Pollard, Imran Tahir and Sohail Tanvir in their ranks, they are already favourites on paper. They've got practically every base covered.

In a six-team tournament, you've got to be either extremely unlucky or extremely poor to not make it to the semis, twice. Lahore Qalanders were a bit of both. They'd be keen to make amends, if not for the fans, at least for the most passionate team owner there could possibly be, one who is happy to dance his heart out in front of thousands for every boundary scored. New Zealand former skipper Brendon McCullum, West Indies Narine, Mustafizur and Fakhar know what it takes to win around the world, if only they could get their act together for the Qalanders.

Karachi Kings were not short on names last year, but they were short on results. They've cleaned up their old guard, releasing Gayle, Malik, Jayawardene, Sangakkara and Pollard, compensating them with Afridi. Islamabad United would hope to repeat their 2016 heroics and who better than Misbah-ul-Haq to still have around. Andre Russell is done serving his doping ban too and is on a mission.

Peshawar Zalmi: Darren Sammy(c), Tamim Iqbal, Kamran Akmal, Andre Fletcher, Riki Wessels, Hammad Azam, Haris Sohail, Dwayne Bravo, Khushdil Shah, Umaid Asif, Saad Nasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Shakib Al Hasan, Liam Dawson, Sameen Gul, Hasan Ali, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar, Wahab Riaz

Multan Sultan: Shoaib Malik(c), Ahmed Shehzad, Darren Bravo, Abdullah Shafique, Saif Badar, Nicholas Pooran, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohaib Maqsood, Kashif Bhatti, Shan Masood, Thisara Perera, Mohammad Abbas , Umar Siddiq, Ross Whiteley, Imran Tahir, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Hardus Viljoen

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