Home side Kings tie up with defending champions Sultans in PSL 7 opener

The wait is about to end, the perks for PSL fans are just around the corner as national and international stars will lit up the seventh episode of the fastest growing franchise league today. 

From the glittering opening ceremony to the grand start with home side Karachi Kings taking on defending champions Multan Sultans, the stage is all ready to amuse cricket fans across the world.

With all-time bigger collaboration of tv rights, PSL 7 will be live telecasted all around the world.

The opening match will be played between the two captains who turned teammates to opponents. Fans favorite Babar Azam (Karachi Kings) and crowd puller Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) will lead up to the expectations of fans who will be in numbers across the world.

Reportedly, Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim and Jordan Thompson will not be available for the opening match. Sultans whereas will have strong combination.

Eight thousand fans will watch the match live in the stadium whereas millions on Televisions and social media. The match will start at 7:30pm and will be live streamed on A Sports and PTV Sports.

‘Indian cricketers Bhy Apnai Hain’ says Rizwan

KARACHI: Wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan refused to have any off-the-field tensions with Indian players and said they are ‘brothers’.

Speaking in ARY News’ show Bouncer, Rizwan said all cricketers in the world are the same as they come under the banner of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

“On the ground rivalry is something different and it is the beauty of cricket. But, we are all same outside the ground,” the wicket-keeper said.

“Our match against India is always exciting. We are rivals on the ground but they are our brothers outside the ground. I don’t use social media but I have heard about threats to Indian bowler Shami and Virat Kohli’s daughter. Such things shouldn’t be involved in cricket,” he added.

It must be noted here that Shami was threatened in India after they lost their match against Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2021. Moreover, Indian media reported rape threats to Kohli’s six-month-old daughter.

Maiden World Cup victory against India

Rizwan recalled glorious victory against arch-rivals India and credited captain Babar Azam and team for it. “We played like a unit and alhamdulillah succeed. Captain and coaches gave plans to us and we tried to execute them,” he shared.

“Indian players looked like under pressure but our focus was to give them tough time till the last,” he maintained.

The cricketer also reminisced incredible love and support showed to them by Pakistanis after that historic win.

“I can’t explain in words, the love and support we got after winning against India. People were like we have won the World Cup. That feeling was exceptional,” he added.

Quran’s Tilawat behind the stumps

Rizwan disclosed that he recites a couple of Surahs behind the stumps and it is something between him and Allah.

“Not during batting, but yes I recite a couple of Surahs which I remember while keeping,” Rizwan shared. “See, it is something between me and Allah. But, a lot of people ask me what I keep on saying behind the stumps. Also, Nicholas Pooran and a couple of other Multan Sultans’ team members inquired me about this so I shared with them,” he mentioned.

Gift of Quran to Matthew Hayden

Rizwan, for the first time, talked on-air about gifting Quran to Matthew Hayden (Pakistan’s batting consultant for T20 World Cup 2021).

“Being a Muslim, it is our duty to let non-muslims know about Allah and our religion. Hayden was noticing our religious activities. One day he came and sit with us to listen to Friday’s Sermon (Khutbah),

“So, I took a step, and with the help of our media manager, I went to his room to gift him Quran. He was shocked to see that, later on, he took us inside his room and we talked about it,” Rizwan shared.

Check out complete squads of six teams for PSL 7

LAHORE: All six franchises have completed their 18-member squad for upcoming seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). 

The league’s new edition will be held between January 27 to February 27 in Karachi and Lahore.

Here’re all six squads for PSL 7

KARACHI KINGS: Babar Azam, Imad Wasim, Chris Jordan, Lewis Gregory, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Amir, Joe Clarke, Sharjeel Khan, Aamer Yamin, Umaid Asif, Tom Abell, Rohail Nazir, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Ilyas, Faisal Akram, Qasim Akram, Talha Ahsan, Romario Shepherd

LAHORE QALADARS: Fakhar Zaman, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Abdullah Shafique, Phil Salt, Harry Brook, David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Kamran Ghulam, Dean Foxcroft, Sohail Akhtar, Zeeshan Ashraf, Ahmed Daniyal, Zaman Khan, Maaz Khan, Samit Patel, Syed Faridoun Mehmood

ISLAMABAD UNITED: Colin Munro, Alex Hales, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Hasan Ali, Marchant De Lange, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Akhlaq, Reece Topley, Danish Aziz, Zafar Gohar, Paul Stirling, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ather Mehmood

PESHAWAR ZALMI: Hazratullah Zazai, Liam Livingstone, Kamran Akmal, Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Haider Ali, Usman Qadir, Saqib Mahmood, Hussain Talat, Salman Irshad, Arshad Iqbal, Sameen Gul, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sirajuddin, Mohammad Amir Khan, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Haris

QUETTA GLADIATORS: Jason Roy, James Vince, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, James Faulkner, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Umar Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Ben Duckett, Khurram Shehzad, Naveenul Haq, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Mohammad Ashar Qureshi, Noor Ahmad, Ahsan Ali

MULTAN SULTANS: Tim David, Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Khushdil Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Odean Smith, Sohaib Maqsood, Imran Tahir, Rumman Raees, Asif Afridi, Anwar Ali, Rovman Powell, Imran Khan Sr, Abbas Afridi, Aamer Azmat, Blessing Muzarabani, Ihsanullah

READ: PSL 7 Draft: Teams complete their squads for PSL 7

‘Step-up, show your talent to world and critics’ Afridi’s advice to Azam

Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has a piece of advice for emerging hard-hitting batter Azam Khan, who is not having the best of the times in the second leg of Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six.
Afridi in his tweet praised Multan Sultans for their strong comeback and told Azam to step up and show his real talent to the world.
“Great performance Shan!! Very nice to see you make good comeback. Multan Sultans playing great cricket indeed,” he wrote.
“Disappointing season for Quetta Gladiators. Azam needs to step-up and perform to show his real talent to the world and critics,” he added.


It must be noted that the 22-year-old Azam has been named in the Pakistan T20I squad for tours of England and West Indies.

Read: ‘I practice hitting 100 sixes a day’ Azam Khan

 

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