Multan Sultans players celebrating their win against Quetta Gladiators (photo - Getty Images)
Quetta Gladiators will take on Multan Sultans in their next match of Pakistan Super League in Lahore tomorrow.
Defending champions Quetta Gladiators began their campaign on a good note with three wins from four matches but after they lost the plot by losing four back to back matches and are now at bottom of the points table and need to win both their remaining matches to stay alive in the tournament. Captain Sarfraz Ahmad, Jason Roy and Shane Watson have to step up with bat and the likes of Ben Cutting and Mohammad Nawaz need to do the job in end and in bowling Mohammad Hasnain, Sohail Khan and Fawad Ahmad have to lead. On the other hand, Multan Sultans are at top of the table and have also qualified for the playoffs and now will look to continue their winning momentum ahead of the knockouts. Their batting as well as bowling is fine form and they’re having good time at the field.
Match Details :
Match : QUE vs MUL, Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans, Pakistan Super League 2020
Date : 11 March 2020
Time : 7.30 PM IST
Venue : Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Head to Head :
Last 5 T20 Matches – 5
Quetta Gladiators won – 3
Multan Sultans won – 2
Multan Sultans beat Quetta Gladiators by 30 runs in the first meeting of this season.
Quetta Gladiators began their tournament journey with three wins from first four matches but suddenly they lost the track and suffered four back to back matches and are now looking hopeless. On the other hand, Multan Sultans have been best side of this season so far and they’re playing in a unit and here we’ll analyse both teams and will also make our cricket match prediction.
Strengths : Quetta Gladiators’ strengths are their openers Jason Roy and Shane Watson who have given them good start in most of the games and finisher Ben Cutting who also has done well in his role. For Multan Sultans the strengths are their inform top order of James Vince, Moeen Ali, Rille Rossouw and bowling attack of Tahir, Sohail Tanvir and Shahid Afridi.
Weaknesses : Quetta Gladiators’s middle order is out of form currently as captain Sarfraz Ahmed, Ahmad Shazad and Azam Khan are struggling for runs and in the bowling attack pacers Hasnain, Sohail Khan and Tymal Mills are leaking runs and the injury to Naseem Shah too have weakened them a bit. On the other hand, Multan Sultans doesn’t have a major weakness at the moment and they will hope so.
As we have already told defending champions Quetta Gladiators had a good start of their PSL 2020 campaign with three wins from four matches but they couldn’t continue their good run and right now looking clueless. The over reliability on openers Jason Roy and Shane Watson have put them in trouble and also their bowling attack is out of form. On the other hand, Multan Sultans are table toppers at the moment and have been playing good cricket this season and based on their performances our today match prediction is that Multan Sultan might continue their good run. Although toss will have some impact and both sides would love to chase due to dew factor.
Following are the odds for this T20 match on two most famous betting sites –
Bet365 : Quetta Gladiators : 2.10, Multan Sultans : 1.72
Betway : Quetta Gladiators : 2.10, Multan Sultans : 1.66
On the basis of performances of both sides in this season of Pakistan Super League following players are good picks for fantasy cricket teams
Quetta Gladiators :
Mohammad Hasnain – 14 wickets at 18.28 in 8 innings
Ben Cutting – 8 wickets at 21.62 and 146 runs at 36.50 in 6 innings
Jason Roy – 233 runs at 33.28 in 8 innings
Mohammad Nawaz – 108 runs and 6 wickets in 8 innings
Multan Sultans :
Rillie Rossouw – 189 runs at 47.25 in 6 innings
Imran Tahir – 10 wickets at 15.60 in 6 innings
Moeen Ali – 137 runs and 4 wickets in 7 innings
James Vince – 155 runs at 38.75 in 5 innings
Quetta Gladiators with four back to back losses are out of form right now though their players Ben Cutting, Mohammad Hasnain and Jason Roy are having good time on the field so for dream11 prediction teams they’re must picks from Quetta side while from Multan Sultans Rillie Rossouw, James Vince, Moeen Ali, Imran Tahir and Sohail Tanvir are in good form and should be picked.