The Qalandars rode a 135-run opening stand provided by Umar Siddiq (53 off 38) and James Vince (84 off 41) to become the first side to reach score 200 runs in PSL 2019.
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Such was the Sultans' scintillating start that the massive total almost felt a little short by the end of their innings. The culpable party was the Sultans' middle order which failed to truly capitalise on Siddiq and Vince's demolition job up top.
Captains' comments; Qalandars skipper AB de Villiers was confident in his side's "good bowling attack".
"The wicket is so good that it's nice to know what you're chasing," he said, as he opted to field in the first innings.
Sultans skipper Shoaib Malik was hopeful that his side would get a good start and a total his bowlers could defend. "I'm not too sure about a total, but having a good start always gives you something," he said.
The Lahore side have made three changes in their lineup, while Multan have made four.
Squads
Lahore Qalandars
Mohammad Hafeez (c), Fakhar Zaman, AB de Villiers, Yasir Shah, Corey Anderson, Anton Devcich, Rahat Ali, Sandeep Lamichhane, Shaheen Afridi, Agha Salman, Sohail Akhtar, Hassan Khan, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Imran, Umair Masood, Brendon Taylor, Gauhar Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Haris Rauf, Hardus Viljoen, David Wiese, Saad Ali
Multan Sultans
Shoaib Malik (c), Andre Russell, Shahid Afridi, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, James Vince, Shan Masood, Qais Ahmed, Nicolas Pooran, Mohammad Abbas, Irfan Khan, Umar Siddiq, Laurie Evans, Nauman Ali, Mohammad Illyas, M Junaid, Daniel Christian, Tom Moores, Ali Shafiq, Shakil Ansar, Hammad Azam, Chris Green
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