PSL 2019: Islamabad United face Lahore Qalandars face in opening match

DUBAI - The opening match of the Pakistan Super League 2019 (PSL) will be played between defending champions Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday (today).

The fixture is scheduled to start at 10:45pm. PTV Sports and Geo TV will broadcast live match from the stadium. You can watch live streaming and live updates on dailypakistan.com.pk

Mohammad Hafeez, the new captain of Lahore Qalandars, said that he will try his level best to turn the team’s fortunes in the tournament this time around.

Out of six matches, Islamabad won three matches while Lahore manages to win two and one resulted in a tie.

Qalandars will look on AB de Villiers, who is playing his debut PSL after retiring from international cricket for South Africa last year and Mohammad Hafeez, replacing former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum.

On the other side, Islamabad United, the winners of the 2016 and 2018 editions, also have a new captain in Mohammad Sami after they let go of Misbah-ul-Haq. Luke Ronchi, the most destructive batsman from last year’s PSL, will be back in action, as will a fit-again Rumman Raees.

Teams:

Islamabad United: Sahibzada Farhan, Asif Ali, Muhammad Musa, Samit Patel, Cameron Delport, Philip Salt, Hussain Talat, Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Zafar Gohar, Waqas Maqsood, Rumman Raees, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Sami (captain), Ian Bell, Nasir Nawaz, Wayne Parnell, Zahir Khan, Amad Butt and Rizwan Hussain.

Lahore Qalandars : Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, AB de Villiers, Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Yasir Shah, Sohail Akhtar, Shaheen Afridi, Rahat Ali, Agha Salman, Anton Devcich, Carlos Brathwaite, Corey Anderson, Sandeep Lamichhane, Umair Masood, Hassan Khan, Mohammad Imran, Hardus Viljoen, David Wiese, Saad Ali, Brendan Taylor, Aizaz Cheema, Gauhar Ali and Haris Rauf.