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The Pavilion | Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans (Pre-Match) Expert Analysis | 18 Feb 2024

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Hello, and welcome to the Pavilion.
00:10 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:11 Sports are continuing coverage of the HBL PSL 9.
00:14 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:16 Quetta Gladiators.
00:17 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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00:22 Pakistan [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:23 former captains.
00:24 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:27 I've got Azhar Ali.
00:28 I've got Miss Paul Huck.
00:30 I've got the great Muhammad Hafeez
00:32 and the wonderfully outstanding Sultan of Swing himself,
00:36 Wasim Akram.
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00:41 Quetta Gladiators.
00:42 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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00:54 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:58 And [INAUDIBLE] picking up those three wickets with 38.
01:01 Well done.
01:02 And 206 for Quetta Gladiators.
01:04 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:05 really well.
01:06 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:09 2068 for Barber.
01:10 And then Saim, unfortunately, getting run out there.
01:12 And after that, well, in the middle overs,
01:14 it looked like Peshawar Zalmi kind of lost the momentum.
01:17 They lost steam.
01:18 And in the end, they just couldn't get over the line
01:20 defeated by 16 runs.
01:22 Congratulations to Quetta Gladiators.
01:24 Let me start with you, Wasim.
01:26 Peshawar Zalmi, what went wrong for them in the end?
01:29 They won the toss.
01:30 They elected to field, realizing they'll chase well.
01:32 And I think they started off brilliantly.
01:34 And that one--
01:37 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] moment of madness, that run out.
01:40 Of this talented boy, Saim Ayub, they were 91 for no wicket.
01:45 And suddenly, that run out, out of nowhere.
01:47 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] never take a run on a missed field
01:51 kind of stuff.
01:52 So when you're not sure--
01:53 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:55 I think when you're chasing 200 plus,
01:58 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:06 I'm not taking the credit away from the bowlers.
02:08 Because the bowlers, obviously, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:10 experience.
02:10 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:11 Yeah.
02:20 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:21 But I'm discussing [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:26 And then if he said [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:28 So I suppose he knows what he's doing,
02:30 as far as bowling is concerned.
02:31 Yeah, definitely.
02:32 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:39 He actually accepted that it was his mistake and not
02:42 Saim Ayub's.
02:42 That's a great thing from such a senior batsman to actually say.
02:47 But today, Babar Azam looked with a lot of intent.
02:49 His batting was very different Babar Azam than we saw today.
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03:04 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:24 Overall, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:36 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:41 Because if you look at the other side,
03:43 they were depending on Musleh.
03:44 Musleh couldn't really deliver.
03:45 He's not a very renowned spinner.
03:47 But [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:51 And then the other one, Akil, also.
03:55 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:57 But once outside the power play, he did well.
04:00 So Peshawar Zalmi, really need to reconsider
04:02 their spinning strategy.
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04:35 Send him in, it's only five hours, 30 balls.
04:37 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
04:40 Like, it's all about taking those 12 to 15 balls.
04:43 And win the game at that level.
04:44 Right.
04:45 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
04:46 They made some mistakes.
04:47 That's the reason they lost the game.
04:49 They were cruising.
04:50 To me, I think Quetta missed those 15 to 20 runs.
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04:59 The counterattack, that was brilliant.
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05:31 Talking about Quetta gladiators, batting,
05:33 Jason Royce, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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05:39 He was fantastic, especially starting the tournament well.
05:42 And also, he hasn't played for like 33-odd games
05:45 for the same team.
05:46 And to come out and play the way he played, it was outstanding.
05:50 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:54 All over the park, especially his shot, his ram shot,
05:57 it's never easy for a player who just plays normally
06:01 red ball cricket.
06:01 But this [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:03 If you play good red ball cricket, especially as a batter,
06:06 you can actually come in the 320 and express yourself.
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06:13 Red ball is important.
06:14 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:16 Pivot point, red ball cricket.
06:17 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:20 He just came from Australia, played the last two
06:23 first class games, and got 200.
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06:28 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:31 That was a special inning, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:34 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:39 And hence, this goes to reaffirm,
06:41 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:43 Go play first class cricket.
06:44 Go play the longer format.
06:46 Go play with the red ball.
06:47 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:53 But the way he hit those sixes looked like in command.
06:55 In command.
06:56 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:58 It felt like never over hitting the ball.
07:00 So I think it was amazing to see both of them.
07:02 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:10 Because of good technique.
07:11 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:18 This is the game that we are looking at.
07:20 This is Karachi Kings starting their campaign
07:22 alongside Multan Sultans.
07:24 Live from Multan, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:35 And Wasim, since you have been in the Karachi Kings
07:38 dugout for a very long time, you take us through this squad,
07:40 the changes that they have, and [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:46 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:55 So, you know, very new look.
07:56 Pollard returns to Karachi Kings.
07:58 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:03 Or, you know, then they have Les Duploy,
08:07 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:08 South African, they're playing for England.
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08:11 Vince is in great nick.
08:12 Top player.
08:13 And Shoaib Malik is there.
08:15 And of course, Shamsi is there.
08:17 So teams look good.
08:18 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:29 I think you're UAC.
08:31 Yeah, but I've been told--
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08:37 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:42 I've been told that's what he's saying.
08:43 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:51 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:58 He's not very quick, but he's got very good variations.
09:01 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:14 They're all kind of fast, medium paces.
09:17 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:20 Yeah.
09:21 Right arm, medium pace.
09:23 He bowls 140 plus.
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09:31 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:33 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:35 But he bowled well.
09:36 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:39 Last, he bowled very well.
09:40 So I think the ingredients [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:44 Specialist.
09:45 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:48 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:51 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:53 Fast bowling.
09:54 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:57 But still, they have good fast bowlers.
09:59 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:01 You think, guys, there'll be dew in Quetta as well?
10:04 I think so.
10:04 It's an open--
10:05 Multan.
10:05 Sorry.
10:06 It's an open kind of area where the ground is just outside--
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10:17 Cloudy.
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10:27 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:30 Hassan Ali is there now with the Karachi Kings.
10:34 What kind of impact does he bring into this bowling lineup,
10:37 Afeez, for you?
10:38 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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10:57 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:59 He should.
10:59 He should.
11:00 He should have a go.
11:01 I think they have options.
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11:05 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:07 So you have to take advantage of the people around you.
11:09 So I think they're worthy.
11:11 With Namaz Shamsi is a right composition. Daniel Sams, Hasan Ali and Mir Ramza.
11:16 If we play two spinners with these three, there's a wicket-taking option.
11:20 I don't mind if a blazing Mazar Abane is a bowler, I've seen him bowl.
11:24 He's tall, tall and he's fast. He shoots with his feet.
11:28 Yeah so it depends, they have good variation.
11:31 Of course in merging, Irfan, you guys said yesterday,
11:34 he's playing, Irfan Niazi's playing really good cricket.
11:37 He's in top form and the other important thing is,
11:41 if a single fielder is standing on the boundary,
11:46 he covers half the ground on his right and left.
11:49 It feels like there are three people standing.
11:53 So that's a huge advantage of GBT.
11:55 We took some blinders last year for Karachi Kings.
11:58 An emerging player, he caught a catch on mid-wicket,
12:00 he caught a catch on point, one-handed.
12:02 I realized then that this guy is something special.
12:06 He's on the slip, he's caught the whole drive.
12:10 If he's standing on the lane or on the slip, he doesn't let the ball go there.
12:14 When he's on the boundary, he throws it.
12:16 Good to know that there are some emerging fielders in the field.
12:19 Because there were a lot of issues in our field.
12:21 In fact, your tour of Australia and New Zealand,
12:23 I think it was the fielding that eventually let us down, the catches that were dropped.
12:26 Let's talk about Fawad Ali.
12:28 Fawad Ali, he's in emerging, has anyone seen him play?
12:32 In emerging, Karachi has Irfad Minhas and Saad Beg,
12:36 who was the captain of Pakistan U19. He's a wicketkeeper.
12:39 I'm very curious about Fawad Ali.
12:41 I don't think anybody knows about him.
12:43 Well, we'll find out more about him.
12:45 This is Karachi Kings' team.
12:47 It is a new look team with a new captain, a new bench support staff.
12:53 You're asking about Fawad Ali?
12:54 Yes.
12:55 Fawad Ali is a product of Karachi Kings' talent hunt.
12:59 He's a fast bowler.
13:02 So probably it'll be a surprise.
13:04 Let's see, he plays in Emerging.
13:06 Our famous assistant coach of Karachi Kings.
13:09 He found him.
13:10 He found him.
13:11 Right on.
13:12 For Karachi Kings, this is an emotionally important moment.
13:17 Especially for this HBL.
13:19 Because our friend, the manager of Karachi Kings, Naveed Rashid,
13:23 he's been with us for a long time.
13:25 He has a lot of good memories with us.
13:27 I've spent four or five years with him.
13:29 You've shared a lot of things with him.
13:31 I was shocked when I found out I was in Dubai.
13:34 I got messages from Salman, Imran, JJ, all of these guys.
13:38 I'm still in shock.
13:40 It's so sad to know that wherever he used to come, he used to come to us.
13:45 What a lively person.
13:46 What a good-hearted human being.
13:48 Always very supportive.
13:49 Always very kind in his words.
13:51 We are profoundly grateful to his family, his friends, and relatives.
13:59 We pray for him.
14:02 May God give him patience and courage.
14:05 I can imagine the kids and what family must be going through.
14:08 We pray for him.
14:10 We'll always be there for them.
14:12 I'm hoping that Karachi Kings today, in his honor, would start a very positive campaign.
14:17 Talking about Kings, before we move on to Multan Sultans,
14:20 we have a friend from our pavilion, Shoaib Malik.
14:23 He's also a Karachi Kings player.
14:25 He's a newly-wed groom.
14:26 I forgot about him.
14:28 That's why I reminded you.
14:30 Thank you.
14:31 Shoaib will be very useful in middle order.
14:33 He did well in the Bangladesh Premier League.
14:36 He's still a gun fielder.
14:38 He's supremely fit.
14:40 And of course, if needed, he can do a few overs as an off-spinner.
14:44 If need be, against a left-hander.
14:46 So, yeah, it's a good squad.
14:48 I like the squad.
14:49 There's a lot of variation.
14:50 A lot of things can be done.
14:51 That's right.
14:52 Let's take a look at the Multan Sultans squad.
14:54 Multan Sultans also has had a few changes.
14:58 Look at that squad.
14:59 And Azhar, take us through the squad, please.
15:01 They have a lot of match-winners in them.
15:05 Like Rizwan always led from the front.
15:07 All his winning streak over the last two or three years,
15:11 Rizwan has played a big role in that.
15:13 Iftikhar has moved this season.
15:17 Iftikhar has been like…
15:19 His bowling can be useful.
15:20 David Milan, one of the top T20 players around the world.
15:25 He's been number one for a while.
15:28 Khushil Shah.
15:29 Khushil Shah.
15:30 Razor Hendricks.
15:31 It depends on who fits in the combination.
15:33 Razor Hendricks is also a very destructive opening batsman.
15:36 After that, he inducted Olly Stone late after an injury.
15:39 He's good, Olly Stone.
15:40 I've seen Olly Stone.
15:41 Olly Stone is very injury-prone.
15:43 But he comes in and bowls from 140 to 45 kmph.
15:46 He's not that big.
15:47 Normally, he's injured for a long time during the season.
15:50 So, he's a bit…
15:52 Like the other teams, like Quetta prepared for this season.
15:57 Or like Karachi prepared.
15:59 He's a bit back-footed in terms of going ahead.
16:04 He doesn't have settled players.
16:07 He's just come back from an injury.
16:09 He's changed teams.
16:10 So, he doesn't seem like a very compact squad.
16:13 But then again, how he's a gel, how he's a combination, you never know.
16:19 He doesn't need to worry. He has Ifti.
16:21 Ifti mania.
16:23 I still believe that he has Shahnawaz Dhane in very good form.
16:28 Muhammad Ali is bowling well.
16:30 Abbas Afridi has always been a victim.
16:35 Osama Mir.
16:36 They also got Chris Jordan.
16:38 They also got a very good bowling line-up.
16:41 I mean, it's all about now combination.
16:44 How well they play and how quickly they settle.
16:47 A settled team is coming from previous tournaments,
16:50 from previous years.
16:52 They're not the same.
16:53 Some of them are new.
16:55 But the sooner they settle, and they're all performers.
16:58 So, I hope so.
17:00 I think that still, they are a very good team.
17:03 I forgot to mention David Willey.
17:05 Because he was the first pick of the draft.
17:08 So, his performance will be under the scanner.
17:12 It will be under my scanner.
17:13 Johnson Charles is also there.
17:15 He's a dangerous player.
17:16 And when he comes to bat, I always see him with a cuff on his head.
17:21 He's like a lion. He doesn't want to stop the game.
17:24 No, no, no. Every ball is going to go after him.
17:26 He can hit big.
17:27 He's a dangerous player.
17:29 But as a bowler, you feel that you have a chance to out him.
17:31 There's a batsman who stops you.
17:33 If you look at the top order, they have Rizwan,
17:38 then David Milan, he's successful at the top.
17:41 Then they have Usman Khan, he's an opener.
17:45 Then there's Yasir Khan.
17:46 Usman will play as an overseas player though.
17:48 Because he's a UD player.
17:50 Yeah, yeah.
17:51 They only allowed four.
17:52 So, let's see which four they get.
17:54 They have the same thing that we're seeing.
17:56 Normally, we were talking about it yesterday.
17:58 The top order batsmen are heavyweights.
18:02 They have Tayyab Ahsan, who I think is a good player.
18:05 He's a good player. He's in good shape.
18:08 They have a finisher.
18:11 Khujdil Shah and Iftikhar have to play that role.
18:15 Yeah, they play that.
18:16 And Assamullah is not fit.
18:18 Faisal Akram?
18:19 Faisal Akram?
18:20 Faisal Akram?
18:21 Yeah, he's been merging.
18:24 He was merging with Karachi Kings two years ago.
18:27 Three years ago.
18:28 Three years ago?
18:29 I don't know. Probably three years.
18:31 But we'll find out.
18:32 I think once you play, then you can only play two years.
18:35 Alright, guys.
18:36 I'm going to stop you guys here.
18:38 Because we're going to cut across to Multan.
18:40 Where both the captains are walking out to flip the coin.
18:42 Let's take a look at the toss.
18:44 The old Danny Morrison.
18:46 Is he on something today?
18:48 Danny was very dead.
18:50 Danny, wake up.
18:52 CJ!
18:53 Wake up.
18:54 We want you to be alive, man.
18:56 He's tired from the ILTD 20.
18:59 He'll be back tomorrow morning.
19:00 I think he had a direct flight from Dubai to Multan.
19:03 Yeah, so he must be rested.
19:05 Unless he was up to it.
19:07 Under the weather?
19:08 Under the weather or busy.
19:09 So, good toss to win, guys.
19:10 Yes, congratulations to Karachi Kings.
19:12 Winning the first toss.
19:13 Starting up and electing to bowl.
19:15 I think their decision is technically good.
19:17 Multan Sultani, playing 11, is here.
19:19 Let's see him.
19:20 Rizwan, Milan, Hendricks, Yasir Khan, Iftikhar, Khushdil Shah, Willi,
19:24 Batting, middle, middle order, Usama Mir, Abbas, Afridi, Muhammad Ali,
19:28 Inshan, Nawaz Dhani, yeah.
19:30 A lot of options they have.
19:32 What do you call it?
19:33 Khushdil can do it, Iftikhar can do it.
19:35 Right.
19:36 Iftimania.
19:37 And Karachi Kings are playing 11.
19:39 Here's Jihviz.
19:41 Jihviz Shah, his most thought would be to start a destructive opening.
19:48 Then, Malik always plays better in the middle order.
19:52 Polard, Sam's number 6, he's good in that.
19:56 He has a chasing ability.
19:58 He can rotate number 7 and 6 by playing Namaz.
20:02 Emerging, emerging.
20:03 He's a captain.
20:04 Sudho Irfan Niazi for Karachi.
20:07 Yeah.
20:08 Alright, time for expert predictions.
20:11 Azhar Ali, let me start with you.
20:12 What do you think?
20:13 Karachi.
20:14 KK.
20:15 Hafeez?
20:16 I don't even say K, Karachi.
20:18 KK.
20:19 Skip.
20:20 I'll go for Karachi Kings, that's my team.
20:23 Biswa?
20:24 You're from Karachi?
20:25 Yeah.
20:26 Putti Galkand.
20:27 Multan.
20:28 Multan.
20:29 Okay.
20:30 Putti Galkand.
20:31 Alright, so there you have your expert predictions.
20:34 There was a little misunderstanding.
20:35 I thought we were playing as a team.
20:37 It's up to you.
20:38 It's up to you.
20:39 It was a little...
20:40 No problem.
20:41 What kind of total will be challenging here?
20:44 If we do 180-185 from Multan Sultan, will that challenge?
20:47 Or it has to be a 200+ total?
20:49 I haven't seen the pitch.
20:50 I haven't seen the pitch.
20:51 I haven't seen the pitch report.
20:52 I'm sorry, I don't even have control.
20:53 I'm sorry, I don't even have control.
20:54 I'm sorry, I don't even have control.
20:55 We don't even have a Hoover pitch.
20:56 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
20:57 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
20:58 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
20:59 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:00 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:01 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:02 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:03 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:04 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:05 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:06 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:07 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:08 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:09 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:10 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:31 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:55 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:56 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:57 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:58 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
21:59 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
22:00 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
22:01 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
22:02 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
22:03 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
22:04 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
22:05 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
22:06 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
22:07 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
22:08 We don't have a Hoover pitch.
22:09 We don't have a Hoover pitch.

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