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Multan Sultans take on Peshawar Zalmi in the next match of PSL8.
The match is scheduled to start at 6pm local time (1pm GMT) on Friday, February 17.
The Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan will host this fixture.
In the early stages of the competition, both teams have a win under their belt.
Multan Sultans started their tournament with an agonising one-run defeat against Lahore Qalandars but bounced back in style with a crushing nine-wicket win over Quetta Gladiators, whom they bowled out for 111.
Peshawar Zalmi have played just one match in the competition so far, defeating Karachi Kings by two runs - although they will be disappointed to have made such a sloppy job of defending 199. Tom Kohler-Cadmore scored 92 from 50 balls to steal the show.
Both teams have exciting opening pairs, with Babar Azam lining up for Peshawar Zalmi alongside explosive young talent Mohammad Haris. Both Babar and fellow top-order batter Kohler-Cadmore scored half-centuries against the Kings and will provide a fresh challenge for Ihsanullah, who took 5 for 12 last time out.
For the Sultans, Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood headline a stacked top five which also includes Rilee Rossouw, David Miller and Kieron Pollard - you'd suspect Zalmi's bowlers could be in for another difficult afternoon.
Tom Kohler-Cadmore [Asif Hassan/Getty Images]
Sultans have lost their premier seamer Shahnawaz Dahani for the remainder of the PSL after he fractured his right little since in the opening game against Lahore Qalandars.
And with Wayne Parnell also ruled out, Mohammad Ilyas and Carlos Brathwaite have been added to the 2021 champions' squad.
Zalmi have Rovman Powell available following the conclusion of the ILT20 but finding a place for him in the XI might be tricky, following Kohler-Cadmore's impressive start to the competition. Peter Hatzoglou is awaiting a debut as Mujeeb ur Rahman's replacement.
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dahani (injured, February 15), Tim David, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah, David Miller, Josh Little, Akeal Hosein, Usama Mir, Usman Khan, Sameen Gul, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Sarwar, Arafat Minhas, Kieron Pollard, Ammad Butt, Wayne Parnell (partial/full replacement for Adil Rashid), Izharulhaq Naveed (partial replacement for David Miller), Mohammad Ilyas (replacement for Shahnawaz Dahani), Carlos Brathwaite (replacement for Wayne Parnell)
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Aamir Jamal, Salman Irshad, Tom-Kohler Cadmore, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rovman Powell, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Danish Aziz, Arshad Iqbal, Saim Ayub, Usman Qadir, Suifyan Muqeem, Haseeb Ullah, Jimmy Neesham, Khurram Shahzad, Haris Sohail, Richard Gleeson (partial replacement for Rovman Powell), Peter Hatzoglou (partial replacement for Mujeeb ur Rahman), Shakib Al Hasan (available until February 26)
*squads are for the overall competition and not specific to this match
Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Kieron Pollard, Khushdil Shah, Rumman Raees, Wayne Parnell, Ihsanullah, Sameen Gul, Usama Mir
Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam, Mohammad Haris, Aamer Jamal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Haris Sohail, Rovman Powell, Jimmy Neesham, Shakib Al Hasan, Wahab Riaz, Salman Irshad, Arshad Iqbal
Expect another clear evening in Multan with temperatures around 27 degrees Celsius at the start of play.
Ihsanullah [Farooq Naeem/Getty Images]
Multan Sultans are the favourites with the bookmakers at 4/5. Peshawar Zalmi are the rank outsiders at 15/13.
The favourites, Multan Sultans, should be too strong for Zalmi.
Cricket fans in Pakistan will be able to watch PSL8 on A Sports, PTV Sports and TEN Sports on TV. Streamed matches will be available on Daraz App, tapmadTV and Tamasha.
Viewers around the world can watch the action live on Fox Sports (Australia), Sony (South Asia outside Pakistan), Willow TV (North America), Flow Sports (Caribbean), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), Sky Sport (New Zealand), Super Sport (sub-Saharan Africa) and, Etisalat and STARZPLAY (Mena).
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