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Monday 6 April, 15.00
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Multan Sultans v Rawalpindi Pindiz PSL Tips
Rawalpindi Pindiz, the original Multan Sultans franchise, come up against the team which took their discarded name. They seem to have taken some of their historic chutzpah, too. The Sultans are top of the table with three wins from four having beaten Quetta Gladiators with ease on Sunday.
Pimdiz, meanwhile, are only one off the bottom thanks to net run rate. They are yet to win in three matches and appear to be getting worse. The seven-wicket loss to Islamabad United was a real stinker. Each of the three have been lost when failing to defend a score and in two of them they had more than enough to bowl at.
That suggests that bowling is an issue. Last time out against United they were without pacer Naseem Shah, who has just been fined for political social media posts. His absence may have had something to do with that. They really need him back otherwise the pressure on Mohammad Amir and Rishad Hossain is too much.
With Sultans loaded up on batting in the shape of Steve Smith and Sahib Farhan, it is not unreasonable to reckon that there could be some heavy punishment on the way. The Sultans match runs are available at 5/61.84 for overs 183.5. That could look very cheap indeed. Likewise the over line on sixes at 8.5.
Against Quetta Sultans didn't need to put their foot down but in the previous two games they smoked ten and 15 respectively. Sportsbook offer 6/52.20 they bust the line. It hardly looks insurmountable against a Pindiz unit which have conceded 6-11-12.
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Wednesday 8 April, 15.00
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Hyderabad Kingsmen v Peshawar Zalmi PSL Tips
Hyderabad Kingsmen have lost all three of their matches in their debut PSL season. They sit bottom of the table and have been hammered each time they have taken to the field. Defeats by six wickets, 40 runs and 69 runs do not suggest a sudden turnaround in fortune.
Nor does the balance of their XI. As stated previously, Marnus Labuschagne is a bizarre choice when you have an international talent pool to pick from. To then make him captain is something else.
Kingsmen will hope that the tournament moving to Karachi will inspire them. The go-slow in pitches in Lahore never materialised and it would be shrewd to consider that the switch to fresh pitches will mean bat continues to dominate ball.
In the last three years the average runs per over in night games at the National Stadium is 8.3. They key trend, though, is a toss bias with ten of the 16 games won by the chaser. That suggests dew could be an issue. Could this be the lifeline Kingsmen have been after?
At significant odds against they might be worth one, final gamble to get a win on the board so long as they chase.
The more reliable trend, though, is Babar Azam for runs. Sportsbook offer over 27.5 runs at 5/61.84. It's a line he has busted 14 times in the last three editions from 22 innings.
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