Key match-ups, analysis, form, team news, weather forecast, tickets, TV and streaming information, odds, predictions and more ahead of the latest encounter in the 2023 PSL
Multan Sultans take on Quetta Gladiators in the next match of PSL8.
The match is scheduled to start at 7pm local time (2pm GMT) on Wednesday, February 15.
The Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan will host this fixture.
Last season's runners-up, Multan Sultans began their new campaign with a loss by one run to Lahore Qalandars in the opening game of the new campaign.
The Gladiators are hoping they can turn their form around against the Sultans, having not beaten them since March 2021. They finished last season in fifth place with four wins and six losses.
Mohammad Rizwan and opening partner Shan Masood made an impressive start in chase of 176 runs in their first game of the season. The skipper made 75 runs from 50 deliveries, with Masood chipping in with 35. Sadly, the rest of the batting order could not finish the job started by the opening pair.
England's Jason Roy and Will Smeed could open the batting for the Gladiators and form a destructive partnership. The likes of Martin Guptill and Iftikhar Ahmed are also available meaning the line-up is not lacking in firepower. Nineteen-year-old right-arm fast bowler Naseem Shah will look to be a huge part of the Gladiators' attack.
Multan Sultans lost their first PSL 2023 match by one run [Getty Images]
Rilee Roussow did not play in Multans Sultans' opening game after the delayed SA20 final; however, he could look to make his return for this game. Shahnawaz Dahani has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a broken finger. Mohammad Ilyas has been drafted as a replacement by Multan.
Mohammad Hafeez has replaced the injured Ahsaan Ali in the Quetta Gladiators' squad.
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dahani (injured, replaced by Mohammad Ilyas), 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)
Quetta Gladiators: Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Roy, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal, Will Smeed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Naseem Shah, Odean Smith, Ahsan Ali, Umaid Asif, Muhammad Zahid, Abdul Bangalzai, Aimal Khan, Martin Guptill, Omair Bin Yousuf, Qais Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Dwaine Pretorius (partial replacement for Odean Smith), Will Jacks (partial replacement for Jason Roy), Nuwan Thushara (partial replacement for Naveen ul Haq)
*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/Mohammad Ilyas, Sameen Gul, Usama Mir
Quetta Gladiators: Jason Roy, Will Smeed, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Nawaz, Naveen-ul-Haq, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain
Dry and warm, with temperatures reaching around 22 degrees Celsius at the start of play.
Mohammad Hafeez has joined Quetta Gladiators [Getty Images]
The bookies have the Sultans as favourites for this game, with the best odds for a win at 4/5 for Multan Sultans and 5/4 for Quetta Gladiators.
After tasting defeat in their first game of the season and by such a close margin, Multan Sultans will surely come out strong in this match. First points of the season incoming.
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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