Karachi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 Stallions – Toss Report
Karachi Dolphins’ captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Sami-c77289 won the toss against Sialkot Stallions and decided to bat first in the second semi-final of the Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 Cup 2011 at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad.
This is not a surprising decision, especially because the teams batting first in the tournament have been served well because the pitch at Faisalabad does tend to assist the spinners in the later part of the match. So, the Dolphins got the first
advantage by winning the toss in this all-important fixture.
Both the teams have decided to go with unchanged playing elevens, which is very usual for a semi-final as any good team would hesitate to disturb their winning combination in a knockout fixture.
These two teams are evenly matched and hardly any cricket analyst can predict the team which is going to meet Rawalpindi Rams in the final of the tournament tomorrow. However, on the current form, Karachi looks to be having an edge as their premier batsmen,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khalid-Latif-c71261 played blistering knocks against Faisalabad Wolves in their previous match.
The Dolphins will be heavily depending on their top-order batsmen once again to lay a solid platform for them in this crucial match.
However, Karachi should be very careful because if they lose early wickets against the Stallions, then it is going to be very difficult for them to bounce back against a team which has a number of seasoned campaigners in their ranks.
Batting seems to be the strength of both the teams and chances are bright that we will witness a high-scoring encounter. If Karachi have some extra-ordinary stroke-players in the line-up, then Sialkot also possess the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Yousuf-c89461,
Shoaib Malik and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ali-Khan-c996.
This could well turn out to be a battle between the spinners of both the teams against the batsmen. This match has all the makings of a thrilling encounter as the spin bowling department of both the teams is also very similar. Sialkot have the services of
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haaris-Ayaz-c1521 under their belt.
It seems to be a mouth-watering fixture and let us hope that the second semi-final does not turn out to be an anti-climax.
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