Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 - Rawalpindi Rams v Lahore http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 – The Rams bat first after winning the toss
Rawalpindi Rams’ captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665’ won the toss in the first semi-final of the Faysal Bank Super 8 T20 Cup 2011 against the Lahore Lions, and elected to bat first at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on June 30, 2011.
Both the teams have decided to play unchanged squads in the match, which is not surprising at all because good teams do not like to make changes in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 matches. It is a knockout game and both the teams are looking to reach the final of the tournament, which
is going to be played tomorrow at the same venue.
The Lions will surely start the match as favourites because they are a star studded side and have a number of match-winners in their ranks like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaudhri-Mohammad-Yousuf-c50536. All of them have immense experience
at the highest level of the sport and they would like to make full use of that in the big matches of the T20 Cup.
However, the Rams seems to have an advantage in the bowling department as their captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-c90628 Tanvir is looking in ominous form at the moment and he has been giving crucial breakthroughs to his team at the start of the innings with the new ball. His captaincy
has also been instrumental for the Rams as he has got the best out of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Young-c41367 team, which does not have a lot of big names in their squad.
Now that the Rams have decided to bat first, they will be looking to post a minimum of 170 runs on the board. Rawalpindi’s openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Awais-Zia-c46838 are in good form and they will have to contribute, if their team is to do well in the first innings.
Test cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Amin-c94597 also has a crucial responsibility of holding Rawalpindi’s batting together in the middle overs.
The Rams are a fighting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322 team and they will be very dangerous in this match because no cricket analyst is giving them a chance against the Lions, which means that they will start as underdogs and all the pressure will be on Lahore.
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