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Thursday, 22 February 2018

PSL- A game of spirit


Pakistan Super League Season 3
Cricket is a game of spirit especially for a nation like us who have been surrounded by stress and frustration throughout the year.

Pakistan is among those countries where political instability, Inflation, terrorism, extremism, and poor economic condition bound the limitations in recreational activities. In this circumstances, Pakistan Super League (PSL) spring up a new ray of hope for the love of cricket.It paved the way back to International cricket for Pakistan.

The two successful previous edition of PSL forecast the bright future for the upcoming PSL.

The six-team including Peshawar Zalmi, Quetta Gladiator, Karachi kings, Islamabad United, Lahore Qalandar, and new addition Multan Sultan stringing hard to clinch the Team trophy season 3 of PSL.

 Each team has its own shortcoming and strengths, enhancing the spirit of game.so If I begin to predict the team performance this season, being the supporter of Karachi kings It is hard to be neutral but anyway I am gonna take me to this tough grind.

If there is one team in the Pakistan Super League that has ruled both the pitch and the spectators' heart, Its Peshawar Zalmi.being the finalist in the first edition and winner of 2nd edition making it to successful team of PSL till now.

Zalmi 's key strength so far has been their aggressive playing style.Zalmi skipper Darren Samey is one of the most enthusiastic international players with his full devotion to the team.they have the firepower to defeat any team but It seems difficult this time as Boom Boom Afridi's departure to Karachi Kings weakened the strength of Peshawar Zalmi.

After the addition of Shahid Afridi, Karachi kings have the largest fn base team in this PSL.Afridi is likely to bring unity in the team which was badly needed in the previous edition.Imad Wasim skipper of karachi has a good opportunity to show his potential as captain under the umbrella of Afridi's leadership skills. 

The squad of Karachi kings is a nice blend of young and experienced players.well, Hassan Mohsin is a player to watch in Karachi kings. He might be the gold finding of the third PSL. People want to see Karachi play final in city ground and win the trophy.

On the other hand.Quetta Gladiator is the only PSL Franchise that has cleared all its dues with the PCB and enjoy high-performance record since the inception of the league in 2016. 

The aggressive skipper Sarfraz Ahmad has successfully utilized the skills of Gladiator and this consistency would come in handy for this game.

After Quetta Gladiator Islamabad United is the only franchise to have retained the same captain since the start of PSL.the spot-fixing case which trapped Muhammad Irfan.Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif in  last battle of PSL  has shattered the confidence of United since Waseem Akram also left the team and join Multan Sultan 
(sab Dollar ka Chakkar he ;) )
However it could be balanced out by the extraordinary player like shadab Khan and Ruman raees under the coaching of Waqar Yonis, Saeed Ajmal, and Austrailian Dean Jones.Let's see how this combination style in PSL 3.

Now you will be missing Lahore Qalandar ;) so here we go 
 Despite the fact that this team finish bottom of the game in the previous season however what make the Qalandar stands out among other team is their domestic talent hunt program that has dug out the Potential future stars for Pakistan cricket.

The Multan Sultans, a franchise representative Pakistan fifth largest city, will make it debut in this PSL3 and It is the most expensive team of the season where Dubai-based firm SCHON group holding the hand of Sultans.
Sultan squads is built around specialist T-20 all-rounders like Malik, Pollard, Sohail Tanveer, Ahmed Shahzad, bravo and Sangakara, the sultan have all the right ingredients to post big scorer.

These superly excited teams with the crazy fan of cricket are ready to rock the season. last but not the least as the final game held in Karachi so let's invoke for the peaceful final in Karachi.


keeping these in mind we should show the positive spirit of the game, much more to say,  more to pray, more to rejoice now because it's all about Pakistan Super League Season 3.

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