A final for two teams who had been playing as lousy as any team can. But Islamabad has been playing better lately. Certainly a better team as well with a great captain.
Karachi has changed its leader. Bupara will be doing captaincy now. I think rightly so. It seemed like Shoaib Malik had been very reckless. Thought last min change for a important match is never recommended.
United is ofcourse the favourites. The only way Karachi Kings can win, is if they bat really really well and everyone scores. Its a 20 over game, anything can happen.
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Islamabad United Team
[TD=“class: player-names”]Amad Butt, Ashar Zaidi, Asif Ali, Azhar Mahmood, S Badree, BJ Haddin†, Imran Khalid, Kamran Ghulam, Khalid Latif, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Sami, Rumman Raees, AD Russell, Saeed Ajmal, Sharjeel Khan, DR Smith, Umar Amin
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Karachi Kings Team
[TD=“class: player-names”]Bilawal Bhatti, RS Bopara*, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Mushfiqur Rahim,Nauman Anwar, Saifullah Bangash†, Shahzaib Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Shoaib Malik, LMP Simmons, Sohail Khan,Sohail Tanvir, Usama Mir, JM Vince, MH Wessels
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