{"id":106996,"date":"2026-04-09T14:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=106996"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:17:54","slug":"psl-11-united-won-the-toss-and-elected-to-bowl-first-against-qalandars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/psl-11-united-won-the-toss-and-elected-to-bowl-first-against-qalandars\/","title":{"rendered":"PSL 11: United won the toss and elected to bowl first against Qalandars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ds-hover-parent lg:hover:ds-bg-color-fill-tertiary ds-flex ds-items-start ds-relative ds-px-2 lg:ds-pl-0 ds-mb-2 ds-pt-3\">\n<div class=\"ds-grow\">\n<p>KARACHI: In an exciting <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Pakistan Super League<\/span><\/span> encounter, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Islamabad United<\/span><\/span> won the toss and chose to bowl first against <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Lahore Qalandars<\/span><\/span> in Karachi.<\/p>\n<h2>Playing XI of Both sides<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ci-v2-html-content first-letter:ds-capitalize ds-text-color-text ds-mb-2 xl:ds-pr-14\">Lahore Qalandars XI<strong>:<\/strong> Mohammad Naeem, Abdullah Shafique, Rubin Hermann, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl, Asif Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi (capt), Haris Rauf, Mustafizur Rahman, Ubaid Ullah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ds-hover-parent lg:hover:ds-bg-color-fill-tertiary ds-flex ds-items-start ds-relative ds-px-2 lg:ds-pl-0 ds-mb-2 ds-pt-3\">\n<div class=\"ds-grow\">\n<p class=\"ci-v2-html-content first-letter:ds-capitalize ds-text-color-text ds-mb-2 xl:ds-pr-14\">Islamabad United XI:\u00a0Devon Conway (wk), Sameer Minhas, Mohammad Faiq, Mark Chapman, Shadab Khan (capt), Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Chris Green, Richard Gleeson, Salman Irshad<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ci-v2-html-content first-letter:ds-capitalize ds-text-color-text ds-mb-2 xl:ds-pr-14\">Pitch Report<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ci-v2-html-content first-letter:ds-capitalize ds-text-color-text ds-mb-2 xl:ds-pr-14\">According to Jess Crowe and Greg Blewett Pitch report, &#8220;It is an absolute scorcher of a day here in Karachi, with highs of 34 and currently sitting right at that mark. We have a slight breeze and humidity around 33%, making it a perfect day for an HBL PSL double-header. I&#8217;m very excited because I&#8217;m standing on a different surface today. Yesterday&#8217;s pitch was quite barren and led to a low-scoring game of 145, but we&#8217;ve moved over a couple of strips to one featuring Australian soil. Look at the grass on this little baby. That means pace and carry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ci-v2-html-content first-letter:ds-capitalize ds-text-color-text ds-mb-2 xl:ds-pr-14\">Yesterday was slow and the spin was sluggish, but with this soil and a bit of grass, I think the ball is going to carry through nicely to the keeper. Everyone will enjoy that &#8211; the bowlers and the batters alike. I actually think the grass will allow for a bit more spin, and sharper spin at that, making it a better all-around track. In terms of the dimensions, it&#8217;s still 64 meters to one side and 63 meters to my left. Straight down the ground is a bigger hit at 73 meters. The wind actually swung around just before I came out; it was hitting me in the face, but it&#8217;s starting to swing back the same way it did yesterday. This will likely be the scoring end for the batters. I&#8217;m expecting a much higher-scoring game today, which everyone, except maybe the bowlers, is excited about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: In an exciting Pakistan Super League encounter, Islamabad United won the toss and chose to bowl first against Lahore Qalandars in Karachi. Playing XI of Both sides Lahore Qalandars XI: Mohammad Naeem, Abdullah Shafique, Rubin Hermann, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl, Asif Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi (capt), Haris Rauf, Mustafizur Rahman, Ubaid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":105274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31572],"class_list":["post-106996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-psl-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106996"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107000,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106996\/revisions\/107000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}