Sialkot Stallions win toss, bat against Rawalpindi Rams

KARACHI: Sialkot Stallions captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and elected to bat against Rawalpindi Rams in the final of the Faysal Bank national Twenty20 Cup here at the National Stadium on Sunday.

There is no change in the Sialkot Stallions side which played in the semi-final against Lahore Eagles whereas Rawalpindi Rams made one change, bringing in Adnan Mufti in place of Yasim Murtaza.

Teams:
Rawalpindi Rams team: Awais Zia, Naved Malik, Babar Naeem, Tahir Mughal, Umar Amin, Jamal Anwar., Sohail Tanvir*, Hammad Azam, Mohammad Rameez, Adnan Mufti, Samiullah.

Sialkot Stallions team: Imran Nazir, Shakeel Ansar., Shahid Yousuf, Shoaib Malik*, Ali Khan, Naved-ul-Hasan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Abdur Rehman, Raza Hasan, Naved Arif, Qaiser Abbas.

Both the teams won their semis convincingly. Stallions beat Eagles by 6 wickets and Rams outplayed Panthers by 77 runs.

Shoaib Malik was the star who scored an unbeaten 88 runs and won the match single-handedly against Eagles.

Umar Amin's all-round performance helped Rams win against Panthers. He scored 33 runs and took 3 wickets.