The Pavilion | Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars (Pre-Match) Expert Analysis | 6 Mar 2024 | PSL9
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Welcome to the Pavilion.
00:06 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:07 Sports are continuing coverage of the HBO PSL season 9.
00:11 And the news out of Rawalpindi is that Karachi Kings have
00:15 finally won a game.
00:17 And that too, they've defeated Quetta Gladiators
00:20 after a lot of defeats at their hands.
00:23 So congratulations to Karachi Kings.
00:25 Great news for Karachi fans.
00:26 With me in the Pavilion, I have got four fantastic former
00:29 captains of Pakistan.
00:31 And all four gentlemen with a great grip
00:33 on the game of cricket.
00:34 I've got Azhar Ali, Muhammad Hafeez, Miss Baul Haq,
00:38 and the very happy president of the Karachi Kings,
00:41 Wasim Akram.
00:42 Wasim, congratulations.
00:43 Thank you very much.
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00:46 Salman, his team.
00:47 Shaan, his team.
00:48 Everyone involved.
00:49 And of course, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:54 I know.
00:55 Just great to see happy faces all around.
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01:00 This is how it went down.
01:01 It was Quetta Gladiators that were put into bat by Shaan
01:05 Masood after he won the toss.
01:07 And Quetta Gladiators managed the lowest total
01:10 of this HBL PSL, 118 all out, 19.1 overs.
01:14 They did have a great start, actually.
01:17 They scored almost 50 runs in the first five overs.
01:20 But Saud Shaquille there with 33 of 28, Nafe 17, 15.
01:24 Jason Roy, 15 of 8 deliveries.
01:26 Akeel Hussain, 14 of 13.
01:28 But none of these guys could actually capitalize
01:30 on the starts that they got.
01:32 And somehow, the Quetta Gladiators
01:34 capitulated once they got out of the power play.
01:38 Hasan Ali, look at those figures.
01:39 Hasan Ali must be a very happy man.
01:41 He was dancing on the pitch with those 4 for 15 in 4 overs
01:44 figures.
01:45 Anybody would be dancing.
01:47 Zayed there picking up 2 for 25 in his 4 overs.
01:50 Mazar Abani, 2 for 27 in his 4 overs.
01:52 And Hamza, 1 for 25 in 3.1 overs.
01:55 So congratulations on that performance.
01:57 Karachi Kings in reply, 121 in 15.3 overs.
02:01 Saifur there missing out his half century, 49 of 31
02:04 deliveries.
02:04 Malik again, the experienced campaigner
02:07 there finishing up the game for Karachi Kings,
02:09 wins contributing 27 of 28 deliveries.
02:13 And Mohammed Aamer, 1 for 23 in his 2 overs.
02:16 Akeel Hussain, 1 for 24 in his 4 overs.
02:18 Abrar, 1 for 24 in his 4 overs.
02:20 But Karachi Kings winning this one very, very convincingly.
02:24 And must be a very happy camp.
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02:31 This is how it's looking now.
02:33 Karachi Kings are still at number 5.
02:35 It's still the top order.
02:36 It's still unshaken with this game.
02:38 Because Sultan Sultan sitting there at number 1 qualified.
02:42 Quetta Gladiators still remain at the second position.
02:44 Zalmi at the third.
02:46 Islamabad United at the fourth.
02:47 Now Karachi Kings, they've just got a glimmer of hope
02:50 there with this victory.
02:52 The next game today is also going
02:53 to determine the fortunes for Karachi Kings.
02:56 And also, let's see how the tables turn at the end of today.
03:01 That's how the points table is.
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03:05 So congratulations to Karachi Kings.
03:07 Let's just start off with what a great performance
03:11 by Karachi Kings.
03:12 Extremely one-sided.
03:14 They were heavy all along, except for the power play.
03:17 The first 5 overs that Karachi Kings bowled
03:19 and got taken for almost 50 runs.
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03:22 They got into the game, and then they never took their hands--
03:26 well, rather their--
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03:29 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:30 Just go till the end.
03:49 Get to 140, 150.
03:51 140, 150.
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03:56 Russo out of touch.
03:59 Alfaraz ran himself out.
04:00 Then Rutherford played a silly shot.
04:02 Then Aqeel Hussain played a silly shot.
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04:12 So very average performance by Quetta.
04:22 They should be worried.
04:24 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
04:25 Not only the attitude, batting, also fielding,
04:35 a lot of questions for Quetta Gladiators.
04:36 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:37 A lot of questions.
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05:19 It's really disappointing at times.
05:24 I'm maybe a bit harsh on him, but--
05:26 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:27 Yeah, absolutely.
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05:41 Both were outstanding today.
05:44 Yeah, they were for [INAUDIBLE]
05:45 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:46 Very good, the Karachi Kings performance was.
05:55 But Mishpa, for Quetta Gladiators,
05:57 to come up with that kind of a batting performance,
05:59 when you have somebody like Vivian Richards, Sir Viv
06:03 Richards, in your dugout, one of the monuments of batting,
06:07 and batting responsibly, how could you actually, you know,
06:11 come up with a game plan like this?
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06:23 It's not like that.
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06:58 If you keep losing wickets, that means [INAUDIBLE]
07:21 20 cricket [INAUDIBLE]
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07:39 Nothing short.
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07:41 Nothing short.
07:42 Just like a chip.
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07:44 Then this was a bad call by [INAUDIBLE]
07:51 I mean, this was just really, really horrible.
07:55 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:56 But he just kept watching the ball.
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08:09 Still, they haven't basically realized as a team.
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08:17 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
08:18 But they kept on playing short.
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08:32 I mean, you cannot feel you are 50-50 in bowling.
09:00 And then, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:01 I mean, it's very difficult.
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09:30 Yeah, that is true.
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09:50 And [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:02 Wasim, you, however, when we came back
10:10 from the pitch report in the pre-match,
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10:13 And that's exactly what we saw.
10:17 Is there a possibility of fees that everybody
10:19 misread the pitch?
10:20 I don't think so.
10:21 Players have the time and the effort
10:23 to listen to the commentators' pitch report.
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10:29 I agree.
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10:44 But the pitch report or no pitch report,
11:03 for Quetta Gladiators, this was a disastrous performance.
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11:09 Because of the hardness of the ball,
11:25 maybe a light moisture on the pitch,
11:27 it was a little bit turn on it.
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11:32 Forget about 200.
11:40 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:41 Like 50 for-- they were 50 for one in five overs.
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11:45 Maybe it's a learning curve for him
11:56 that he never batted as an opener in T20.
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12:00 Nafe, we all know that he's a good player.
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12:47 So I should bring-- I personally feel they should bring maybe--
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12:56 Nafe's middle order batsman, Laurie Evans, [INAUDIBLE]
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13:17 Somewhere they need to understand [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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13:38 I think so.
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13:47 I think as a situation, you have to play a batsman.
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14:12 I think at least for middle period,
14:14 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:15 At the moment, it's not working for [INAUDIBLE]
14:26 and maybe it is the right time.
14:28 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:29 Yes, he can contribute.
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14:38 You're exposed right after that.
14:49 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:50 Well, let's talk about Shan Hasood.
14:53 He's having a pretty average season with the bat as well.
14:57 And Mitzbah, they're trouble for Shan Hasood.
14:59 There again today, he just looked completely out of place.
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15:05 As a situation, you want something to happen.
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15:10 As a batsman, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
15:32 You are not basically making the right decisions.
15:35 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
15:36 But it's natural.
15:46 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
15:47 Right, but Tim Seifert today played really well.
15:56 I mean, he missed his half century, we've seen.
15:58 But he was looking good.
15:59 There was a different Tim today.
16:01 He was very comfortable against fast bowlers,
16:03 but he looked clueless against the spinners.
16:05 Yeah, that's true.
16:06 And hence, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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16:31 Yeah.
16:40 You have to go to your two fast bowlers.
16:42 And today, Hasnaan was again under below par performance.
16:45 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
16:46 I think the credit should be given to both Tim Seifert.
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17:03 They just went after him in the next over.
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17:15 I think he played a very handy dog.
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17:20 The three spinners all in the sixth economy rate today.
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17:31 The fast bowlers, Muhammad Hasnaan, 12K economy,
17:36 and Muhammad Amir, 11.50 in their two overs each.
17:40 Clearly, the very first over should have determined
17:42 the par for the captain that just stick with the spinners.
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18:15 Very well planned by Karachi Kings.
18:17 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:18 It could have been a little bit better with having a little bit
18:23 more convincing win, convincing in a way.
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18:26 They never tried.
18:29 After eight to 10 overs, they were in control,
18:32 in total control.
18:33 They should go after the bowler and finish
18:35 the game as soon as possible.
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18:37 It's a good win.
18:40 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:42 Very well planned by Karachi Kings.
18:44 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:45 Yeah, absolutely.
18:50 But let's talk about Hassan Ali now.
18:52 What a fantastic bowling performance there by Hassan Ali.
18:55 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:56 What was special about today's Hassan Ali?
19:02 What was different?
19:03 What was Hassan doing differently today?
19:05 I think right areas [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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19:40 So overall, I think [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:42 So I think execution [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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20:08 So I think very well read by Hassan Ali.
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20:35 We'll see where does Karachi Kings go from here?
20:41 I mean, what should be their approach now?
20:43 They'll probably come to Karachi for the next game.
20:45 Right, but that's not the direction.
20:47 I mean, in terms of their strategy now.
20:49 Do we go-- I don't want to go into hysterical laughter.
20:51 No, no, no.
20:52 So--
20:53 I think they've done well today.
20:55 They should-- I don't know playing 11 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
20:58 Are they playing in Islamabad again?
21:02 Yeah, Islamabad.
21:03 Tomorrow.
21:04 But a convincing win, confidence, I have as a team.
21:08 They can qualify, and they have every chance,
21:10 three games to go if they win three.
21:12 You know, they have every chance to qualify.
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21:15 The way they lost the game, the way they lost their batting.
21:23 I mean, double figure, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
21:25 It wasn't the best T20 pitch in the world,
21:30 but it wasn't the worst either.
21:31 But again, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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22:28 [LAUGHTER]
22:29 Fair call.
22:30 All right.
22:31 One more very important question from the president
22:34 of Karachi Kings.
22:35 Do you think that the Karachi Kings team today was not
22:38 under too much pressure because the owner wasn't there?
22:42 Salman Iqbal was not in the ground as well?
22:45 Is that a--
22:46 No, I don't think so that's the case.
22:48 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
22:49 He doesn't say anything.
22:51 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
22:52 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
22:53 No, I didn't say that he interfered.
23:04 I'm just saying the boys were not under that much pressure.
23:06 I don't think so.
23:07 I'm just messing with you, man.
23:08 OK.
23:09 That's all.
23:10 With that, we're going to take a break here.
23:12 And if I'm not here after we come back from the break,
23:14 you know what happened to me.
23:15 We'll see you on the other side.
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23:21 Well, I'm still here and welcome back to the Pavilion.
23:24 You're watching Esports, our content coverage of the HBL PSL 9.
23:27 The news out of Rawalpindi is that Karachi Kings have won
23:30 their game against a very strong Quetta Gladiators.
23:34 A very worried camp it should be in the Quetta Gladiators' side
23:38 today because that was a pretty disappointing performance
23:42 from them.
23:43 But congratulations to the Kings.
23:44 The Kings were dominating today's game
23:46 and have picked up those two very important points.
23:48 But now, let's take a look at what we have in store for you.
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23:53 This is what we've got for you in store.
23:56 It is match number 23.
23:58 It's Islamabad United versus Lahore Colunders.
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24:03 They're officially out.
24:13 They're officially out.
24:14 Now, there's no way that they can make it to the playoffs.
24:16 However, they've got nothing to lose.
24:18 And does that make them a very dangerous side?
24:21 We'll find out.
24:22 Islamabad United still in the hunt,
24:24 still looking for that fourth or the third spot in the playoffs.
24:28 And let's see how that works out for them.
24:31 But this is going to be an interesting game of cricket.
24:33 So let's kick off.
24:35 Before we do, should we take a look at the pitch report?
24:37 Because will they play on the same pitch or a different pitch?
24:40 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
24:42 A very animated pitch report there by Corky.
24:45 But a really good one.
24:46 Proper one.
24:47 So far, the best pitch report in this PSL.
24:49 Yeah, so far the best pitch report.
24:51 Yeah.
24:52 Yeah, explain it to us.
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27:11 No, it's the same difference. When a situation like this happens, you think it's dry on the top because there's some roughness, and roughness is because there's moisture on the bottom.
27:23 When shine arrives with hardness, then it means there is no moisture and then the gain will slide. Until the shine arrives, there's a little bit of dark mud, then it means there's a gain.
27:35 Normally, in T20 domestic tournaments, there are 3-3 matches in a day. So, when there are 2-2 matches, the first match is always the best.
27:45 3-3 matches in a day?
27:46 There have been 3 matches.
27:48 Geniuses are not allowed to play like that.
27:50 1.30am and 1.30pm.
27:53 1.30am and 1.30pm.
27:55 And one pitch is on the ground.
27:58 One pitch.
28:00 They might put water or taronga on the pitch because it's a 80-hole game.
28:06 No, it's a misunderstanding. They think that the spin on the pitch is because of dryness.
28:11 The pitch won't break. It won't break for 10 days. You have to keep it dry.
28:16 You have to make it hard.
28:18 We talk about level 1 coaching, level 2 coaching, different things. Is there no course out there for curators?
28:25 There are courses.
28:29 Who teaches courses?
28:31 Curators have come from abroad. They have their own.
28:35 But there is no such mechanism in Pakistan.
28:39 And the biggest reason why we get beaten is that we don't have data.
28:45 When you make a pitch, you should have exact readings.
28:49 What was the weather like? What was the temperature like? What was the month like?
28:53 How much water was used? When was the roll?
28:55 When you make a pitch, you should have exact readings.
29:01 But you won't know until you make a pitch.
29:05 I was in Australia when the Pakistan-Australia series happened.
29:09 So I was at the historic MCG, Melbourne, and then of course the SCG, and then the new stadium, the Optus Stadium.
29:17 So I…
29:18 We have to walk to the commentators.
29:20 We come straight to the dressing room.
29:22 So I saw the machines they have to manage the ground.
29:28 I thought they were building a shuttle.
29:30 And I thought, "Thank God, we don't have to go to the ground."
29:34 And they have grounders, they have cars, they are well-off.
29:38 Everything is high-end.
29:40 They have a proper job, they have a salary, that's why they handle it.
29:43 You know, everyone has emails.
29:45 Everyone gets emails that this is the practice session for the day.
29:48 And they prepare the pitches accordingly.
29:50 When we were in England, and we had our camp there before the England series,
29:55 what happened was, they told the groundman that they had a match.
29:58 No pitch was ready.
30:00 The match was a day later.
30:02 The square was green, just like the rest of the pitch.
30:04 He said, "No problem."
30:05 He came, our match was over.
30:07 I was standing next to him.
30:08 He must have put in a total of 10-15 men.
30:11 He put in a machine, he cut the grass.
30:13 He cut the grass.
30:14 Yes, he cut the grass.
30:16 He put in a machine for the brush, he cut the grass.
30:21 He put in a machine for the brush, he cut the grass.
30:24 One guy, in 10-15 minutes, had the pitch ready.
30:28 I'm just looking at it.
30:30 Our pitch is not complete.
30:32 And I'm talking about international grounds.
30:34 The things you're talking about, that they had all the machinery,
30:39 they don't have that, unfortunately.
30:42 And this infrastructure comes under development.
30:44 When you want to improve your ground,
30:47 until you provide the pitch,
30:49 they won't give the curators all the required equipment.
30:52 They'll be stuck. They can't provide that.
30:54 That's why when we were there,
30:58 we were requested to provide specialization in curators.
31:06 If a best curator came to us,
31:08 we would hire him for a couple of months.
31:11 He would teach our curators.
31:13 He would look after all the curators.
31:15 And then he would come back.
31:17 And he would come to us on exchange programs.
31:19 But I don't know if that works now.
31:21 We need someone from abroad.
31:23 I told you in the beginning of PSLK,
31:25 I was in Dubai for this ILT20.
31:27 They hired a new guy there.
31:29 Toby, who was their old guy, I think he's gone somewhere else.
31:31 But that guy, who just came, he's Australian from Adelaide.
31:35 And he made amazing pitches.
31:37 He said, "I would love to come to Pakistan. Just invite me."
31:40 So I don't know who to contact, what to do.
31:43 You can invite him.
31:44 What phone number?
31:45 Toby's.
31:46 Why invite him?
31:47 He said, if somebody invites him, we can invite him.
31:50 The BCB should invite him.
31:51 But it won't work for a couple of months.
31:53 I think the ground men here will have to upskill.
31:56 And they'll have to pay for that value.
31:59 They should be sent abroad.
32:00 We can't do this.
32:01 We can't just ask for the salary
32:03 that we get from doing that job.
32:05 That's not going to be possible.
32:07 They give the foreign coaches money,
32:09 an argument of 1000 rupees a month.
32:12 And if you don't come to Pakistan,
32:14 they give you 20 rupees.
32:15 That's the mindset.
32:17 This is an unfortunate mindset.
32:19 And please explain to me one thing.
32:21 All our viewers, cricket lovers,
32:24 what's wrong with our salaries?
32:26 Look at us in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
32:30 nobody knows anything about us.
32:32 Here, the first thing they write is,
32:34 "We're taking lakhs."
32:36 But that's it.
32:38 They just want to know.
32:40 They don't care.
32:41 And it's not in cricket only.
32:43 It's just everywhere.
32:44 There's this populist mindset
32:47 that how much money are they taking?
32:49 So, in public service,
32:51 there are incentive programs
32:53 in the world,
32:54 where there are successful governments,
32:56 where you're given a responsibility
32:58 that they want to compensate you.
33:00 And I'll quickly give you a local example.
33:05 It's of the motorway police.
33:07 The people who work in the motorway police,
33:10 the officers, etc.,
33:12 they have a very good compensation structure
33:15 versus the other police departments of Pakistan.
33:18 And therefore, if you've noticed,
33:20 when you're on the motorway,
33:22 you're properly treated.
33:23 They talk to you properly,
33:25 handle you properly.
33:26 Not because their salary is high,
33:28 but because it was an incentive for salary.
33:30 So, good people go to get in.
33:32 You know, I want to go into this.
33:33 I think this is a dignified way of making a living.
33:37 That day, Waseem Bhai said,
33:38 "You pay peanuts, you get monkeys."
33:40 You get monkeys.
33:41 That's true.
33:42 And in Punjabi, it's said,
33:44 "Sotis se sona chumarna."
33:46 (laughs)
33:47 Sona ke saath sona aata hai na.
33:49 Soti ke saath thodi na sona aayega.
33:51 (laughs)
33:52 Thoknal pakode talna.
33:54 Uleji, Misbah, bring in a better one.
33:56 Thoknal pakode talna.
33:58 That's a good one, Misbah.
33:59 Thank you for sharing that.
34:00 Aadi aadi.
34:01 Mere na, adab, diwaan khuleinge na.
34:03 Ab aapki tarah se kuchh khulein?
34:04 Nahi, mere tarah se nahi khulein toh kuchh achha hai.
34:06 Beter hai.
34:07 Is kitab ko band hi rehne deye Hafeez.
34:09 Aur doon hai.
34:10 Wala, koi pata nahi safa number 33 na khul jaye phir se.
34:12 (laughs)
34:13 Aur bhi hai, aur bhi hai,
34:15 woh baaz doosro, woh program kuchh aaye.
34:17 Toh kya karna chahiye team ko toss jeet ke yahan pe?
34:19 You guys think, what?
34:20 Pehle baat toh yeh ki humne itni zir pitch pe baat ki,
34:22 mujhe bhulgi, kaunsi team mein khel rahi hai?
34:24 Islamabad and Lahore.
34:25 Oh, mubarak hoi, janaab.
34:26 Well done.
34:27 Yes, Misbah, what should they, was this?
34:29 Islamabad, more comfortable chasing any total.
34:32 Lekin pichla match pehle batting karke bhi jeet hai,
34:35 they shouldn't mind.
34:36 Lekin Lahore mujhe lagta hai ki pehle unka combination gaya,
34:40 that will be important,
34:42 ke woh kis combination aur kis mindset se khelna chahata hai.
34:44 Aaj waise, now that Lahore has nothing to lose in the remaining three games,
34:47 shouldn't they be like trying all their emerging players,
34:50 all their player development players?
34:52 No, you can't do that. It's not a practice game.
34:54 It's not a local tournament, malle da tournament thodi hai,
34:58 they want to win as well for their pride, Lahore wale.
35:00 They don't want to, ok, ek aata try kar sakte hain if they want to,
35:03 but not like six, seven players.
35:05 You don't want to leave the tournament with a 9-0, basically.
35:10 That doesn't, of course, Lahore is carrying that pain of losing
35:15 Haris Rauf in the middle there, that has also hurt them a lot.
35:20 But maybe in the batting, Mizba, you think anything?
35:24 Ok, I'm not going to give it to you, Mizba, now,
35:26 because we're getting ready to take, both the captains are walking out now, dosto.
35:30 Yad rahe hai ki yeh agla mukabla hai, is wak Rahul Pindi se barah raas,
35:33 it's Islamabad United vs Lahore Columbus.
35:35 Both the captains are now walking out, ready for a toss.
35:38 Rai janaab, toh khabar aagayi hai is wak Rahul Pindi se,
35:40 ki Islamabad United ne toss jeet kar pehle bowling karne ka faisla kiya hai,
35:43 yeh Lahore Columbus ki team aapki screen pe aari aazaar.
35:46 Ji, chaar changes hai, Tayyab Abbas, naye emerging player khele hai,
35:51 bowler hai, slingy action bowler hai,
35:54 aur David Wiese ki bapasi hui hai,
35:56 Ahsan Bhatti ki bapasi hui hai,
35:57 aur Shai Ho bapas aaya hai, wicketkeeper, batsman, middle order mein.
36:00 Yes, Fakhar Zaman on the top,
36:03 and Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar ki form aaj dekhne ho gyi,
36:06 badi zabdast strong ho gyi hai, Ahsan Bhatti bapas aagayi hai team mein,
36:08 team ki badi zaleeb ho gyi ho gyi.
36:10 Ji, Islamabad United vs team.
36:12 Yeh, they going with the same side,
36:14 I think Haif, Munroe, they looking good,
36:16 they look good, previous game, Agha, Shadab, Azam, Cox,
36:19 and Imad, and then of course,
36:21 the great all-rounder, Fahim Ashraf, who's not playing really well,
36:24 then the two brothers, and then of course, Romain Rai,
36:26 so yeh, it's the same side as the previous game.
36:28 Yeh, not making any changes there.
36:30 Alright, that's how it is,
36:32 and it is time for the expert predictions.
36:35 Alright, let's start off, Azhar Ali.
36:38 Today Azhar?
36:40 Lahore.
36:42 LQ. Hafeez?
36:44 Islamabad.
36:46 IU.
36:47 Mere chance bhat gaye hai. Islamabad.
36:49 IU.
36:50 Misfa?
36:51 Hafeez, soch le yaar.
36:52 Main soch le. Islamabad.
36:54 Oh, IU, alright.
36:56 Aadi IU.
36:57 Alright, janaab, it's Azhar Ali taking the chance one more time with Lahore Colanders,
37:02 and those were your expert predictions.
37:04 Akele hi reh gaye Azhar Ali aap ek defa phir.
37:06 Akele hi.
37:07 But it has been well.
37:08 Alright, gentlemen, I would like to say thank you.
37:10 Thank you, Azhar, thank you, Hafeez, thank you, Misfa, and thank you, Skip.
37:14 Congratulations to you as Sadre Karachi Kings.
37:17 Thank you.
37:18 Aapko team ki jeet hai.
37:19 Aaj kisi ne tweet ki hai ke aaj Wasim Akram Karachi Kings ka Sadar nahi hai.
37:23 Jis din na haar jaante main Sadar hain, jis din na haar jaante nahi Sadar.
37:26 Well done, yaar.
37:27 Alright, with that, folks, we're going to take you live to the Rawalpindi Stadium.
37:31 Get set for the game.
37:32 We will see you in the pavilion after the game.
37:35 [Music]