KARACHI: Debutants Sialkot Stallions will kickstart their campaign of the Champions League Twenty20 on Tuesday (today) when they take on Auckland Aces in their Group A opener of the qualifying round at Johannesburg.
The game starts at 8:30pm PST.This is the first time that any T20 champions from Pakistan are taking part in the competitions. England Cricket Board’s domestic T20 champions Hampshire are the other team in Group A.
Although Stallions tasted a 23-run defeat against Yorkshire on their arrival it is expected, keeping in view the strength of Shoaib Malik’s side, that they will live up to the expectations against New Zealand’s champions today.
“All the players including skipper Shoaib Malik have reached Johannesburg and are ready for their first showdown tomorrow,” Silakot Region President Zulfiqar Malik told ‘The News’ on Monday.
