Stallions awarded for consistency

Sialkot Stallions were awarded with a Special T20 Champions Award for their outstanding performance.

The Shoaib Malik led team won 16 out of 20 T20 matches in a row. They were the national champions in 2005-2006 and won Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Championship (Golden League) . The Stallions again finished runners up in 2006-2007.

Sialkot Stallions also won ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup in 2005-2006, 2006-2007 and RBS Twenty-20 Cup in 2007-2008.

They were runnerup in ABN-AMRO Cup National One-day Championship in 2004-05 and 2006-07. Its home ground is Jinnah Stadium (Sialkot).

According to latest Twenty 20 international ranking, Sialkot Stallions is at 2nd position, only one point behind Victorian Bushrangers, (Victoria, Australia).

Legendary Pakistani all-rounder Wasim Akram had in an article mentioned Sialkot Stallions are the team to watch out for.

Akram wrote: " think Sialkot will be worthy representatives of Pakistan. They will surely be the underdogs, but don't count them out. An unknown team is always dangerous and Sialkot have the ingredients to explode on a big day. More than anything else, Sialkot will truly be a Pakistani outfit. Unlike the two Indian teams peppered with foreigners, Sialkot will play for national pride as well."

The stage is set for some riveting cricket. Sialkot Stalions will for sure challenge the biggest in the arena.

 


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