PSL 9; Peshawar Zalmi set Multan Sultans a target of 147 runs

In the qualifier match of Pakistan Super League Season 9, Peshawar Zalmi gave Multan Sultans a target of 147 runs to win.

In the match being played at National Bank Cricket Stadium, Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first.

Peshawar Zalmi, batting first, scored 146 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Saeem Ayub and Babar Azam started Peshawar Zalmi’s innings, but Saeem Ayub got out following scoring only 1 run.

On a total score of 51, Mohammad Haris continued on 22 runs, following which Haseebullah was also dismissed on a total score of 57 following scoring just 3 runs.

In the 14th over, Baba Azam lost his courage following scoring 46 runs. Tom Koehler scored 24 and Rowman Powell scored 12 runs. Paul Walter and Luke Wood remained not out with 14 and 14 runs respectively.

For Multan Sultans, Osama Mir and Chris Jordan took 2, 2, Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Ali and David Willey took one wicket each.

The team that wins today’s match will qualify for the final while the losing team will get another chance to reach the final.

The team that lost today’s match will have to face the winner of the Eliminator One match tomorrow between Quetta and Islamabad in Eliminator Two and the team that won here will face the team that won today’s qualifier match in the final. .

Multan Sultans have won seven of their ten matches in the league stage to top the points table while Peshawar Zalmi have won six of their ten matches.

Both the teams had faced each other twice in this tournament, out of which Peshawar Zalmi was the winner in both the matches. In the first match, Peshawar Zalmi defeated Multan Sultans by 5 runs while in the second match they defeated by 4 runs.

Multan Sultans:

Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Yasir Khan, Usman Khan, Johnson Charles, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Ali

Peshawar Zalmi:

Saeem Ayub, Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Tom Koehler Cadmore, Haseebullah Khan, Rowman Powell, Paul Walter, Aamir Jamal, Luke Wood, Mehran Mumtaz, Salman Irshad