In the 14th match of the HBL Pakistan Super League, Multan Sultans defeated the defending champions Lahore Qalandars by a huge margin of 60 runs and achieved their fifth victory in the event.
Chasing Multan Sultans’ target of 215 runs, Lahore Qalandars team was bowled out for 154 runs in 17 overs. Osama Mir scored 40 runs and dismissed 6 players.
In the match played in Lahore, Multan Sultans captain Muhammad Rizwan won the toss against Qalandars and decided to bat first.
Multan Sultans innings
Multan Sultans batted brilliantly and scored 214 runs for 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, Usman Khan played a smoky innings of 96 runs off 55 balls while Iftikhar Ahmed remained unbeaten by scoring 40 runs off 18 balls.
Apart from this, captain Rizwan was dismissed for zero, Reza Hendricks also scored 40 runs, Tayyab Tahir scored 21 runs while Khushdil Shah remained not out by scoring 3 runs.
On behalf of Lahore Qalandars, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 2 wickets, Carlos Braithwaite and Sikandar Raza took one wicket each.
Lahore Qalandars innings
Chasing 215 runs by Multan Sultans, Lahore Qalandars team once again failed to achieve the target and were bowled out for 154 runs in 17 overs.
On behalf of Qalandars, Sahibzada Farhan scored 31 runs and van der Dusen scored 30 runs, Sikandar Raza scored 17 runs, Kamran Ghulam scored 12 runs and Shaheen Shah Afridi scored 9 runs. Apart from this, Salman Fayyaz was out for 8, George Landa for 5 and Jehandad Khan for zero.
On behalf of Multan Sultans, Osama Mir scored 40 runs and dismissed 6 players.
It should be noted that in PSL 9, Lahore Qalandars have not managed to win a single match so far, Qalandars played 6 matches and lost only 6 matches.
On the other hand, Multan Sultans are at the first place in the points table with 10 points after playing 6 matches and winning 5 of them.
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2024-05-03 10:48:39