In the 28th match of the Pakistan Super League played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Lahore Qalandars qualified for the semi-finals for the first time by defeating Multan Sultans by 9 wickets thanks to Chris Lynn’s brilliant century.
In the match played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Lahore Qalandars won the toss and decided to bowl first and invited Multan Sultans to bat.
When Multan Sultans started the innings, in the first over Shaheen Shah Afridi gave his team an important victory and scattered the wickets of Moeen Ali.
The Sultans were not even able to cope with the loss that Zashan Ashraf also returned to the pavilion in the next over.
After the fall of 2 wickets for 4 runs, the duo of captain Shan Masood and Ravi Bopara came to the wicket and both players played a responsible game and added 75 runs in the third wicket partnership.
The partnership was ended by David Wiese ending Sultans captain Shaun Masood’s 42-run innings.
Ravi Bopara also couldn’t bear to part with his teammate and he also became Visa’s second wicket after scoring 33 runs, while Asad Shafiq, who played the first match of the season, was also run out after scoring one run.
After losing 5 wickets for 91 runs in 13 overs, Sultans seemed to be in trouble, but at this stage, Khushdil Shah changed the map of the match by being aggressive.
Rohail Nazir hit the first six of the match for his team in the 15th over of the innings and after that Khushdal rained sixes and formed a partnership of 74 runs in 36 balls with Rohail Nazir in which Rohail’s share was 24 runs.
Sultans scored 186 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs and Multan Sultans added 77 runs in the last 5 overs.
Khushdil Shah of Sultans played an unbeaten innings of 70 runs off 29 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 5 fours.
Chris Lynn and Fakhar Zaman came in to chase the target for Lahore Qalandars.
Both the openers took an aggressive approach from the start and rained six boundaries, taking notice of all the Multan Sultans bowlers.
Fakhar and Lynn gave their team a brilliant 100-run start, after which Fakhar was stumped on the last ball of the 9th over to play out of the crease, scoring 57 off 35 balls before being dismissed.
From the other end, Chris Lynn continued his aggressive batting and formed a good partnership with captain Sohail Akhtar to pave the way for his team’s victory.
The Australian batsman played an unbeaten innings of 113 runs off 55 balls with the help of 12 fours and 8 sixes.
Lahore Qalandars won by 9 wickets and made it to the semi-finals of the Pakistan Super League for the first time, where they will likely face Karachi Kings.
Earlier, Multan Sultans made several changes in their team for the match, giving rest to Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Irfan, Sohail Tanveer and Imran Tahir.
Both the teams for the match consisted of these players.
Multan Sultans: Shaan Masood (captain), Rohail Nazir, Zeeshan Ashraf, Asad Shafiq, Moeen Ali, Ravi Bopara, Usman Qadir, Bilawal Bhatti, Ali Shafiq and Junaid Khan.
Lahore Qalandars: Sohail Akhtar (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Chris Lynn, Mohammad Hafeez Bin Dunk, Sumit Patel, David Wiese, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Farzan Raja and Dilbar Hussain.
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2024-10-05 23:34:24
