In the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League, Multan Sultans have secured their second consecutive victory in the tournament after a tough match against Islamabad United.
In the match played in Multan, Islamabad United appeared completely opposite to their previous match and could score only 144 runs.
In reply, Multan Sultans also had a bit of a tough time, but thanks to the excellent batting of South African batsmen Reza Hendricks and Mohammad Rizwan, they achieved the desired target at the loss of five wickets.
Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 43 and Hendricks for 58. Only Naseem Shah had trouble playing as Naseem Shah bowled brilliantly with the new ball.
The other bowlers of Islamabad United also did not allow the Sultans batsmen to score easily in the middle overs and this was the moment when Azam Khan, who was behind the wickets, saw the batsman of Iftikhar Ahmed at the crease and said, ‘Stop. It is a very difficult situation.’
The commentators also laughed by saying these sentences through the microphone near the wickets.
But it didn’t happen. Because Iftikhar Ahmed, seeing low scores and falling wickets, showed responsible batting and stayed at the crease till the last ball.
Multan Sultans needed five runs in the last over of the innings to win this match, which were scored by Iftikhar Ahmed and David Valli at the crease without hitting any boundaries.
Thus, Multan Sultans won this match at their home ground and secured their second consecutive win in PSL 9 while Islamabad could not maintain the winning streak after playing the first match in a brilliant manner.
Naseem Shah was the standout bowler for Islamabad United who did not let the audience feel that he was bowling after a long spell due to injury.
He got two wickets by giving 27 runs.
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Talking about Islamabad United’s batting, they easily achieved the target of 195 runs in their first match in the tournament, but in the match played on Tuesday, only Salman Ali Agha and Jonathan Cox managed to score big. could
Speaking after May, captain Shadab Khan also admitted that his team was behind by 10 to 15 runs. At the same time, he praised the bowlers and said that if the catches were taken, they could have gone closer.
The bowlers of Multan Sultans came up with a well thought out plan at their home ground and did not give any chance to the Islamabad United batsmen to score.
Abbas Afridi and Mohammad Ali took three wickets each for Multan Sultans.
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2024-07-29 00:37:02