Peshawar Zalmi defeated Multan Sultans by 5 runs

In the ninth match of HBL Pakistan Super League 9, Peshawar Zalmi defeated Multan Sultans by 5 runs.

In the match played in Multan, the team of Multan Sultans was dismissed by scoring 174 runs in 20 overs in pursuit of 180 runs.

David Malan scored 52 runs for Multan Sultan. Yasir Khan 43, Reza Hendricks 28, Iftikhar Ahmed 16, Usama Mir 12, Abbas Afridi 11, Khushdil Shah 5 while captain Muhammad Rizwan, David Wali and Shahnawaz Dhani were out for 0, 0 runs.

On behalf of Peshawar Zalmi, Arif Yaqub took 3 wickets, Luke Wood, Salman Irshad and Naveen Haq took 2, 2 wickets while Paul Walter took 1 wicket.

Earlier, following winning the toss and batting first, Peshawar Zalmi scored 179 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Haseebullah scored 37 runs for Peshawar Zalmi. Captain Babar Azam 31, Rowman Powell 23, Mohammad Haris 19, Paul Walter 16, Asif Ali 13, Saeem Ayub 7 and Naveen Haque 6 were out.

Luke Wood scored 17 and Arif Yaqub returned to the pavilion unbeaten.

On behalf of Multan Sultans, Osama Mir, David Wali and Mohammad Ali took 2, 2 wickets while Shahnawaz Dhani and Abbas Afridi took 1, 1 wicket.

In the match played in Multan, Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat.

Peshawar Zalmi has made three changes in the team. Haseebullah Khan, Arif Yaqub and Naveenul Haq have been replaced by Tom Cadmore, Muhammad Zeeshan and Waqar Salam Khel.