KARACHI: Multan Sultans made history when they won their sixth successive match by virtue of 42 runs victory over Peshawar Zalmi in the 16th match of the Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) seventh edition at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
The in-from Sultans were invited to bat first by Zalmi skipper Wahab Riaz and they handed a 183-run target. Sultans posted the total courtesy of Shan Masood’s terrific 68 runs and Tim David’s sensational 34 runs off 18 balls.
Their openers Shan Masood and Mohammad Rizwan provided them with a 98-run opening stand. Rizwan scored 34 runs, as he didn’t look in the flow today, but Masood continued his rich form by playing a 68-run inning of 49 balls.
For Zalmi, experienced all-rounder Shoaib Malik was economical as he conceded only nine runs in two overs. Salman Irshad, Wahab Riaz and Saqib Mahmood took two wickets each, but they were also smashed badly.
Mohammad Rizwan-led Sultans have beaten all the other teams — Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Quetta Gladiators, Peshawar Zalmi, and Islamabad United — in the PSL 2022.
Playing XI:
Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan (c)(wk), Sohaib Maqsood, Rilee Rossouw, Tim David, Khushdil Shah, Anwar Ali, Abbas Afridi, Imran Tahir, Blessing Muzarabani, Shahnawaz Dahani
Peshawar Zalmi: Kamran Akmal (wk), Liam Livingstone, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Ben Cutting, Hussain Talat, Wahab Riaz (c), Saqib Mahmood, Mohammad Umar, Salman Irshad
