LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars on Friday finally broke the unbeaten streak of the Multan Sultans in the 17th match of ongoing Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) seventh edition at Gaddafi Stadium, here.
After being invited to bat, Lahore Qalandars handed a 183-run target to unbeaten Multan Sultans, but the Mohammad Rizwan-led side could not live up to the situation as they were defeated by 52 runs.
Qalandars’ Fakhar Zaman had lit the Gaddafi Stadium with his exceptional knock against table-toppers Multan Sultans, scoring a quick 37-ball 60 runs.
Kamran Ghulam and Muhammad Hafeez played two spectacular knocks to help the Qalandars set a big total of 183 runs for Multan Sultans. Phil Salt also scored a blistering 13-ball 26.
Multan Sultans did quite a decent job but could not properly dismantle the Qalandars batting order.
It should be noted that this is for the second time that the two sides were facing each other in this year’s PSL, with Sultans toppling Qalandars when they first met in Karachi.
Playing XI:
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hafeez, Philip Salt (wk), Harry Brook, David Wiese, Rashid Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan
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
