PSL 9: Multan Sultans defeats Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets

In the seventh match of HBL Pakistan Super League 9, Multan Sultans defeated Lahore Qalandars by 5 wickets and achieved their third consecutive victory in the event.

Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Afridi won the toss and decided to bat first.

Lahore Qalandar’s inning

Lahore Qalandars scored 166 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, van der Dusen was prominent by scoring 54 runs.

Apart from this, Fakhar Zaman scored 41 runs, Sikandar Raza scored 23 runs, Jahandad Khan scored 16 runs, while Sahibzada Farhan was out by scoring 2 runs. Abdullah Shafiq scored 6 runs and Braithwaite remained unbeaten by scoring 15 runs.

For Multan, Muhammad Ali took 2 wickets, Abbas Afridi and Usama Mir took one wicket each.

Multan Sultan’s innings

Multan Sultans achieved the target of 167 runs against Lahore Qalandars for the loss of 5 wickets in 19 overs.

Captain Muhammad Rizwan was prominent by scoring 82 runs while Iftikhar Ahmed played an unbeaten innings of 34 runs off 11 balls to bring success to the team.

It should be noted that Lahore Qalandars lost both their matches so far while Multan Sultans won both their matches.