PSL: FINALLY Lahore Qalandars take the crown

Pakistan Super League (PSL) ended with Lahore Qalandars finally winning their maiden PSL trophy, beating defending champions Multan Sultans with 42 runs on Sunday at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

🌟 The Qalandars Dream comes true after 7 years! 🌟 #HBLPSL7 l #LevelHai l #MSvLQ I #HBLPSLFinal pic.twitter.com/TVdLsf688T

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 27, 2022

Lahore had handed Multan a stiff 181-run target and the team was at their best both with the ball as well as in the field.

Captain of Multan Sultans Mohammad Rizwan managed to get 14 off 12 balls while Shan Masood, 19 off 15, was run out by Qalandars’ Fakhar Zaman.
Khushdil Shah and Tim David smashed some boundaries, but they had a huge task against a world-class bowling attack of Lahore.

Sultans lost wickets at regular intervals and after that David Willey, Imran Tahir, Rumman Raees were removed in a wink of an eye, as Tahir was the last man to go when Haris Rauf took a great catch.

Sultans only managed to reach 138 runs with all wickets fallen.

Among the bowlers, Shaheen Shah Afridi took three, Mohammad Hafeez and Zaman Khan two, while David Wiese and Rauf one.

Hafeez bagged Player of the Match award for his 46-ball 69.

Twitter was flooded with congratulatory messages for the winning team of PSL 7, Lahore Qalandars. Notables including Prime Minister Imran Khan, President Dr Arif Alvi, Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar and several others took to Twitter to congratulate the team.

Earlier, PM Khan had also predicted that Lahore Qalandars can win PSL 7 trophy.

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Congratulations Lahore Qalandars, commiserations Multan Sultans. Good all round cricket in #PSL pic.twitter.com/iJ4oyVyTsI

— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) February 27, 2022

Congratulations to Lahore Qalandars for their first PSL trophy.

From PSL management to security staff, administration and scores of cricket lovers who filled the stadium, everyone of them deserves credit for this successful tournament. #PakistanZindabad 🇵🇰

— Usman Buzdar (@UsmanAKBuzdar) February 27, 2022

Congratulations Team Lahore & the very lively and jubilant Qalandar fans!

— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) February 27, 2022

AMAZING Lahore Qalandars!! 👏👏👏 Congratulations Shaheen Shah Afridi you are a champion indeed. The entire Qalandars squad and in fact entire Lahore deserves this! Buhut Mubarak.

— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) February 27, 2022

Congrats @lahoreqalandars for winning #PSL7. Amazing display of performance by both the teams. Remarkable feat by @iShaheenAfridi and commiserations to @iMRizwanPak and @multansultans. I want to thank the fans for making PSL a hit! pic.twitter.com/ftaCvdiM2z

— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) February 28, 2022

Congratulations @lahoreqalandars . What a day for this bunch!

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) February 27, 2022

– Lahore Lahore Hai, Lahore Lahore Hai…
Jinnay Lahore nai takeya oo Jamiya nai…
Congratulations Lahorion ♥️#HBLPSL7 #Cricket #Pakistan

— Shoaib Malik 🇵🇰 (@realshoaibmalik) February 27, 2022

Congratulations to @lahoreqalandars winnin #psl72022 credit goes to all the team management and players and well led by @iShaheenAfridi ✌️ pic.twitter.com/4qLHq4rxSB

— Sarfaraz Ahmed (@SarfarazA_54) February 27, 2022

@thePSLt20 CHAMPIONS LAHORE QALANDARS congratulations to all the fans Captain @iShaheenAfridi @sameenrana #AqibJavid @David_Wiese @HarisRauf14 @MHafeez22 @FakharZamanLive @lahoreqalandars ❤️🔥

— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) February 27, 2022

The players deserve it, the PDP deserves it, the owners deserve it, the city deserves it and most importantly the fans deserve it(they’ve been through a lot).

Do it @lahoreqalandars. We all want to see it. Lift the trophy 🏆

— Ali Khan Tareen (@aliktareen) February 27, 2022

Lahore Qalandars have, once again, reiterated the fact that ‘bowlers win you tournaments’. A young captain. A gun bowling unit. Some really close contests…and the PSL🏆 in the end. 👏👏 #LahoreQalandars #PSL7

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 28, 2022

Taking to Twitter, Shaheen wrote: “The wait of 7 long years has finally ended. We are PSL champions, Alhumdulillah.”

“Grateful to every single player, coaches, owners, staff and super fans for your belief. You made it possible. @iMRizwanPak bhai & @MultanSultans, you fought like champions,” he added.

The wait of 7 long years has finally ended. We are PSL champions, Alhumdulillah 🏆

Grateful to every single player, coaches, owners, staff and super fans for your belief. You made it possible. @iMRizwanPak bhai & @MultanSultans, you fought like champions#MeHoonQalandar #DilSe pic.twitter.com/saT6G7YeOD

— Shaheen Shah Afridi (@iShaheenAfridi) February 28, 2022