Multan defeats Islamabad through pace and Sensible knocks for back-to-back wins in PSL
Match 05 Pakistan Multan Sultans limited the batting power of Islamabad United through pace and notched their second straight win in the Pakistan Super League on Tuesday.
Fast bowler Mohammad Ali grabbed 3-19 as he swung the new ball well and delivered some eye-catching yorkers in the death overs to bowl out Islamabad for 144.
Ali shattered the stumps of Munro with a sharp delivery that darted into the lefthander from around the wicket. Hales was caught at deep square leg while attempting a big shot against David Willey. Islamabad lost the wickets of Alex Hales and Colin Munro cheaply inside the batting powerplay after Rizwan won the toss and elected to field.
Reeza Hendricks followed his unbeaten 79 in Multan’s win over Karachi Kings with 58 off 46 balls to lead last year’s finalist to 145-5 for a five-wicket win in the final over.
Islamabad was let down by some sloppy fielding by Imad Wasim dropped Hendricks and Mohammad Rizwan. Naseem Shah, return from a shoulder injury, bowled an eventful first over when he clean-bowled Dawid Malan for zero as the fast bowler looked to get into a rhythm with figures of 2-29 off his four overs.
Salman Ali Agha (52) and Jordan Cox (41). Both capitalized on dropped catches by Khushdil Shah and raised a 68-run stand. Leg-spinner Usama Mir (2-29) chipped in with quick wickets of Cox and power-hitter Azam Khan (13) that pushed back Islamabad.
Skipper Shadab Khan, who scored a prolific half-century in Islamabad’s opening win over Lahore Qalandars, added 35 with Agha, Abbas Afridi (3-33) and Ali struck with regular intervals in the death overs before Islamabad innings folded.
Afridi varied his pace intelligently and had Shadab clean bowled off a length ball and then Khushdil made amends of his two early fielding lapses by having Agha caught in the deep off Afridi’s leg-cutter. Ali wrapped up the tail by grabbing two wickets in the last over before running out Naseem off the last ball.
Multan Moves To top of The Table
Multan joined Quetta Gladiators atop the table with four points from two wins while Islamabad has two points from two games.
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