Lahore Qalandars defeated Multan Sultans by 21 runs.
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The 20th Match of the Pakistan Super League, 2023 was played yesterday between Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. In which Lahore Qalandars defeated Multan Sultans by 21 runs.
Lahore Qalandars batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very brilliantly althought the first wicket has gone very quickly, Fakhar Zaman and Mirza Baig came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly in without score in thid ball of the first over, Fakhar Zaman dismissed without scoring in just 3 balls, next batsman Abdullah Shafique came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 50 runs with Mirza Baig, the second wicket has gone for 50 runs in last ball of the 5th overs, Mirza Baig dismissed after scoring 17 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Sam Billings came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 69 runs with Abdullah Shafique, the third wicket has gone for 119 runs in 12.4 overs, Abdullah Shafique dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 48 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaires in just 35 balls, next batsman Sikandar Raza came to bat and played well with Sam Billings, the fourth wicket has gone for 140 runs in 14.4 overs, Sam Billings dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 54 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 6 boundaires in just 35 balls, followed by Hussain Talat came to bat, after a while the fifth wicket has also gone for 146 runs in 15.2 overs, Sikandar Raza dismissed just for 14 runs in 8 balls, next batsman David Wiese came to bat and played well for a while with Hussain Talat, the sixth wicket has gone for 167 runs in 18.4 overs, Hussain Talat dismissed for 9 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Rashid Khan came to bat and dismissed without scoring as seventh wicket in 18.4 overs, the team score was 167 runs, followed by Shaheen Afridi came to bat, and he dismissed for 9 runs in 4 balls as 8th wicket in fifth ball of the final over, the team score was 180 runs, followed by Haris Rauf came to bat and he dismissed without scoring as 9th wicket in final ball of the inning, the team score was 180 runs, and David Wiese remians unbeaten for 15 runs in 12 balls. In this way, Lahore Qalandars scored 180 runs after losing just 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 181 runs for Multan Sultans.
Multan Sultans bowlers Anwar Ali took 2 wickets for 21 runs in 3 overs, Abbas Afridi took 2 wickets for 25 runs in 3 overs, Kieron Pollard 2 wickets for 16 runs in 2 overs, Ihsanullah 2 wickets for 33 runs, and Sameen Gul got 1 wicket for 29 runs in 3 overs.
Multan Sultans chasing 181 runs in the second inning they could manage just 159 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Multan Sultans started the inning very well, but they played very slowly, Shan Masood and Mohammad Rizwan came to start the inning and gave a good start with a partnership of 48 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 48 runs in 6.3 overs, Shan Masood dismissed for 19 runs in 20 balls, next batsman Usama Mir came to bat and played well with Mohammad Rizwan, the second wicket has gone for 64 runs in first ball of the 10th overs, Mohammad Rizwan dismissed after scoring 30 runs in 27 balls, next batsman Rilee Rossouw came to bat, after a while the third wicket has also gone for 74 runs in first ball of the 11th overs, Usama Mir dismissed for 17 runs in 11 balls, followed by David Miller came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 1 run in 2 balls as fourth wicket in 10.4 overs, the team score was 76 runs, next batsman Kieron Pollard came to bat, after a while the fifth wicket has also gone for 87 runs in 12.2 overs, Rilee Rossouw dismissed for 12 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Khushdil Shah came to bat he good strike rotate with Kieron Pollard for a while, the sixth wicket has gone for 106 runs in 15.2 overs, Khushdil Shah dismissed for 10 runs in 9 balls, followed by Anwar Ali came to bat and handled the inning with Kieron Pollard, the seventh wicket has gone for 155 runs in 19.5 overs, Kieron Pollard dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 39 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 28 balls, next batsman Abbas Afridi came to bat and he remians unbeaten for 4 runs in 1 ball with Anwar Ali, and Anwar Ali also remains unbeaten for 17 runs in 12 balls. In this way, Multan Sultans could manage just 159 runs for losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 21 runs.
Lahore Qalandars bowler Rashid Khan performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 15 runs, Haris Rauf got 1 wicket for 30 runs, Zaman Khan 1 wicket for 23 runs in 3 overs, Sikandar Raza 1 wicket for 10 runs in 1 over, and Hussain Talat 1 wicket for 22 runs in 1 over.
Lahore Qalandars bowler Rashid Khan was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliantly bowling took 3 wickets just for 15 runs in his spell.
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