Multan Sultans crossed the first hurdle in Pakistan Super League Nine. They became the first team to reach the playoffs by getting the sixth win in the seventh match. The poor performance of Karachi Kings continued, they lost for the third time in a row and in the sixth match overall at the home ground National Stadium.
Multan Sultans outclassed Karachi Kings by 20 runs. Under the leadership of Shaan Masood, Karachi will have to fight hard in the last four matches to qualify for the playoffs. In response to 190, Karachi Kings scored 169 runs for seven wickets. Muhammad Nawaz scored 27 runs and Mirhamza was not out by scoring four runs. Osama Mir gave 29 runs and got a wicket, his number of wickets in the tournament became 15.
Tim Seifert was run out at the start of Karachi’s innings on Sunday. James Vince scored seven runs and was caught by Chris Jordan. Shaan Masood failed once again. He was bowled by Osama Mir for 36 runs and he hit five fours.
Shoaib Malik scored 38 runs off 28 balls. Louis Deploy scored 12 runs and was caught by Mohammad Rizwan off the ball of Osama Mir. Half the team had returned to the pavilion on 99 runs. Irfan Khan scored 23 runs off 19 balls and Hasan Ali scored 17 runs off 8 balls. Earlier, Multan Sultans won the toss and decided to bat. Thanks to Usman Khan’s brilliant century, Karachi Kings have been given a target of 190 runs for victory.
Multan Sultans scored 189 runs for 3 wickets in the allotted overs. The Emirati batsman, who played an innings of 96 runs against Lahore Qalandars, scored an aggressive century. Usman played a brilliant innings of 106 runs off 59 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 10 fours. Last year, Usman Khan scored the fastest century in the history of PSL in 36 balls against Quetta Gladiators in Pindi. Sultans suffered a big loss at the beginning of the innings and Reza Hendricks, who scored 13 runs with the help of 3 fours, became the wicket of Blessing Mazarbani of Zimbabwe.
After that, captain Muhammad Rizwan and Usman Khan made a partnership of 148 runs for the second wicket. Mohammad Rizwan scored 58 runs off 44 balls with 5 fours, Iftikhar Ahmed returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs. Blessing Mazarbani of Karachi Kings took two wickets while Hasan Ali took one wicket.
Sultans clear first hurdle reach play offs defeat Karachi Kings for third time in a row
