Multan Sultans beat the checklist of Islamabad United who had won five straight suits in 2016 and then the opener in 2017.
Multan Sultans’ Mohammad Rizwan dives to construct a inform against Peshawar Zalmi in their PSL 2022 match. (Supply: Twitter)
Multan Sultans made history after they won their seventh successive match in the Pakistan Grand League (PSL) 2022 by advantage of 57 runs victory over Peshawar Zalmi in the 13th match at the Nationwide Stadium on Saturday (February 5). After winning the Qualifier and the last in Abu Dhabi in 2021, Sultans have clinched their fifth successive victory in the 2022 competition to stretch their unbeaten shuffle to seven suits.
They beat the checklist of Islamabad United who had won five straight suits in 2016 and then the opener in 2017. After reaching 89/1 in 10 overs and 148/2 after 15 overs, Sultans turned ruthless after they scored a whimsical 74 runs from the last five overs. Their innings modified into studded with 16 four and 12 sixes.
Zazai long gone! @ImranTahirSA it is miles all once more. Perfect things #HBLPSL7 l #LevelHai l #PZvMS pic.twitter.com/cHF6BTOSXm
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 5, 2022
Punishing knocks from Mohammad Rizwan, Tim David, and Khushdil Shah propelled Multan Sultans to 222 for 3 after they had been put into bat. This modified into their third total of 200 or more in this match after they had beforehand scored 209/5 against Lahore Qalandars and 217/5 against Islamabad United.
The amble and coast mixture of Shahnawaz Dahani and Imran Tahir then mixed to atomize the support of Peshawar Zalmi’s prime-notify because the males in yellow completed at 165/8 after slipping to 119/7. Imran picked up the scalps of Hazratullah Zazai, Shoaib Malik, and Sherfane Rutherford, whereas Dahani accounted for Kaman Akmal, Haider Ali, and Usman Qadir.
After 13 suits, sides batting first have won seven times and sides batting second have emerged winners six times. That is moderately a turnaround after the foremost five suits have been won by sides batting second.
Transient Rankings: Multan Sultans 222/3 (Mohammad Rizwan 82, Tim David 51 n.o.; Shoaib Malik 1/17) bt Peshawar Zalmi 165/8 (Ben Slicing 52 n.o., Hazratullah Zazai 43; Imran Tahir 3/25)
(with ANI inputs)
