Here are the highlights of the third match of the Pakistan Super League played between Multan Sultans and Karachi Kings.
Multan Sultan’s lineup for the third match
M. Rizwan, D. Malan, R. Hendricks, K. Shah, Yasir Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, David Willey, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani.
Karachi King’s lineup for the third match
S. Masood, J. Vince, S. Baig, S. Malik, M. Nawaz, K. Pollard, D. Sams, H. Ali, M. Hamza, T. Shamsi, Mohammad Amir Khan.Karachi Kings won the toss and decided to ball first.
Multan Sultan’s openers start well with the bat but Muhammad Rizwan falls quickly by scoring just 12 runs off 11 balls. Mir Hamza picks up the big wicket of Muhammad Rizwan. The other opener Dawid Malan shone with the bat and scored 52 runs from 41 balls. After this Reeza Hendricks, the South African batter playing from the Multan side scored 79 runs off just 54 balls and remained not out. Also, Kushdil Shah Pakistani all-rounder scored a quick 28 of 13 balls. So Multan set a target of 186 runs for Karachi Kings to chase in 20 overs.
From the Karachi Kings side, Mir Hamza shone with the ball as he picked the big wicket of Muhammad Rizwan and gave 30 runs in his four-over spell. While other bowlers like Daniel Sams from England gave 37 runs, Tabraiz Shamsi gave 45 runs, and Hasan Ali gave 38 runs in their four overs spells.
While chasing the big target of 186 runs Karachi Kings openers were not up to the mark as both were unable to make any big score. Shan Masood the Captain of Karachi Kings scored 30 of 31 balls while James Vince scored only 5 runs of 4 balls.Shoaib Malik made some contribution with the bat as he scored fifty but lost his wicket just after scoring fifty.
Other batters like Muhammad Nawaz, Saad Baig, Kieron Pollard and Daniel Sams didn’t make any contributions with the bat and Karachi Kings lost this match by 55 runs.
From the Multan’s side Muhammad Ali, David Willey and Abbas Afridi are the stars with the ball as Muhammad Ali picks up 3 wickets while the other two pick up 2 wickets each. Usama Mir also picked up one wicket as Multan Sultan beat Karachi Kings easily by 55 runs.
Player of the Match
Reeza Hendricks South African batter is the player for his 79-run inning of 54 balls.
4th match of PSLThe fourth match of PSL9 will be played between Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators in Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on 19 February 2024.
Lahore Qalandars Squad: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, David Wiese, Sikandar Raza, Abdullah Shafique, Zaman Khan, Mirza Baig, Rashid Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Imran, Ahsan Bhatti, Dan Lawrence, Jahandad Khan, Syed Faridoun, Shai Hope, Kamran Ghulam, Rassie van der Dussen, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Tayyab Abbas.
Quetta Gladiators Squad: Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Wasim, Jason Roy, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Amir, Will Smeed, Saud Shakeel, Sajjad Ali, Usman Qadir, Adil Naz, Khawaja Nafay, Akeal Hosein, Sohail Khan, Omair Yousuf, Sherfane Rutherford, Bismillah Khan, Sufiyan Muqeem.