Multan Sultans defeat Lahore Qalandars by five wickets to get off to a winning start in PSL 5

[Abdullah719]

Decent display by Multan, Lahore same old. Pretty dull game overall.

 

[Shams123]

The was the most boring match of this year's psl. It was unwatchable.

 

[nap229]

Lot of potential this guy Dilbat. First game , showed lots of zip. Will get better maybe

 

[ARK Rafay]

He is overrated.

His BBL season was based on him getting tailenders and nobodies out. He collapsed when his team needed him.

Yes picking up 20 wickets in 10 games out of which 7 wickets are of tailenders that too him bowling in death is overrated. He made his international career after picking those 7 tailenders wickets.

 

[Ronaldo7]

disappointing

 

[Forum363]

First of many victories for Multan. It will be interesting watching people’s perspective change as they see the momentum.

 

[Lonewarrior]

Geo Channel is curse for LQ ....

 

[Saj]

Multan Sultans defeated Lahore Qalandars by five wickets in the third match of the ongoing HBL PSL 2020 at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.

Sultans, led by Shan Masood, chased down the 139-run target in 16.1 overs.

Opening the batting, Shan top-scored with 38 off 29 balls, with four fours and a six, in the run chase.

In the middle order, Rilee Rossouw made 32 off 28 and Shahid Afridi scored a quickfire 12-ball 21. Both batsmen struck two fours and a six each.

Earlier, Lahore Qalandars scored 138 runs for the loss of eight wickets after they were asked to bat.

The opening pair of Fakhar Zaman and Chris Lynn provided Qalandars a solid start with a 59-run stand in 5.2 overs. Lynn, who hit four fours and three sixes, anchored the partnership by scoring 39 from 19 balls, while Fakhar made 19 off 14.

As Qalandars looked to have gained the momentum, Moeen Ali’s double-blow in the last Powerplay over turned the innings on its head as the off-spinner accounted for the wickets of both openers.

The wickets sparked a collapse as Qalandars lost their next four wickets for 44 runs.

Qalandars captain, Sohail Akhtar, staged a recovery to take his side to a decent score. The right-handed batsman made 34 off 30 balls and struck three sixes and a four during his stay at the crease.

For Sultans, Imran Tahir and Mohammad Ilyas were the other bowlers with two wickets each next to their name. For taking two wickets for 21 runs, Imran was named player of the match.

On Saturday, Multan Sultans will face Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium at 7pm, while
Quetta Gladiators take on Peshawar Zalmi at the National Stadium, Karachi, at 2pm.

Scores in brief

Lahore Qalandars 138-8, 20 overs (Chris Lynn 39, Sohail Akhtar 34 not out; Moeen Ali 2-13, Mohammad Ilyas 2-16, Imran Tahir 2-21)

Multan Sultans 142-5, 16.1 overs (Shan Masood 38, Rilee Rossouw 32, Shahid Afridi 21 not out)

Result Multan Sultans win by five wickets

 

[iniqbal223]

I desperately need to learn some skills that Aquib Javed and Misbah Ul Haq possess :

How on earth they after repeated failures in their charge, they are able to convince their employers to keep them and give them high praise for even for delivering poor results possible. Are they working free of cost? or what? Even if they have very strong connections, no body would want to incur losses. But here we are seeing endless losses, with players are being changed through out left to right , but no question even being asked by those who are in-charge..

Any insights into this would be really helpful. I will use the same at my work place..

 

[Smbhayi]

Wow Afridi still playing, thought he retired last year..

 

[DHONI183]

The jokes on Lahore have already started. Poor fellows, they lose first game, the jokes start, pressure builds up and it keeps getting worse for them with every match. Still, I hope that this season runs differently. There´re a lot of matches left of course to turn things around.