Lahore Qalandars (186/5) defeat Multan Sultans (185/3) by 5 wickets to secure victory in Match 16 of PSL X

[BouncerGuy]

The Multan Sultans will face the Lahore Qalandars in the 16th match of the 2025 Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Saturday, April 26, at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Lahore Qalandars, despite having a strong batting lineup, have struggled with consistency and are looking to avoid a third consecutive defeat.

Meanwhile, the Multan Sultans have had a tough season so far, managing just one win in five matches. Sitting at the bottom of the table with the lowest net run rate (NRR), they must secure a victory in this game to stay in contention for the playoffs.

SQUADS:

Multan Sultans: Michael Bracewell, Mohammad Rizwan, Usama Mir, David Willey, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usman Khan, Chris Jordan, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Akif Javed, Gudakesh Motie, Josh Little, Faisal Akram, Tayyab Tahir, Ubaid Shah, Shahid Aziz, Johnson Charles, Muhammad Amir Barki, Shai Hope, Yasir Khan.

Lahore Qalandars: Daryl Mitchell, Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Kusal Perera, Sikandar Raza, Abdullah Shafique, Jahandad Khan, Zaman Khan, Asif Afridi, Asif Ali, David Wiese, Muhammad Akhlaq, Rishad Hossain, Mohammad Azab, Momin Qamar, Mohammad Naeem, Sam Billings, Salman Ali Mirza, Tom Curran.

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[Shehmir]

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[Shehmir]

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Multan victory today will make this table more interesting

 

[Rana]

LQ either get your act right or get out of the tournament!

 

[Rana]

Rizwan probably already afraid seeing how quick the Lahore track is right now.

He’s already made his mind up 120 will be a winning score if they bat first.

 

[Kianig89]

Shaheena against Rizwana , perfectly setup , two players in crisis

 

[mominsaigol]

Rizwan probably already afraid seeing how quick the Lahore track is right now.

He’s already made his mind up 120 will be a winning score if they bat first.

MS might win this tbh. Lahore falling off track. Story of their entire PSL history excluding a few campaigns

 

[cricfan432]

Test for yasir and usman, how they play on quick pitch. And for shafique too.

 

[gazza619]

Test for yasir and usman, how they play on quick pitch. And for shafique too.

Shafique has been giving tests for 3 years now. Should have graduated by now.

 

[gazza619]

Rizwan probably already afraid seeing how quick the Lahore track is right now.

He’s already made his mind up 120 will be a winning score if they bat first.

Riz is a fighter. He will come out to open the innings regardless of how difficult the pitch is. He will lead from the front and will target a win.

 

[mominsaigol]

Riz is a fighter. He will come out to open the innings regardless of how difficult the pitch is. He will lead from the front and will target a win.

Yeah we saw his fighting skills against Munro. Mashallah what a fighter.

 

[adi_62941]

Riz is a fighter. He will come out to open the innings regardless of how difficult the pitch is. He will lead from the front and will target a win.

Any player who takes religious path in order to hide his bad performances is a coward.

 

[Rana]

Riz is a fighter. He will come out to open the innings regardless of how difficult the pitch is. He will lead from the front and will target a win.

Yeah we know he fights everyone to make sure Pakistan doesn’t progress

 

[Rana]

MS might win this tbh. Lahore falling off track. Story of their entire PSL history excluding a few campaigns

Lahore have to respond

2 crap performances back to back.

 

[adi_62941]

lahore qalandars needs to add babar and kick shaheen allrounder

 

[Darkrai]

Must win for MS.

LQ chose to Field

Shaheen calls Raza the best allrounder in the world.

 

[Kianig89]

Would.be pathetic if Yasir is demoted to no.3 as written on team news

 

[Hellion]

Crowd looks pathetic even though it's a weekend and it's not Karachi.

 

[Kianig89]

Yasir opening with Riz and SSA bowling thr dangerous 1st over .

Who are PSL's SRH

 

[Kianig89]

Rizwan in his typical anchor role , will be extra pressure on Yasir

 

[Kianig89]

PSL X nearing it's half way stage , crowd seems least interested

 

[Justcrazy]

Lot of grass on pitch , pacers will enjoy this.

 

[Justcrazy]

Afridi needs to keep his two overs for latter .

 

[Sachin fan]

Rizwan with a blistering start as usual.

 

[Justcrazy]

Multan needs to take on Tom , he is not a Bumrah. You need to target him , to put the opposition under pressure.

 

[Justcrazy]

Rizwan with a blistering start as usual.

You cannot change him , he cannot become Gilchrist. He was and will retire a limited batter.

 

[Greenstorm]

MS might win this tbh. Lahore falling off track. Story of their entire PSL history excluding a few campaigns

LQ rely too much on Fakhar.

 

[Justcrazy]

S I X

Harris welcomed with a big hit.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

@Rana Yasir looks like a right handed Sharjeel Khan.

Easily getting in top of the bounce with minimal footwork. Stand and deliver.

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Multan lose first wicket.

 

[Asad T]

argh, i was enjoyig the yasir khan show

 

[Justcrazy]

Rizwan needs to retire from the innings.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Rizwan surviving thanks to poor umpiring. Guess we'll need to suffer longer watching his atrocious batting.

 

[Greenstorm]

Contenders to open with Saim vs Bangladesh.

Farhan
Yasir
Usman
Hassan

So many options.

 

[Rana]

This is just not T20 cricket

Why are the others taking risks but Rizwan isn’t?

 

[Rana]

Tired bowling by Rauf and Shaheen

 

[Greenstorm]

With Harris's pace and length, he should keep fine leg back.

 

[Rana]

Ramiz is specifically there for do the talking for Rizwan’s crap approach

 

[Kianig89]

Rizwan needs a word from Tareen

 

[cricfan432]

With performances like these soon rizwan and babar and hopefully saud too will be outcasted form psl

 

[Rana]

There you go

They will just keep falling from the other end

 

[Savak]

Very disappointing crowd for a Saturday and a Lahore Qalandars home game. PCB needs to avoid holding back to back games in the same city and venue, need to spread things out like Game 1 Multan, Game 2 Pindi, Game 3 Lahore, Game 4 Karachi and repeat.

Hosting back to back games in the same venue dilutes and saturates fan interest

 

[Rana]

Tayyab was dropped for what reason?

 

[Kianig89]

Hope comes in, MS are stuck

 

[Greenstorm]

Very disappointing crowd for a Saturday and a Lahore Qalandars home game. PCB needs to avoid holding back to back games in the same city and venue, need to spread things out like Game 1 Multan, Game 2 Pindi, Game 3 Lahore, Game 4 Karachi and repeat.

Hosting back to back games in the same venue dilutes and saturates fan interest

Best to develop more venues like Faisalabad, Peshawar, Sialkot, Gujranwala. Those places will be packed.

 

[cricketfan24]

Selfish innings as usual from this rizwan guy

 

[Kianig89]

MS v LQ, a game to determine who is worst

 

[Greenstorm]

MS should use Bracewell as floater. Their top 6 are all right handers.

 

[zaidihusain]

Not a single boundary or six by Rizwan after playing 15 balls, played full power play

 

[Justcrazy]

58 . 2

9 overs.

The projected score is 155 .

 

[Rana]

You can be 30-5 in the powerplay and still end up with 140 here

Or you can do what Multan are doing and eventually end up with 140 lol

 

[Justcrazy]

Not a single boundary or six by Rizwan after playing 15 balls, played full power play

How Multan management is allowing this baffles me , he needs to be dropped.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Rizwan playing the anchor role nicely

 

[Rana]

So now Curran, Shaheen, Rauf and Afridi last 10

Now show us the anchoring was important

Add 150 in the last 10

 

[Ball Blazer]

Muhammad Rizwan has an average of 55 and a strike rate of 155 against Haris Rauf

 

[zaidihusain]

How Multan management is allowing this baffles me , he needs to be dropped.

Yes very strange. All PSL captains except Warner are openly misusing their authority as captain. Someone has to step in either franchise management or PCB otherwise quality of cricket will never improve in PSL.

After watching this I am afraid this might be happening in domestic cricket as well if there is no check

 

[Kianig89]

MS are messing it up with Riz in particular

 

[Kianig89]

MS are messing it up with Riz in particular

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Curran playing in the PSL? What happened? No bid from the IPL?

 

[cricfan432]

This guy plays odi in t20s and tests in odis

 

[Hellion]

Curran playing in the PSL? What happened? No bid from the IPL?

Last played IPL 4 years and was terrible

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Is Rizwan trying to avoid taking the strike?

 

[Kianig89]

MS needs some acceleration

 

[cricfan432]

Even kg got better shots than legwan

 

[Rana]

If Kg can go at 200 here why can’t Rizwan?

 

[Ball Blazer]

Mohammad Rizwan has become the leading run-scorer of HBL PSL X, sitting at the top with 243 runs so far. The Multan Sultans skipper continues to lead from the front as his side takes on Shaheen Afridi’s Lahore Qalandars tonight.

Sahibzada Farhan (236 runs) and James Vince (216 runs) follow closely behind, while Rizwan's teammate Usman Khan is also in the top five with 212 runs. Islamabad United’s Colin Munro rounds off the list with 196 runs.

 

[Kianig89]

Game in LQ control

 

[Savak]

Ali Tareen is the biggest hypocrite. Talks about psl not reforming, progressing and then backs garbage like Rizwan and let's go of Multan Sultans core players who had helped the franchise do so for so many years.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Tuned into the game earlier and couldn't be asked to watch it

 

[Deewana Mastana]

If Kg can go at 200 here why can’t Rizwan?

He's not going to

 

[cricfan432]

Kg is a must for odis

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Mitchell being forced to bowl 4 overs when he's not more than a 2 over bowler

 

[Rana]

Hassan Raza lol

Dodgy umpire

 

[cricfan432]

Kg irfan niazi faheem ashraf khushdil shah all good for odis

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Kg is a must for odis

These guys can't play like this in international cricket

 

[cricfan432]

These guys can't play like this in international cricket

He did in africa

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Another 50 for Rizwan. GOAT?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Another 50 for Rizwan. GOAT?

Raja jee thora munasib kar lein

 

[PakPremi]

Good innings by Kamran and Rizwan making sure Ms have a good total to bowl to.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

A bit more firepower earlier in the inns they could've maybe got 200.