Unstoppable defending champion Multan Sultans breezed into the Pakistan Super League remaining with a commanding 28-run win over Lahore Qalandars within the qualifier on Wednesday.
Unbeaten half-centuries by Rilee Rossouw (65) and captain Mohammad Rizwan (53) anchored Multan to 163-2 on a gradual wicket after Lahore skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi gained the toss and elected to discipline.
The match’s main scorer Fakhar Zaman (63) top-scored for Lahore however the brittle middle-order collapsed towards Shahnawaz Dahani (3-19) on the backend of its run-chase to get restricted at 135-9.
Left-hander Zaman, who has scored 584 this season with seven half centuries and a century, appeared to have taken the sport away from Multan by smashing three successive off Imran Tahir within the thirteenth over earlier than Multan bagged six wickets for 26 runs.
Dahani turned the tables by having Harry Brook lbw off his third supply and David Willey (2-23) adopted it up by trapping Zaman leg earlier than wicket within the fifteenth over.
Dahani took a spectacular catch of Samit Patel at deep mid-wicket and in addition dismissed Phil Salt and Afridi cheaply to take the steam out of Lahore’s run-chase.
Earlier, Rizwan and Rossouw performed cautiously towards off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez (1-16), who didn’t concede a boundary, earlier than each compiled 53 runs towards quick bowlers within the final 5 overs to arrange a difficult complete for Lahore.
Rizwan hit solely three boundaries in his seventh half century this season however stored the scoreboard ticking along with his good operating between the wickets with Rossouw, who smashed seven fours and a six.
Multan has a dream run this season because it misplaced only one league sport out of 10 to complete on prime of the factors desk. Lahore, which defeated Multan within the league sport, can have one other probability to qualify for Sunday’s remaining when it’ll meet the winner of Thursday’s eliminator between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi.
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