PSL 9: Peshawar Zalmi beat Multan Sultans by 5 runs

Peshawar Zalmi defeated Multan Sultans after an interesting match and opened the account of success in PSL 9.

The success of Multan Sultans, who won the first three matches and scored a hit in the event, came to a halt. Babar Azam & Co. beat Mohammad Rizwan’s team by 5 runs to seal their first victory
Chasing Peshawar Zalmi’s target of 180 runs, Multan Sultans team was bowled out for 174 runs in the allotted 20 overs.

In the match played in Multan, Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first.
Peshawar Zalmi scored 179 runs for the loss of 8 players in the scheduled 20 overs, Haseebullah scored 37 runs and Babar Azam played an innings of 31 runs. Apart from this,

Romain Powell 23, Mohammad Haris 19, Powell Walter 1, Asif Ali scored 13 runs while Luke Wood remained unbeaten with 17 runs.

On behalf of Latan Sultans, David Valli, Muhammad Ali and Usama Mir dismissed 2 players each while Shah Nawaz Durmani and Abbas Afridi took one wicket each.
Chasing 180 runs, the Multan Sultans team was bowled out for 174 runs in 20 overs, David Malan scored 52 runs and Yasir Khan stood out by scoring 43 runs.

Reza Hendricks scored 28, Iftikhar Ahmed 16, Usama Mir 12, Abbas Afridi 11 and Khushdil Shah scored 5 runs while captain Mohammad Rizwan, David Valley, Shah Nawaz Dhani were out for zero.

On behalf of Zalmi, Arif Yaqub dismissed 3 players while Luke Wood, Naveen-ul-Haq and Salman Irshad took 2 wickets each.