MULTAN: Multan Sultans beat host Karachi Kings in third match of the ninth season of Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Multan Cricket Stadium today.
Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first. This was the first match of the PSL 9 which was played at Multan.
Batting first, Mohammad Rizwan-led Sultans registered a total of 185 runs for a loss of two wickets. Reeza Hendricks contributed with 79 runs off 54 balls, while Dawid Malan added 52 runs off 41 balls.
Kings, who are led by Shan Masood, could make 130 runs only for a loss of eight wickets.
Multan Sultans retain control over their fort once again to register a comfortable 55-run win 🏏#HBLPSL9 | #MSvKK | #KhulKeKhel pic.twitter.com/LgRNqJ3LYR
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Playing XIs:
Multan Sultans: Reeza Hendricks, Mohammad Rizwan (c/wk), Dawid Malan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Tayyab Tahir, David Willey, Chris Jordan, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani
Karachi Kings: Shan Masood (c), James Vince, Mohammad Akhlaq, Shoaib Malik, Irfan Niazi, Mohammad Nawaz, Daniel Sams, Hasan Ali, Blessing Muzarabani, Mir Hamza, Tabraiz Shamsi
Before this match, two matches were played at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. In the first match, Islamabad United made a good start by defeating Lahore Qalandars while in the second match, Quetta Gladiators defeated Peshawar Zalmi.
In both previous match, the teams which won the toss decided to bowl first, and in this third match, Karachi Kings also made the same decision of bowling first against Multan Sultans.
