Table-topping Multan Rounds Off Home Leg Of PSL By Handing Quetta First Loss – News18

MULTAN, Pakistan: Table-topping Multan Sultans rounded off their house leg of the Pakistan Super League by handing Quetta Gladiators a primary defeat on Sunday.

Multan put up 180-4 on the again of half-centuries by Reeza Hendricks (72) and captain Mohammad Rizwan (51). Then quick bowlers Mohammad Ali and David Willey took three wickets every as Quetta was restricted to 167-9 and misplaced by 13 runs.

Ali is the main wicket-taker within the event with 13.

He and Willey struck within the powerplay earlier than Quetta captain Rilee Rossouw, with 30, and Pakistan batting sensation Khawaja Nafay, 36, dragged them again into the sport with a 62-run stand.

Rossouw fell to a superb low catch by Khushdil Shah within the covers and Nafay was caught off a slower Ali supply as Quetta’s chase slumped to 124-5 within the fifteenth over.

Earlier, Multan was despatched in to bat and Hendricks featured in two stable partnerships and scored his third half-century in 5 video games.

He shared 79 runs with Rizwan for the second wicket and 77 with Tayyab Tahir, who added a significant 35 off 22 balls in his first sport of the season after Dawid Malan fell in poor health.

Hendricks’ 47-ball knock featured 4 sixes and 7 fours, and ended within the final over when he was caught within the deep.

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