Multan Defeats Islamabad Through Pace For Back-to-back Wins In PSL

MULTAN, Pakistan: Multan Sultans restricted the batting energy of Islamabad United via tempo and notched their second straight win within the Pakistan Super League on Tuesday.

Fast bowler Mohammad Ali grabbed 3-19 as he swung the brand new ball nicely and delivered some eye-catching yorkers within the dying overs to bowl out Islamabad for 144.

Reeza Hendricks then adopted his unbeaten 79 in Multan’s win over Karachi Kings with 58 off 46 balls to steer final yr’s finalist to 145-5 for a five-wicket win within the final over.

Islamabad was let down by some sloppy fielding as Imad Wasim dropped first Hendricks after which Mohammad Rizwan, who went on to attain 43 off 33 balls and shared a 71-run stand with Hendricks.

Naseem Shah, coming back from a shoulder harm, bowled an eventful first over when he clear bowled Dawid Malan for zero because the quick bowler seemed to get into rhythm with figures of 2-29 off his 4 overs.

Islamabad misplaced the wickets of Alex Hales and Colin Munro cheaply contained in the batting powerplay after Rizwan gained the toss and elected to discipline.

Ali shattered the stumps of Munro with a pointy supply that darted into the lefthander from across the wicket and Hales was caught at deep sq. leg whereas making an attempt a giant shot towards David Willey.

Salman Ali Agha (52) and Jordan Cox (41) each capitalized on dropped catches by Khushdil Shah and raised a 68-run stand. Leg-spinner Usama Mir (2-29) chipped in with fast wickets of Cox and power-hitter Azam Khan (13) that pushed again Islamabad.

Skipper Shadab Khan, who scored a prolific hal- century in Islamabad’s opening win over Lahore Qalandars, added 35 with Agha, however Abbas Afridi (3-33) and Ali struck with common intervals within the dying overs earlier than Islamabad innings folded.

Afridi assorted his tempo intelligently and had Shadab clear bowled off a size ball after which Khushdil made amends of his two early fielding lapses by having Agha caught within the deep off Afridi’s leg-cutter.

Ali wrapped up the tail by grabbing two wickets within the final over earlier than working out Naseem off the final ball.

Multan joined Quetta Gladiators atop the desk with 4 factors from two wins whereas Islamabad has two factors from two video games.

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