RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Iftikhar Ahmed’s blistering 60 off 27 balls went in useless as Peshawar Zalmi snatched a four-run victory over table-topper Multan Sultans within the Pakistan Super League on Tuesday.
HT Image
Peshawar is the one franchise in Pakistan’s premier home T20 event that has overwhelmed Multan twice this season.
Hindustan Times – your quickest supply for breaking news! Read now.
Multan has already certified for the playoffs with six wins from eight video games and Peshawar moved nearer to a spot within the ultimate 4 with 9 factors and two video games in hand.
Peshawar required 58 off the final three overs when Ahmed and Chris Jordan (30 not out) countercharged towards seamers Aamer Jamal, Naveen-ul-Haq and Salman Irshad earlier than falling quick at 200-5.
Earlier, captain Babar Azam continued his chic type after successful the toss and smashed 64 off 40 balls. Left-handed batter Saim Ayub made 46 off 22 balls in Peshawar’s robust whole of 204-5 as each batters placed on season’s highest whole of 71 runs within the energy play.
Babar and Ayub smacked Multan’s tempo and spin as they raised a speedy 84-run stand at 12-an-over.
Ayub was ruthless towards tempo together with his trademark massive pictures on the on facet as he hit 5 sixes and three fours earlier than he was trapped leg earlier than wicket by event’s prime wicket-taker Usama Mir (3-32) in his first over.
Mir leads the bowling chart with 18 wickets, however his team-mate Mohammad Ali, who has 14 wickets, had a forgetful day on the Pindi Cricket Stadium towards Ayub and Babar as he returned with costly figures of 0-46 off his three overs.
Mir pulled again Peshawar together with his sharp leg-breaks as he dismissed Tom Kohler-Cadmore (5) after which acquired the important thing wicket of Babar in his final over by clear bowling the premier batter earlier than Rovman Powell (23) and Jamal (12) performed little cameos within the final 5 overs.
Multan’s top-order struggled towards rookie left-arm spinner Mehran Mumtaz, who bowled with lot of confidence within the energy play and had Reeza Hendricks (5) caught off his personal bowling in his debut PSL over.
Captain Mohammad Rizwan (32) couldn’t beat Jamal’s throw off his comply with by whereas Asif Ali timed his soar to perfection on the sting of the boundary and plucked a superb catch to dismiss Dawid Malan (19) within the twelfth over.
But Ahmed and Jordan practically pulled off a victory for Multan with their blazing 75-run stand off simply 28 balls earlier than Peshawar pacers hung within the final three overs.
___
AP cricket: https://apnews.com/hub/cricket
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
