KARACHI: Multan Sultans registered a hard-fought 6-run win over Quetta Gladiators in the seventh match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) third edition at National Cricket stadium in Karachi.
After being put into bat first, Sultans managed to score 174 for the loss of four wickets, courtesy Shaan Masood s brilliant unbeaten 88 off 58 with the help of six fours and four sixes.
Multan Sultans make it 3/3 and they continue to occupy the top spot in the points table. But they were made to sweat today! They had to flex their muscles and it all came down to the barest of margins on the final ball.
The lead run-scorer of PSL 7, Mohammad Rizwan, was dismissed in the second over — and that too for a duck. After the skipper went down, the Qalandars were sailing smoothly, but in the ninth over, James Faulkner was dismissed for 21.
During these dismissals, and Rilee Rossouw’s run out in the middle of it, Masood was leading the way and keeping the Gladiators’ boat afloat.
Finally, he was also sent packing in the second ball of the 19th over, but he had done his job by scoring 88 runs, with the help of six fours and four sixes.
In the last over, Tim David and Khushdil Shah put up a good fight as they scored 16 runs.
Of the seven games played between the two sides, so far, Sultans have won three and Quetta pocketed victories in four games.
Quetta looked like on course before the time-out disrupted the proceedings. But then towards the end, Iftikhar Ahmed and Faulkner took them close only to lose it on the last ball.
Earlier, Quetta Gladiators had won the toss and opted to field against Multan Sultans.
