PSL 2022: All round Multan Sultans crush Peshawar Zalmi to continue unbeaten streak

KARACHI: Amazing power-hitting and sensational bowling took Multan Sultans to a 57-run victory against Peshwar Zalmi, as they won their fifth straight match in Pakistan Super League's (PSL) seventh edition.

Zalmi didn't have a good beginning to the mammoth 223 run-chase, as they lost opener Kamran Akmal with just 24 runs on the board.

Opener Hazratullah Zazai played a good knock of 41 runs, while all-roudner Ben Cutting scored 52 runs in a fiery inning, with other batters failing to score big.

For Sultans, Imran Tahir and Shahnawaz Dahani were able to take three wickets, while Blessing Muzarabani and Abbas Afridi took a scalp each. 

Multan's innings 

After being invited to bat, the Sultans handed a mammoth 223-run target to former champions Peshawar Zalmi.

Sultans' reached the huge total courtesy of Mohammad Rizwan's terrific 82 runs, Tim David's sensational 18-ball fifty, which is the second-fastest half-century in the history of PSL, and three huge sixes in the last over from Khushdil Shah.

Sultans' were given a rollicking opening start of 85 runs from Shan Masood and Rizwan, which provided the solid foundation for a huge total.

Rizwan counted to carve out runs by holding the one, and then it was Tim David's batting that stole the show once again.

He notched the second-fastest fifty of PSL by hitting six sixes and two fours in a sheer entertaining knock.

The Zalmi bowlers had a terrible outing after they invited Sultans' to bat first.

Skipper Wahab Riaz went to the cleaners as he conceded 55 runs in four overs, England's Saqib Mahmood conceded 37 in three overs.

Salman Irshad, Usman Qadir, and Shoaib Malik took one wicket each, but they were also smashed badly. 

Playing XIs:

Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan (c)(wk), Sohaib Maqsood, Johnson Charles, Tim David, Khushdil Shah, Anwar Ali, Abbas Afridi, Imran Tahir, Blessing Muzarabani, Shahnawaz Dahani

Peshawar Zalmi XI: Kamran Akmal (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Sherfane Rutherford, Ben Cutting, Wahab Riaz (c), Saqib Mahmood, Mohammad Umar, Usman Qadir, Salman Irshad

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