Multan (Web Desk): Multan Sultans defeated Quetta Gladiators by 13 runs in the 11th match of the 9th edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL 9) at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to filed first. Sultans scored 180 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Reeza Hendricks remained the top scorer scoring 72 runs while Captain Muhammad Rizwan scored 51 runs. Apart from this, Usman Khan scored 14 runs and Tayyab Tahir scored 35 runs.
Multan Sultans set a challenging target of 181 runs for Quetta Gladiators.
Quetta Gladiators failed to achieve the target as the team could manage to score only 167 runs after Abrar was bowled at the last ball of the last over.
From Quetta Gladiators, Khawaja Naffay scored 36 runs, Captain Rilley Rossow scored 30 runs, Saud Shakeel 24 runs and Sherfane Rutherford scored 21 runs.
David Willy and Muhammad Ali of Multan Sultans took three wickets each, while Aftab Ibrahim took two wickets.
Saud Shakeel, Khawaja Nafay, and Rilee Rossouw of Quetta Gladiators all got starts, but nobody could hang around for long enough to keep the required rate in check.
Mohammad Ali was the standout performer again, picking 3/19, and his fellow bowling spearhead David Willey picked three vital wickets as well.
The youngster Aftab Ibrahim didn’t look nervous in his first game.