Multan Sultans locked horns with Lahore Qalandars in the 14th match of the Pakistan Super League 2024 on Tuesday, February 27. The Sultans continued their dominance this season as they registered a fifth win in their sixth game after beating Qalandars by 60 runs.
Wicket-keeper batter, Usman Khan continued his fine form with the bat as he played a brilliant knock of 96 runs in 55 balls. His heroics with the bat powered his team to a 214-run total in the first innings.
Rizwan got out for a duck, but the likes of Reeza Hendricks (40 off 27) and Iftikhar Ahmed (40 off 18) made handy contributions with the bat. As for Lahore’s bowling, Shaheen Afridi was the pick of the bowlers, claiming two for 39 runs in four overs.
In pursuit of the target, Lahore kept losing wickets at regular intervals but ensured runs kept coming at a steady pace. However, once Rassie van der Dussen (30) got out in the 15th over, the wickets fell like a pack of cards. Lahore Qalandars were, eventually, bundled out for 154 runs.
Usama Mir bowled a sensational match-winning spell of 6/40, helping his team beat Lahore by a comfortable margin.
PSL 2024 Most Runs List
Babar Azam continues to stay at the top of the run charts, having scored 330 runs in five matches at 82.5. Rassie van der Dussen consolidated his position at second spot with 300 runs to his name. Reeza Hendricks is giving fierce competition while sitting at number three. He has 286 runs in six matches at an average of 57.2.
Sahibzada Farhan (239) and Mohammad Rizwan (187) continue to occupy the fourth and fifth positions, respectively. Peshawar’s Saim Ayub is at sixth spot with 175 runs, followed by Agha Salman (163) and Jason Roy (148) at seventh and eighth position, respectively.
Saud Shakeel is sitting at ninth with 140 runs in the bag, while the tenth spot is occupied by Kieron Pollard (135).
PSL 2024 Most wickets List
Mohammad Ali is sitting at the pole position with 13 wickets under his name. Usama Mir bowled a sensational spell of 6/40 against Lahore and it helped him jump two spots to take the number two position on the wickets tally. Mir has now 13 wickets in six matches this season.
Shaheen Afridi also picked two wickets and it helped him climb three spots to take the number three position. Afridi now has nine wickets under his bag in six matches. Arif Yaqoob moved down to the fourth spot with eight wickets, followed by David Willey (8) and Abrar Ahmed (7) at the fifth and sixth positions, respectively.
Ahmed is followed by Luke Wood (7) and Abbas Afridi (7) at the seventh and eighth spots, respectively. Salman Irshad (7) takes the 10th spot, while Mir Hamza (6) rounds off the top ten wickets list.
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