Cricket Highlights, 04 March: PSL 2023 (Match 20) – Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans 

Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans (Match 20) – Highlights

Yesterday (March 4) on Saturday, Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans faced each other in the 20th match of the Pakistan Super League. Batting first in that match, Lahore Qalandars made a good target in the allotted 20 overs.

Later, Multan Sultans could not reach the target as the scheduled 20 overs ended. On the other hand, Lahore Qalandars won by 21 runs. Lahore Qalandars are at the top of the points table after winning 6 of their last 7 matches. Multan Sultans are in the 2nd place in the points table after winning 4 matches out of 7 matches. Besides, Rashid Khan won the man of the match title due to his excellent bowling.

Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat first and sent Multan Sultans to bowl. Fakhar Zaman left the field after hitting a golden duck in the beginning. After that, Mirza Tahir Baig and Abdullah Shafiq managed a bit, but the 2nd wicket fell within 50 runs of the team, He left the field after being caught out after scoring 17 runs off 11 balls with the help of 3 fours.

Then Shafiq and Sam Billings together took the team’s runs from 50 to 119 runs. In the end, this pair was broken by Pollard’s spell. Shafiq was caught out and left the field. He made 48 runs with the help of 6 fours and 1 six before getting out. Shortly after that, Sam Billings left the field after falling into the LBW trap. He played innings of 54 runs off 35 balls. His innings had 6 fours and 2 sixes.

After that, wickets started falling at regular intervals. Sikandar Raja, who won the man of the match title in the previous match, was trapped in lbw. He scored 14 runs in 8 balls. Talat scored 9 runs off 10 balls. David Wiese was unbeaten on 15 off 12 balls. Haris Rauf and Rashid Khan hit golden ducks. Besides, Captain Shaheen Afridi scored 9 runs in 4 balls. In the end, their innings stopped at 180 runs with 14 runs extra.

Anwar Ali, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah, and Kieron Pollard took 2 wickets each for Multan Sultans. Besides, Sameen Gul took 1 wicket.

Chasing the target of 181 runs, Multan Sultans’ innings stopped at 159 runs after losing 7 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Kieron Pollard top-scored for them with 39 off 28 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes. Captain Rizwan scored 30 runs in 27 balls. Shan Masood scored 19 runs with the help of 2 fours.

Usama Mir scored 17 runs. Rilee Rossouw scored 12 runs. David Miller scored only 1 run. Khushdil Shah scored 10 runs. Besides, Anwar Ali remained unbeaten on 17 runs from 12 balls and Abbas Afridi remained unbeaten on 4 runs. In the end, Multan Sultans could not reach the target with 10 runs extra. 

Rashid Khan took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs for Lahore Qalandars. Zaman Khan, Harris Rauf, Sikander Raja, and Hussain Talat also took one wicket each.

Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans Scoreboard

Lahore Qalandars – 180/9 (20.0)

Multan Sultans – 159/7 (20.0) 

Result – Lahore Qalandars won by 21 runs  

Player of the match – Rashid Khan

Multan Sultans team

Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans Playing XIs