Multan Sultans Vs Peshawar Zalmi 21th Match 05 March 2024

21st T20 • Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium • Rawalpindi

Peshawar Zalmi

204/5 (20)

Multan Sultans

200/5 (20)

PZ won by 4 runs

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Player of the Match Babar Azam

64(40)

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Peshawar Zalmi

204/5 (20)

Batters

Saim Ayub

209.09

lbw b Mir

Babar Azam

160.00

b Mir

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

55.56

c Tahir b Mir

Haseebullah Khan

155.00

b Jordan

Rovman Powell

153.33

Not out

Asif Ali

110.00

c (sub Khan) b Jordan

Aamir Jamal I

240.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 9)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.2)

204/5

Did not Bat

Luke Wood, Salman Irshad, Naveen ul Haq, Mehran Mumtaz

Bowlers

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Mohammad Ali

15.33

David Willey

9.00

Iftikhar Ahmed

12.00

Khushdil Shah

13.00

Chris Jordan

8.25

Usama Mir

8.00

Aftab Ibrahim

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Saim Ayub

lbw b Mir

1-84

6.6

Tom Kohler-Cadmore

c Tahir b Mir

2-97

9.3

Babar Azam

b Mir

3-148

14.2

Haseebullah Khan

b Jordan

4-166

16.3

Asif Ali

c (sub Khan) b Jordan

5-186

18.4

Multan Sultans

200/5 (20)

Batters

Mohammad Rizwan

133.33

runout (Jamal)

Reeza Hendricks

50.00

c & b Mehran Mumtaz

Dawid Malan

100.00

c Asif Ali b Jamal

Tayyab Tahir

144.44

c Ayub b Jamal

Khushdil Shah

110.00

c Khan b Haq

Iftikhar Ahmed

222.22

Not out

Chris Jordan

250.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 9)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10)

200/5

Did not Bat

David Willey, Usama Mir, Aftab Ibrahim, Mohammad Ali

Bowlers

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Saim Ayub

14.00

Luke Wood

11.00

Mehran Mumtaz

5.00

Naveen ul Haq

8.00

Aamir Jamal I

9.00

Salman Irshad

15.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Reeza Hendricks

c & b Mehran Mumtaz

1-35

4.4

Mohammad Rizwan

runout (Jamal)

2-51

7.1

Dawid Malan

c Asif Ali b Jamal

3-86

11.2

Tayyab Tahir

c Ayub b Jamal

4-91

11.6

Khushdil Shah

c Khan b Haq

5-125

15.2

Match Info

Date & Time

05 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Match

21st T20,

Pakistan Super League

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Richard Illingworth (England), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Peshawar Zalmi elected to bat

1 6 1 0 1 4

Over 17

Runs: 13

6 1 1lb 6 6 1lb

Over 18

Runs: 21

1 1 4 1 1 6

Over 19

Runs: 14

2wd 0 1 4 4 1 6

Over 20

Runs: 18

All Overs

Player of the Match Babar Azam

64(40)

Commentary

That will bring a close to the action from PSL tonight. Tomorrow, we have a double-header as four out of the six teams will be in action on what should be a wonderful wednesday. For now, this is the pair of Sourabh and Bidipto wishing you a very good night! See you soon.

Babar Azam has been adjudged the Player of the Match! Here is what he has to say.

Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi captain): It's never easy to win any match, and then it's the table-toppers. Our first six overs went well with the ball but that drop catch was not all that helpful, but, we managed well in the end. I am playing tension-free cricket, there is a lot of talk about the strike-rate these days, so, am trying to improve on that too. Although that's not my strength, but still, it's all about improvement as a cricketer. Mehran Mumtaz's spell was a turning point. He was brilliant with his lines and lengths. It changed the tempo of the innings. We need to get better in the field, we simply have to. Consistency too is important heading into the business end of the tournament.

It is time for the post-match presentation!

Salman Irshad (Peshawar Zalmi) : (On what was going through his mind in the last over) I was keen on sticking to my strengths. After that dot early on in the last over, I knew that it would get difficult for them from there. (On what the bowling plan is over here) The idea in the team meeting always is to bowl as less boundary balls as possible here in Rawalpindi. (On the team) Our team combination is really good. Both batting and bowling are good enough (On their bowling coach) I feel to take us to the final. Mohammad Akram has worked with us at Peshawar Zalmi for the last three years, he keeps backing us fast bowlers to stick to our strengths.

MATCH SUMMARY

Peshawar Zalmi won by 4 runs

Babar Azam 64(40) | Aamer Jamal 2/36(4)
Iftikhar Ahmed 59*(26) | Usama Mir 3/32(4)

Peshawar Zalmi hold their nerve to eek out an important win as Babar Azam's men do the double over the table-toppers Multan Sultans in this season. Peshawar Zalmi remain the only team to have beaten the Multan Sultans and they have done it twice and have moved to the third place in the points table.

It didn't look like Multan Sultans will take it this close but a powerful innings from Iftikhar Ahmed (59* off 26) along with a brilliant contribution from Chris Jordan (30* off 12) took Multan very close but it was a bit too much for them in the end.

Chasing 205, Multan got off to a good start but that was only short-lived as the Zalmi bowlers pulled them back in the second half of the powerplay. Their top order batters got in but could not go on to play the big innings that was required. Much of the credit needs to be given to the bowlers of Peshawar Zalmi who were top-class along with some spectacular fielding as well. Young spinner Mehram Mumtaz bowled a brilliant spell of 1/20 and did not allow the batters to breakthrough. Aamer Jamal was very good too with his back of the length bowling and he got 2 wickets.

Even though Iftikhar Ahmed and Chris Jordan bought it to the last over with 23 runs needed, Salman Irshad held his nerve and sealed the game for Peshawar.

Earlier in the piece, Peshawar got to 204 on the back off a brilliant start provided by their openers Saim Ayub and Babar Azam with the latter scoring a 40-ball 64. At one stage, Peshawar looked set to go past 220, but an exceptional spell of leg break bowling by the tournament's leading wicket taker combined with some good death bowling by Chris Jordan pulled it back for the table toppers. Valuable contributions from the likes of Haseebullah, Rovman Powell and Aamer Jamal took them to 204 which eventually proved to be enough.

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200 /5 score

2wd

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Iftikhar Ahmed *

59 (26)

Chris Jordan

31 (13)

Salman Irshad

0 /46

19.6 Salman Irshad to Iftikhar Ahmed, SIX TO FINISH! BUT IT'S TOO LITTLE TOO LATE! PESHAWAR ZALMI GET AN IMPORTANT WIN! Irshad missed his length by only just and Iftikhar was waiting deep in the crease. He cleared the front leg and belted it over long-off for a maximum!

Huge cheers from the crowd with that delivery not going for a six!

19.5 Salman Irshad to Chris Jordan, gets the yorker right around leg-stump. Jordan tries to get underneath it from deep in the crease but fails to. All he does is knock it down to wide mid-on for one!

Two sixes will win it for Multan Sultans. Can Salman hold his nerve?

19.4 Salman Irshad to Chris Jordan, FOUR MORE! Length ball around off-stump with some width given. Jordan just helped himself by making room and thumping it wide of long-off!

16 off 3 to win for Multan Sultans!

19.3 Salman Irshad to Chris Jordan, FOUR RUNS! Full on middle-and-leg. Jordan hoicks from deep in the crease to the deep square-leg region and picks up a boundary to the gap!

Salman has nailed two near-perfect yorkers and now this is very tough for Multan. 20 needed off 4 deliveries!

19.2 Salman Irshad to Iftikhar Ahmed, nails the yorker around off-stump here. All Iftikhar could do was dig it out and pick up a quick single!

19.1 Salman Irshad to Iftikhar Ahmed, full outside off-stump. Iftikhar went down on one knee and bunted it straight back to the bowler, no run.

That is ideal for Multan. Iftikhar will be on strike and it was a wide too. 21 needed off 6!

19.1 Salman Irshad to Chris Jordan, over the wicket, OH DEAR! Full toss down the leg-side on this occasion. The keeper does well to stop it somehow and keep it to one bye. WIDE called as well.

Salman Irshad [2.0-0-28-0] is back into the attack.

Naveen ul Haq nailed 4 deliveries in the last over and still gave away 15 runs. Tells you how little the margin of error is for the bowlers. We're going into the last over with a macth on our hands, 23 needed off 6 deliveries! Multan need Iftikhar on strike

overs

182 /5 score

runs

Iftikhar Ahmed *

52 (23)

Chris Jordan

22 (10)

Naveen ul Haq

1 /32

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