Quetta Gladiators Vs Multan Sultans 28th Match 11 March 2023

28th T20 • Pindi Club Ground • Rawalpindi

Multan Sultans

262/3 (20)

Quetta Gladiators

253/8 (20)

MS won by 9 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Abbas Afridi

5/47

Player of the Series Ihsanullah

Info

Multan Sultans

262/3 (20)

Batters

Usman Khan

120

279.07

st U Akmal b M Nawaz

Mohammad Rizwan

189.66

c OB Yousuf b Q Ahmad

Rilee Rossouw

166.67

c M Nawaz b Q Ahmad

Tim David

172.00

Not out

Kieron Pollard

164.29

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 13.1)

262/3

Did not Bat

Khushdil Shah, Anwar Ali, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah, Izharulhaq Naveed

Bowlers

EXT

Mohammad Nawaz

12.50

Naveen ul Haq

10.25

Aimal Khan

12.33

Umaid Asif

12.25

Qais Ahmad

19.25

Mohammad Hafeez

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Usman Khan

st U Akmal b M Nawaz

1-158

10.1

Rilee Rossouw

c M Nawaz b Q Ahmad

2-187

12.5

Mohammad Rizwan

c OB Yousuf b Q Ahmad

3-204

14.3

Quetta Gladiators

253/8 (20)

Batters

Jason Roy

100.00

c Khushdil Shah b A Ali

Martin Guptill

264.29

c M Rizwan b Ihsanullah

Omair Bin Yousuf

186.11

c U Khan b Ihsanullah

Mohammad Hafeez

50.00

c R Rossouw b MA Afridi

Iftikhar Ahmed

170.97

c (sub SM Khan) b MA Afridi

Umar Akmal

280.00

c TH David b MA Afridi

Mohammad Nawaz

228.57

c K Pollard b MA Afridi

Umaid Asif

0.00

c K Pollard b MA Afridi

Qais Ahmad

242.86

Not out

Naveen ul Haq *

242.86

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 12.65)

253/8

Did not Bat

Aimal Khan

Bowlers

EXT

Khushdil Shah

6.00

Anwar Ali

16.00

Izharulhaq Naveed

13.75

Ihsanullah

14.50

Abbas Afridi

11.75

Usama Mir

9.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jason Roy

c Khushdil Shah b A Ali

1-14

1.4

Martin Guptill

c M Rizwan b Ihsanullah

2-60

4.3

Mohammad Hafeez

c R Rossouw b MA Afridi

3-68

5.1

Iftikhar Ahmed

c (sub SM Khan) b MA Afridi

4-172

14.4

Omair Bin Yousuf

c U Khan b Ihsanullah

5-178

15.1

Mohammad Nawaz

c K Pollard b MA Afridi

6-208

16.5

Umaid Asif

c K Pollard b MA Afridi

7-208

16.6

Umar Akmal

c TH David b MA Afridi

8-221

18.1

Match Info

Date & Time

11 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi

Match

28th T20,

Pakistan Super League

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Martin Saggers (England), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan, TV)

Referee

Ali Naqvi (Pakistan)

Toss

Quetta Gladiators elected to bowl

Player of the Match Abbas Afridi

5/47

Player of the Series Ihsanullah

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Aryasekhar Chakraborty. There is still a big ECL final at 12.00 AM while the two ongoing Tests (IND vs AUS and NZ vs SL) will also continue tomorrow. Apart from these high-profile matches, there is plenty more cricket in the form of WPL, the second T20I between Bangladesh and England, PSL while ECL will go on as usual too. Until next time, it is a warm goodbye from us!

Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans captain): Honestly we cannot find any mistakes due to the pitch. It's difficult for the bowlers as well. Hopefully we will execute the same in the playoffs and win. We struggled as three of our main pacers - Dahani, Josh Little and Wayne Parnell were not available before the tournament and whatever we had available we trusted them. The way Abbas and Usama Mir bowled is so good to see. Our win is a lot due to the bowlers. Usman Khan I saw in the BPL and even in the T10 format, the pitch demanded a player like him tonight and it came off.

Abbas Afridi, Player of the Match: I try to focus on variations and also yorkers. New ball, had to adjust. Thankfully, I did well in the Powerplay today. The management has helped the young players a lot. Mohammad Rizwan and all the senior players have been supportive too

Time for the Post-match Presentation!

Mohammad Nawaz (Quetta Gladiators captain): We conceded too many runs today. Even today, we committed four fielding mistakes in the first two overs. Batting and bowling it goes on and off but in fielding, you cannot keep missing chances. We were happy with the team, on paper we had a very balanced team. We couldn’t quite pick the momentum and fielding cost us dearly. If your fielding doesn’t support you in these sorts of pitches, it is always going to be very difficult. We have to sit down and get our act together before the next year.

Ihsanullah: Our team is like a family. I didn’t perform well in today’s match and the last ball but Abbas bowled brilliantly and we came out on the top. My thinking is always to bowl fast nothing else. No competition with Afridi. We are brothers. Our dressing room is very friendly along with our coach and all the support staffs. I learnt the celebration style from my club coach

Multan Sultans won by 9 runs

Multan Sultans 262/3 in 20 overs

Usman Khan 120(43) | Mohammad Rizwan 54(27)
Qais Ahmad 2/77(4)

Quetta Gladiators 253/8 in 20 overs

Omair Yousuf 67(36) | Iftikhar Ahmed 53(31)
Abbas Afridi 5/47(4)

The Quetta Gladiators had no other option but go after the bowlers from ball one. Jason Roy and Martin Guptill came out to open the innings and looked to build a strong opening stand. Roy was dismissed by Abbas Afridi after smashing him for a six. Martin Guptill then kept the chase going with a flurry of boundaries.

He raced off to 37 in just 14 deliveries before Abbas Afridi induced him into a false shot. Omair Yousuf was joined in by Mohammad Hafeez and the latter was dismissed pretty cheaply in a attempt to keep the momentum going. They needed more than one boundary every over and the required rate kept climbing.

Omair Yousuf and Iftikhar Ahmed ensured that they were stil in with an outside chance of chasing this down. Yousuf and Iftikhar both went onto score half-centuries but the required rate was too steep and they were bound to lose wickets at a certain stage. Iftikhar and Yousuf both fell in quick succession and from there on it was always going to be an uphill task.

The Multan Sultans bowlers held their nerves in the end and eked out a narrow win by 9 runs. However they should be deflated after conceding 253 runs. Earlier in the day, it was an incredible knock from Usman Khan as he treated the Rawalpindi crowd to some electrifying strokeplay. The carnage didn’t stop as he scored 120 off just 43 deliveries and paved way for a massive score of 262 in their allotted 20 overs.

What an incredible effort from the Quetta Gladiators as they just fall 9 runs short of a mammoth 263-run target. The Multan Sultans managed to held their nerves and scrape through with a 9 run victory. The star performers for Multan was Usman Khan with the bat and Abbas Affridi with the ball. With that, Quetta have been eliminated from the tournament.

overs

253 /8 score

5nb

runs

Qais Ahmad *

17 (7)

Naveen-ul-Haq

17 (7)

Anwar Ali

1 /44

19.6 Anwar Ali to Qais Ahmad, BOOM! 33rd SIX OFF THE MATCH! Full-toss down leg, Qais smacks the bones out of it by slogging it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. SIX!! It is still Multan Sultans who win by nine runs!

19.5 Anwar Ali to Naveen-ul Haq, yorker outside-off, Naveen jams it to cover-point for a single

19.4 Anwar Ali to Qais Ahmad, full and wide of off, Qais looks to go big but he skies it to covers where Rilee Rossouw gets under the high ball and puts it down. Single taken!

19.3 Anwar Ali to Naveen-ul Haq, full-toss, Naveen moves across and tries to scoop it over the keeper but he gets an edge which rolls to backward square-leg. Single taken!

New world record set here at Rawalpindi. Most runs scored in the history of T20 cricket.

19.2 Anwar Ali to Naveen-ul Haq, INSIDE-EDGED FOR A BOUNDARY! Yorker outside-off, Naveen looks to move across and play a helicopter shot but he manages to get an inside-edge which evades the stumps and reaches the fence for a boundary!

19.1 Anwar Ali to Qais Ahmad, low full-toss wide of off, Qais reaches out and plays it to the left of mid-off. Single taken

19.1 Anwar Ali to Qais Ahmad, full on the stumps, Qais thumps it down the ground for a boundary. FOUR! No-ball also called. Seems like it is a back-toot no-ball!

Anwar Ali [2-0-29-1] is back into the attack.

On a flat deck, Afridi will be very happy with his bowling performance. A fifer including a hat-trick and he could be the new Player of the Match contender. The Gladiators haven't quite given up yet and will still give a shot at the target.

overs

234 /8 score

1wd

runs

Qais Ahmad *

5 (3)

Naveen-ul-Haq

11 (4)

Abbas Afridi

5 /47