RAWALPINDI – Quetta Gladiators beat Multan Sultans in the last-ball thriller at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday to secure top position on the PSL points table.
Chasing a 186-run target for the victory, Gladiators crossed the finish line on the last ball with two wickets to spare.
Player of the match Hasan Nawaz was the top scorer for the Gladiators with 67 runs, followed by Khawaja Nafay, who contributed 51 runs. Skipper Saud Shakeel made 18 runs, Dinesh Chandimal 17 and Faheem Ashraf 16 runs. Shahid Aziz took three wickets and Mohammad Hasnain, Ubaid Shah and Peter Hatzoglou one each, while Mohammad Wasim Jr and Abrar Ahmed were run out.
After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Multan Sultans managed 185/7 in the allocated 20 overs despite losing the key wicket of skipper Mohammad Rizwan (4) early.
Opener Yasir Khan was the highest scorer for the Sultans with 45 runs, followed by Tayyab Tahir, who made 36. Shahid Aziz contributed 29 runs, Jahanzaib Sultan 25, Muhammad Amir Barki 21 and Hamayun Altaf 16 runs.
Usman Tariq bagged three wickets while Abrar Ahmed, Khurram Shahzad, Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Wasim Jr took one wicket each.
Multan Sultans Playing XI: Mohammad Rizwan (capt, wk), Yasir Khan, Jahanzeb Sultan, Tayyab Tahir, Humayun Altaf, Mohammad Amir Barki, Shahid Aziz, Peter Hatzoglou, Dilshan Madhushanka, Mohammad Hasnain, Ubaid Shah
Quetta Gladiators Playing XI: Saud Shakeel (capt), Avishka Fernando, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nafay, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Danish Aziz, Faheem Ashraf, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq, Mohammad Wasim, Khurram Shahzad
