Multan Sultans 185 for 4 (Rizwan 69, Charles 53, Amir 2-40) beat Quetta Gladiators 106 (Yousuf 37, Willey 3-22, Mir 3-22) by 79 runs
Sultans led the factors desk with seven wins and can tackle No. 2 Peshawar Zalmi (12 factors) within the Qualifier on Thursday with the winner advancing to the ultimate.
It was a wake-up name for the revamped Gladiators, who shall be enjoying their first PSL playoffs after 4 years. They’ll meet Islamabad United within the Eliminator on Thursday.
Gladiators’ chase bought derailed within the third over when Jason Roy’s run of poor kind continued as Willey (3-22) had him trapped leg earlier than wicket and Saud Shakeel (14) bought run-out.
Willey then knocked again captain Rilee Rossouw’s leg stump with an impeccable yorker contained in the powerplay and Laurie Evans spooned a dolly to midwicket.
Mir (3-22), the main wicket-taker of the match, then eliminated the Gladiators’ top-scorer Omair Yousuf (37) earlier than he shortly ran by means of the tailenders to offer Sultans and emphatic victory with greater than 4 overs to spare.
Earlier, Rizwan smashed his fourth half-century this season and Charles upped the ante within the demise overs together with his 29-ball knock earlier than Iftikhar Ahmed supplied a super finish with a quickfire 20 off eight balls.
