Multan Sultans 145 for five (Hendricks 58, Rizwan 43, Naseem 2-27) beat Islamabad United 144 (Salman 52, Cox 41, Ali 3-19, Afridi 3-33) by 5 wickets
Multan Sultans restricted the batting energy of Islamabad United via tempo and notched their second straight win within the Pakistan Tremendous League on Tuesday.
Quick bowler Mohammad Ali grabbed 3-19 as he swung the brand new ball properly and delivered some eye-catching yorkers within the demise overs to bowl out Islamabad for 144.
Reeza Hendricks then adopted his unbeaten 79 in Sultans’ win over Karachi Kings with 58 off 46 balls to steer final 12 months’s finalists to 145-5 for a five-wicket win within the final over.
Islamabad had been let down by some sloppy fielding as Imad Wasim dropped first Hendricks after which Mohammad Rizwan, who went on to attain 43 off 33 balls in a 71-run stand with Hendricks.
Naseem Shah, getting back from a shoulder damage, bowled an eventful first over when he clear bowled Dawid Malan for zero because the quick bowler regarded to get into rhythm with figures of two for 27 off his 4 overs.
Islamabad misplaced the wickets of Alex Hales and Colin Munro cheaply contained in the batting powerplay after Rizwan gained the toss and elected to subject.
Ali shattered the stumps of Munro with a pointy supply that darted into the lefthander from across the wicket and Hales was caught at deep sq. leg whereas making an attempt an enormous shot towards David Willey.
Agha Salman (52) and Jordan Cox (41) each capitalized on dropped catches by Khushdil Shah and raised a 68-run stand. Leg-spinner Usama Mir (2-29) chipped in with fast wickets of Cox and power-hitter Azam Khan that pushed again Islamabad.
Islamabad captain Shadab Khan, who scored a prolific half-century in Islamabad’s opening win over Lahore Qalandars, added 35 with Salman, however Abbas Afridi (3-33) and Ali struck with common intervals within the demise overs earlier than the Islamabad innings folded.
Afridi diversified his tempo intelligently and had Shadab clear bowled off a size ball after which Khushdil made amends of his two early fielding lapses by having Salman caught within the deep off Afridi’s leg-cutter.
Ali wrapped up the tail by grabbing two wickets within the final over earlier than working out Naseem off the final ball.
Multan joined Quetta Gladiators atop the desk with 4 factors from two wins whereas Islamabad has two factors from two video games.
