Multan Sultans 170 for 5 (Rizwan 82, Ifthikar 34*, Afridi 2-25) beat Lahore Qalandars 166 for 5 (van der Dussen 54, Fakhar 41, Ali 2-28) by 5 wickets
Qalandars’ much-trumpeted tempo assault, led by Shaheen Shah Afridi, has now did not defend in three successive video games, as Haris Rauf continued to wrestle and Zaman Khan additionally proving costly (2-52).
Sultans now sit fairly on high of the desk with six factors from three straight dwelling wins, whereas Qalandars are but to get first win underneath their belt.
Iftikhar wiped the hopes of Qalandars for its first win with a strong knock of unbeaten 34 off 11 balls after the house group wanted 21 off the final two overs.
The inclusion of left-arm spinner George Linde (1 for 26) of South Africa appeared to have beefed up Qalandars’ bowling within the absence of injured Rashid Khan when he bowled brilliantly within the center overs after Qalandars posted 166 for 5, however Iftikhar’s onslaught towards Zaman sealed the sport.
Earlier, Rassie van der Dussen (54) scored his second half-century in three video games and Fakhar Zaman made 41 as they placed on 94 runs for the second-wicket stand and pushed for a daunting whole earlier than Sultans pulled again regardless of dropping 4 catches.
