11th Pakistan Super League, Multan Sultans win by 6 wickets against Hyderabad Kingsmen

Hyderabad Kingsmen scored 225 runs for 5 wickets, Multan Sultans achieved the desired target by 4 wickets) The eighth match of the 11th HBL Pakistan Super League was played between Hyderabad Kingsmen and Multan Sultans at the Gaddafi Stadium. Hyderabad Kingsmen captain Marnus Labuschagne won the toss and decided to bat first. Hyderabad Kings scored 225 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Openers Moaz Sadaqat and Sayem Ayub made a lot of trouble for the Multan Sultans bowlers. Moaz Sadaqat used his aggressive strokes freely and showed the Multan Sultans bowlers the right path to the boundaries. He completed his brilliant half-century with the help of 5 fours and 5 towering sixes. He scored 62 runs, Sayem Ayub scored 27 runs with the help of three fours and a six, Irfan Niazi scored 22 runs, Saad Ali scored 23 runs while Sharjeel Khan showed brilliant batting and scored 51 runs. For Multan Sultans, Wasim Junior dismissed 2 batters while Ashton Turner, Peter Siddle and Mohammad Nawaz took one wicket each. Hyderabad Kingsmen set a target of 226 runs for Multan Sultans, in response to which Multan Sultans achieved the desired target in the 19th overs for the loss of 4 wickets, scoring 227 runs. Multan Sultans openers Sahibzada Farhan and Steve Smith took an aggressive approach as soon as they came to the wicket and kept throwing the ball outside the boundary line. The openers made a partnership of 104 runs in a rain of fours and sixes. The first wicket fell in the 9th over for 104 runs when Steve Smith scored 46 runs with the help of four sixes and 2 fours before being caught on the boundary line by Irfan Niazi off the ball of Ehsan Khan. Sahibzada Farhan maintained his aggressive style and took the team’s total score to the desired target. Along with him, Irfan Minhas also increased the score and played an important role in bringing the team to victory. Sahibzada Irfan scored an unbeaten century. He scored 106 runs and was not out with the help of 7 sixes and 7 fours. Shan Masood scored 29 runs, and Arafat Minhas scored 26 runs not out. Thus, Multan Sultans won this match by 6 wickets. Saim Ayub was successful in taking 2 wickets for Hyderabad Kingsmen, while Ehsan Niazi and Mahesh Thekshan took one wicket each. Sahibzada Farhana of Multan Sultans was declared the player of the match.
The umpiring duties in the match were performed by Asif Yaqoob and Chris Gaffney, while the TV umpire was Sharaf al-Dawla, the match referee was Roshan Mahnama, and the official scorers were Azhar Hussain + Sajid Usman, while the press gallery scorers were Zahoor Alam + Muhammad Kazim.