Multan Sultans v Lahore Qalandars Match 7 Highlights

This is the 7th Match according to the PSL 9 Schedule.

Here are the highlights between Multan Sultans 2024 Team Players and Lahore Qalandars PSL 9 Team Players. The match is played on 21 February. It was the series opener played at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

So if you missed this match, then don’t worry. We got you covered here. So without any delay, let’s get right into it.

Multan Cricket Stadium
Match	Multan Sultan v Lahore Qalandar
Date	21 February 2024
Time	7 PM
Umpires	Chris Gaffaney
	Rashid Riaz
TV umpire	Faisal Afridi
Reserve umpire	Abdul Muqeet
Match Referee	Ali Naqvi

Toss

Lahore Qalandars won the toss and chose to bat first.

Playing 11

Multan Sultans	Lahore Qalandars
Mohammad Rizwan Wicketkeeper Batter	Fakhar Zaman Opening Batter
Dawid Malan Top-Order Batter	Sahibzada Farhan Middle-Order Batter
Reeza Hendricks Opening Batter	Rassie van der Dussen Top-Order Batter
Yasir Khan Top-Order Batter	Abdullah Shafique Top-Order Batter
Iftikhar Ahmed Middle-Order Batter	Sikandar Raza Batting Allrounder
Khushdil Shah Middle-Order Batter	George Linde Allrounder
David Willey Bowling Allrounder	Carlos Brathwaite Allrounder
Usama Mir Bowler	Shaheen Shah Afridi Bowler
Abbas Afridi Bowler	Jahandad Khan Allrounder
Mohammad Ali Bowler	Haris Rauf Bowler
Shahnawaz Dahani Bowler	Zaman Khan Bowler

First Innings – Lahore Qalandars

Lahore Qalandars 166-5 (20 overs)
BATTING	BOWLING
Rassie van der Dussen 54 (37)	Mohammad Ali 2-28
Fakhar Zaman 41 (36)	Usama Mir 1-25
Sikandar Raza 23 (16)	Abbas Afridi 1-34
TARGET	167 RUNS in 20 overs

• Fakhar appeared to be having one of his nights, but after the powerplay, he lost his timing and plodded around.
• Rassie was the standout player, and his wicket came at the wrong time for Lahore.
• A handful of contributions from Raza and Jahandad pushed Lahore to surpass 160.
• Multan’s catching was awful, with Khushdil losing two and Mir one.
• But all is well in their camp, as Rizwan walks to the fielder who slips a catch and pats him on the back with supportive words.
• Mohammad Ali was again the highlight of the bowlers. Multan Sultans has struck a gold mine by finding this one. Luckily, they aren’t feeling the absence of Ihsanullah.

Second Innings – Multan Sultans

Multan Sultans 170-5 (19 overs)
BATTING	BOWLING
Mohammad Rizwan 82 (59)	Shaheen Shah Afridi 2-25
Iftikhar Ahmed 34 (11)	Zaman Khan 2-52
David Willey 25 (23)	George Linde 1-26
RESULT	Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets

• Rizwan basically carried the entire team in this inning. Zaman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, and Linde picked up those early wickets, leaving Rizwan in dismay
• However, these are the conditions where Rizwan shines the most. He stuck at one end and kept the score going, David Willey spent some time with Rizwan on the crease, helping him take the score to a safer point.
• After this, Multan Sultans needed someone to boost the innings past the target. And this is where IftiMania went hard. Iftikhar Ahmad scored 34 runs in 11 deliveries, hitting the final nail in the coffin.
• Overall, it was an admirable effort from Mohammad Rizwan and co to win the third match in succession.
• Multan Sultans have played pretty well considering their team combination has totally changed.

Man of the match

Mohammad Rizwan deserves this man of the match award for his resilience in this chase effort.