Multan beat Karachi. (PSL)PSL 2023, Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Match Updates: Multan Sultans beat Karachi Kings in Match 11 on February 22.
This was after the Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first in Multan. Mohammad Rizwan’s hundred powered his team to 196/2 in overs.
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In reply, the Kings also got off to a magnificent start as Matthew Wade and James Vince added 72 runs for the first wicket. However, their dismissal stemmed the free flow of runs. Imad Wasim played a blinder towards the end of the innings but it was not enough for his team.
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Abbas Afridi steaming in to Imad Wasim and its only a single ! That's it. Sultans WIN! Imad Wasim remains unbeaten on 46 off 26. KRK: 193/5 in 20 overs. WHAT A GAME THAT WAS
Abbas Afridi gets Cutting and is there a twist in the tale? 6 needed from 2 balls.
Its all happening in the last over as Abbas Afridi bowls a chest-high full toss to Imad Wasim who whacks it away for a six and that turns this game on its head. 15 needed from 6
2 back to back sixes by Imad Wasim ! Score after 19 overs, KRK: 175/4 , 22 needed from the last over.
Shoaib Malik is gone after a painstaking 13 and it is brilliant take by Pollard at long on! Slower delivery does the trick for Abbas Afridi. Score after 17 overs, KRK: 149/4
Abbas Afridi [2.0-0-28-0] is back into the attack and the second ball of the over is deposited for a six by Imad Wasim. Karachi need 50 from 20 balls. This is getting interesting now.
SIX! Imad Wasim gets the measure of Khushdil who was guilty of bowling too full outside off and this time the six is 87-metres long. The following over gets the six runs. Score after 15 overs, KRK: 137/3, Karachi Kings need 60 runs in 30 balls
Edged and taken! Khushdil piles further misery on Haider. Score after 13 overs, KRK: 120/3
Vince hit one into the off side and is off for the single, but Haider Ali sends him back. But its too late by then! That was perhaps the only way he was going to get dismissed tonight. Massive wicket for Multan Sultans. James vince departs for 75. Score after 10 overs, KRK: 105/2
SIX! Unreal striking from James Vince, he is toying with Multan Sultans bowlers. Karachi kings 100 up in just 8.5 overs, what a destructive batting performance by James Vince James Vince 74 of 31 balls. Score after 9 overs, KRK: 102/1
Usama Mir gets the breakthrough at last. Wade is gone for 20 off 14. Score after 7 overs, KRK: 79/1
James Vince is going bonkers and smashing everything that is coming his way and this is nicely setting up the chase for Karachi. But he is not done yet and hits Abaas Afridi for another six in the over. Fifty for Vince and it is the fastest fifty in this PSL. Score after 6 overs, KRK: 72/0 , Karachi Kings need 125 runs in 84 balls
SIX, 50 up inside four overs. It was a slower one and Vince makes room and hits it away. This pitch is playing so well for batters! KK scored 190+ earlier last week; they can get to that score again!
James Vince & Mathew Wade are on fire - Carlos Brathwaite is welcomed to the spell with a four by Vince. Then Wade gets the measure of him and whacks him for a six and two fours in a row. 4 1 6 4 4 0 = 19 from the over. Score after 2 overs, KRK: 25/0
Wade and James Vince are at the crease. Wade is on strike. Mohammad Ilyas will open the attack. And we have a boundary in the first over. Matthew Wade drives Mohammad Ilyas past mid-off. Score after 1 over, KRK: 6/0
Drama at the death Kieron Pollard, facing the last ball of the innings, miscued a lofted shot but Mohammad Umar, who called for it, dropped it and results in two more runs. Pretty much sums up the day for Karachi. Rizwan remains unbeaten on 110 and his century powers Multan to 196/2 in 20 overs
WHAT A CENTURY FROM MOHAMMAD RIZWAN! OFF JUST 60 BALLS! Two sixes off Akif Javed's over and then a double takes him to the landmark. Score after 19 overs, MS: 183/1
Rossouw clears his front leg and smashes Umar down the ground! Just what Multan wanted, the Rossouw-Rizwan combo is getting them good runs at the end. Score after 18 overs, MS: 164/1
This time Rizwan shuffles across the off-stump, and waits for Umar who pitches it on length and he smashes it into the fine leg stand for a 79-metre six. Score after 16 overs, MS: 138/1
Mohammad Rizwan hits Malik for two fours in a row and moves to 63. Score after 15 overs, MS: 124/1
Rizwan takes a single and with that the 100 comes up for Multan. "The problem with Rizwan in T20 is that he will be struggling to hit big shots but still not giving his wicket and that costs his team too many dot balls. And I think because of this strategy of him, we lost the asia cup final." - says Abbas on social media. Score after 13 overs, MS: 102/1
Shoaib Malik gets rid off Masood for 51 off 33 as he is out caught by Tahir! Good catch by Tahir as Masood goes for the slogsweep but can't get the timing right and is holed out in the deep. Score after 11 overs, MS: 89/1
A gem of an innings from Masood as he reaches the milestone. He has been the aggressor in this partnership and the main reason for Multan having a good run-rate. Score after 10 overs, MS: 84/0
Shan Masood is on fire! First he gets a boundary of Imad Wasim and then pulls him away for a huge hit. Multan cruising at the moment Score after 7 overs, MS: 61/0
Masood gets 2 runs after slight fumble in the deep of Mohammad Umar and that will be the end of the PowerPlay. Score after 6 overs, MS: 50/0
After a couple of quiet overs, Shan Masood explodes and hits Aamer Yamin for three fours in a row. WOW! First Masood walks down the wicket and hits it over and that forces the bowler to go short but there is no change in result as another boundary arrives. Aamer Yamin then overpitches and this time it is driven. 18 off the over. Score after 4 overs, MS: 35/0
Akif Javed and Aamer Yamin have kept it tight and the duo have allowed just 10 runs in the last two overs. Rizwan and Masood are finding it hard to get by. Score after 3 overs, MS: 19/0
Shan Masood gets a four in the first over Imad Wasim drifted it wide and the batter finds the gap past mid-wicket. Poor fielding in the deep results in a boundary. Score after 1 over, MS: 9/0
Masood and Rizwan are at the crease. Masood is on strike. Imad Wasim will open the attack. LET'S PLAY!
Matthew Wade(w), James Vince, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim(c), Ben Cutting, Irfan Khan, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Umar, Imran Tahir, Akif Javed
Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Kieron Pollard, Khushdil Shah, Carlos Brathwaite, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ilyas, Ihsanullah
Karachi Kings have won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Karachi Kings are placed at the 3rd spot in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2023 points table with one win and 3 losses from their 4 matches of the league. The team has 2 points. Shoaib Malik is the top run-scorer for Karachi Kings with 151 runs at a strike rate of 151. He has struck 5 sixes and 14 fours. Imad Wasim has also made 120 runs at a strike rate of 171.
Best Batters (Runs Scored) – Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans), Shoaib Malik (Karachi Kings)
Best Bowlers (Wickets taken) – Ihsanullah (Multan Sultans), Imad Wasim (Karachi Kings)
Wade, Vince, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Cutting, Irfan Khan, Yamin, Mir Hamza, Imran Tahir, Akif
Masood, Rizwan, Rossouw, Miller, Pollard, Khushdil, Brathwaite, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Ilyas, Ihsanullah
Multan Sultans are sitting pretty at the top of the tree in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2023 points table with 3 wins and one loss from their 4 matches of the league. Currently they have 6 points.
It's Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings today in match 11 of the PSL (Pakistan Super League) which will be played at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Pakistan. Stay tuned for live updates as we build up to the game.