LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars set 181 runs target for Multan Sultans in the final match of the seventh edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Sunday at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Earlier today, Lahore Qalandars won the toss and decided to bat first against Multan Sultans.
Batting first, Lahore Qalandars lost some early wickets. Sultans’ Asif Afridi sent Fakhar Zaman at 3 runs and Abdullah Shafique at 14 back to pavilion while David Willey got the wicket of Zeeshan Ashraf at 7.
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Qalandars got their hopes back again when Muhamad Hafeez came and retaliated against the Sultans’ bowling attack until he was caught by Shan Masood on Shahnawaz Dahani’s bowl. Hafeez scored 69 runs off 45 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six.
Crushing the Sultans’ bowlers, Harry Brook played a decent innings for the Qalandars and added 41 runs off 22 bowls on Qalandars’ scoreboard.
David Weise, just like his last innnings, hammered some amazing hits and helped Qalandars’ sailing towards a competitive total of 181 runs in the limited 20 overs. Weise scored 28-runs off just 8 balls smashing 3 sixes and 1 four.
In the bowling, Asif Ali took 3 wickets while both Shahnawaz Dahani and David Willey took one wicket each.
The President Arif Alvi and Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar along with chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are also present in the house to witness PSL 7 final.
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Squads:
Multan Sultans: Muhammad Rizwan (c, wk), Amir Azmat, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Tim David, David Willey, Khushdil Shah, Asif Afridi, Rumman Raees, Imran Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani.
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Muhammad Hafeez, Zeeshan Ashraf (wk), Harry Brook, David Weise, Samit Patel, Shaheen Shah Afridi (c) , Zaman Khan, Haris Rauf.
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