Pakistan Tremendous League 2023 continued to fascinate cricket followers on Saturday, March 11 as Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans locked horns in match 28 of the event on the Pindi Membership Floor, Rawalpindi. Persevering with the custom of the previous couple of video games performed at Rawalpindi, Multan Sultans posted an enormous 262/3 of their allotted 20 overs.
In reply, Gladiators had been within the hunt at 195/5 after 16 overs, nonetheless, a hat trick by Abbas Afridi within the loss of life overs helped Sultans cease them at 253/8 of their allotted 20 overs.
After choosing up the prized scalps of Mohammad Hafeez for simply 1 and set-batter Iftikhar Ahmed in his first two overs. Afridi dismissed Mohammad Nawaz (16) and Umaid Asif (for a golden duck) on the final two balls of the 17th over.
He additional ended the dangerous-looking Umar Akmal’s keep on the crease on the primary ball of the subsequent over. Akmal mistimed a full toss and which went straight to Tim David at lengthy off and have become Afridi’s third consecutive scalp in as many deliveries and helped him finishing his hat-trick.
He additionally accomplished his fifer with Akmal’s wicket and completed the match with figures of 5/47 in 4 overs. Gladiators nonetheless managed to get near Sultans’ complete as they completed their innings on 253/8 shedding the match by simply 9 runs.
Usman Khan scored the quickest hundred in PSL historical past
Coming again to the primary innings, after being put in to bat first, Sultans fortunately accepted the chance and commenced taking Gladiators’ bowlers to the cleaners from the primary ball itself. They promoted Usman Khan to the highest and he repaid the religion of the crew administration by scoring the fastest-ever hundred in PSL historical past reaching the landmark off simply 36 balls.
Usman was lastly dismissed on 120 off 43 balls smashing 12 fours and 9 sixes in his innings. Mohammad Rizwan (55 off 29 balls) and Tim David (43* off 25) took Sultans to the highest-ever complete in PSL historical past. From Gladiators, Qais Ahmed registered the costliest spell in T20 cricket as he completed with figures of two/77 in 4 overs.
In reply, Omair Yusuf (67 off 36) and Iftikhar Ahmed (53 off 31) had been the highest scorers from Gladiators.
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