Twitter Reactions: Faheem Ashraf’s 51* helps Islamabad United register thrilling victory over Multan Sultans

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The exhilarating motion continued within the Pakistan Tremendous League 2023 as Islamabad United and Multan Sultans locked horns in Match 24 of the event on Tuesday, March 7 at Pindi Membership Floor, Rawalpindi. The event witnessed one other thriller as Islamabad United received the sport on the penultimate supply of the innings, courtesy of Faheem Ashraf’s unbeaten half-century.

The United captain Shadab Khan received the toss and invited Multan Sultans to bat first. Sultans’ opening duo of Shan Masood and Mohammad Rizwan began off with a bang and added 57 runs for the primary wicket in 37 balls. Captain Shadab Khan bought the primary strike for his facet, dismissing Rizwan for 33(18). He additional removed Rilee Rossouw cheaply leaving Sultans at 99/2 after 10.3 overs.

Nonetheless, Shan Masood carried on together with his innings and bought good help from Tim David as they added 79 runs for the third wicket in 38 balls. Masood scored 75 off 50 whereas David smacked 60 off simply 27 balls. Courtesy of their knocks, Sultans posted a humongous complete of 205/5 of their innings.

In reply, the United misplaced opener Alex Hales early as he was dismissed by Anwar Ali. Anwar additional removed the opposite opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz who scored 25 off 14 balls. After dropping two early wickets, Colin Munro and Shadab Khan bailed their crew out of bother with a 59-run partnership off 30 balls.

The essential partnership got here to an finish as Usama Mir cleaned up Munro (40 off 21). The Sultans additional bought the massive wicket of Azam Khan cheaply as he may solely handle to attain 3 off 9 balls.

Captain Shadab bought a dependable companion in Faheem Ashraf because the duo marched ahead within the chase maintaining with the required run fee. Nonetheless, Shadab (44 off 25) needed to return to the pavilion as he bought his stumps destroyed by Ihsanullah.

Faheem Ashraf scripted an unbelievable win for Islamabad United

Ashraf carried on his innings with some help from the tail. The United required 46 off the final three overs with Ashraf and Mohammad Wasim Jr on the crease. Ashraf pressed on the accelerator and smacked three boundaries within the 18^th over whereas Wasim Jr additionally hit a six within the 19^th over to carry the equation all the way down to 18 to win from the final over.

It was all all the way down to the well-set Faheem who did not disappoint his facet and took them house with one ball to spare. He remained unbeaten on 51*(26) and guided the United to a two-wicket win. Anwar Ali shone with the ball for the Sultans as he scalped three wickets whereas Ihsanullah and Usama Mir picked up two wickets every.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

11:42 PM Could 07, 2023

Rana g nothing is extra stunning than that final over six. That is why every time Islamabad United comes beneath strain, there is just one voice from followers, रणा कू लाव,,, भागाओ परिशरण। @iFaheemAshraf #IUvsMS #MSvIU #PSL8 #PSL

11:42 PM Could 07, 2023

RANA does it once more! The most effective end within the historical past of #PSL Hat-trick of ending video games. Faheem Ashraf doing Ben Stokes. Imagine in him. Again him. He’ll do good most of the time. Good chase and sport sensibility @iFaheemAshraf

11:37 PM Could 07, 2023

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