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Multan Sultans beat Quetta Gladiators by 9 runs in a scintillating affair in Match 28 of the continuing Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday, March 11. The highest-tier league has witnessed quite a few matches being showered with 200+ scores and such was the case when Multan locked horns with Quetta.

Opting to subject first, Quetta have been already in backfoot because the rival aspect swiftly hit the bottom working. opener usman khan was at his ravaging greatest in opposition to a hapless Quetta bowling unit as he smashed his century in simply 36 balls.

With this, he surpassed teammate Rilee Rossouw’s document (41 balls) of the quickest century within the historical past of the PSL. In the meantime, skipper Mohammad Rizwan too hammered the rival unit as he acquired a quickfire 29-ball 55 and raised a partnership of 157 runs.

Usman concluded his innings with 12 fours and 9 sixes to his identify with a rating of 120 off 43 balls. Following their dismissals, Tim David and explosive hitter Kieron Pollard prolonged their dominance as they acquired the boundaries and maximums with ease. The duo remained unbeaten and put up a 58-run partnership to steer the aspect to realize a mammoth 262 runs. In the meantime, Qais Ahmad was the one bowler with two wickets to his identify.

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Gladiators combat again whereas chasing

Following the primary innings, Multan already appeared clear favorites to clinch the 2 factors. Nevertheless, one can’t simply neglect the comeback made by Quetta Gladiators earlier, after they chased 240 of their earlier outing, courtesy of Jason Roy’s carnage.

Nevertheless, Anwar Ali took the onus of denting his goals of chasing a second 200+ complete as he acquired the very important scalp of Roy for simply 14 runs. Nevertheless, Martin Guptill and Omair Yousuf started firing for the aspect and have been relentless of their combat throughout the chase.

Guptill acquired a 14-ball 37 whereas Yousuf scored 67 in simply 36 balls earlier than the duo was despatched again to the dugout by younger sensation Ihsanullah. Simply when the sport gave the impression to be slipping away, Iftikhar Ahmed stepped up and scored a sensational fifty off simply 31 balls which included 4 boundaries and as many maximums.

Down the middle-order got here Umar Akmal, who tried to place up a present in Rawalpindi along with his maximums. Nevertheless, Abbas Afridi’s hat-trick stole the sport away from Quetta. Multan ultimately gained the competition by 9 runs. Curiously, a document 515 runs have been scored within the contest which turned probably the most runs scored in a single match within the historical past of T20 cricket.