Sultans had hopes until the final over as Iftikhar Ahmed was on the crease however Naveen managed to dismiss him.
Peshawar Zalmi defeated Multan Sultans by 5 runs within the ninth match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 9 on the Multan Cricket Stadium on Friday.
The intense match got here to an finish within the final over when Sultans power-hitter Iftikhar Ahmed didn’t maintain his facet going when dealing with Zalmi’s Naveen-ul-Haq.
Chasing the goal of 180, Sultans suffered an early blow when their captain Mohammad Rizwan misplaced his wicket to Luke Wood within the second over.
After Rizwan’s dismissal, Yasir Khan continued the onslaught towards Zalmi’s bowlers, however the right-handed batsman didn’t tempo the innings and misplaced his wicket after contributing 43 runs.
David Malan, taking part in as a gap batsman, got here at quantity. 4 and instantly modified the sport in his favor along with his attacking potential.
The left-handed batsman scored 52 runs in simply 25 balls with the assistance of six fours. After Malan’s wicket, Sultans couldn’t save their wickets.
It appeared that the match would take a dramatic flip when Usama Mir got here to bat and hit two sixes in two balls. However, he misplaced his wicket in an try to hit one other six on the third ball.
Sultans had hopes until the final over as Iftikhar Ahmed was on the crease however Naveen managed to lure the right-hander when the Blues wanted six runs from simply two balls. After Iftikhar, Dahani got here to bat however was bowled on the final ball of the match and Zalmi finally gained the match in PSL 9.
Batting first, Zalmi didn’t have a superb begin and star opener Sam Ayub returned to the pavilion after scoring simply 7 runs and have become the sufferer of Shahnawaz Dahani within the fourth over.
However, after shedding the primary wicket, one other teen Hasibullah Khan got here to bat and gave Zalmi the much-needed spark by opening his innings by clear bowling Sultans’ Iftikhar Ahmed.
The left-handed batsman scored 37 runs in simply 18 balls, however he didn’t defend himself towards Usama Mir, who had additionally dismissed Babar Azam in his earlier over.
After Hasibullah’s dismissal, Paul Walter performed a fast innings scoring 16 runs in 8 balls, however he additionally needed to return to the pavilion after shedding his wicket by the hands of David Willey.
While Mohammad Haris failed to offer momentum to the innings, Rovman Powell performed an important innings, scoring 21 runs with 4 fours in 11 balls earlier than shedding his wicket to Willey.
Wickets saved falling and Zalmi ended their innings with 179-8 runs within the stipulated overs.
Willey, Mohammad Ali and Usama Mir took two wickets every whereas Dahani and Abbas Afridi managed to take one wicket every.
