Karachi Kings defeating the top-ranked Multan Sultans by a large margin

by CricDirect & HBL PSL Sunday 26 February 2023

Matthew Wade and Tayyab Tahir

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Karachi Kings dominated Multan Sultans and secured a convincing 66-run win over the visiting team at their home ground. Arena on Sunday evening. Multan Sultans, playing their first match out of Multan, were all out for a paltry 101 in 16.3 overs after they were set 168 to win.

Match Summary

Karachi Kings 167/3 (20 ov)

Multan Sultans 101/10 (16.3 ov)

Karachi Kings won by 66 runs.

SCORECARD

Tayyab Tahir had a fantastic HBL Pakistan Super League debut as the right-hander scored 65 off 46 (eight fours and a six) after Mohammad Rizwan inserted Karachi Kings.

Tayyab, who earned a maiden call up in Pakistan’s ODI squad for a series against New Zealand in January, put a solid 109-run partnership with Matthew Wade, who scored 46 off 47.

Both were dismissed by Ihsanullah (two for 22), while Anwar Ali removed James Vince (27 off 12) as Karachi Kings made 167 for three.

The second half of the match was dominated by Karachi Kings’ spinners as Shoaib Malik (three for 16), Tabraiz Shamsi (three for 18) and Imad Wasim (two for 34) took eight wickets, while left-arm pacer Akif Javed took two wickets for eight.

The partnership of 41 between Shan Masood (25 off 16) and Mohammad Rizwan (29 off 25) was the only positive for Multan Sultans. The fall of the former in the fifth over sparked a collapse which no batter below the order could arrest.

Multan Sultans remain at the top of the points table with four wins and two defeats in six matches. Karachi Kings now have two wins from six matches and move to third, ahead of Lahore Qalandars because of a better net run rate.

Match Stats

Karachi Kings Fall of wickets: 1-32 (James Vince - 3.1 ov), 2-141 (Tayyab Tahir - 16.6 ov), 3-148 (Matthew Wade - 18.2 ov)

Multan Sultans Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Shan Masood - 4.6 ov), 2-57 (Rilee Rossouw - 6.5 ov), 3-68 (David Miller - 9.1 ov), 4-70 (Mohammad Rizwan - 10.1 ov), 5-76 (Khushdil Shah - 11.6 ov), 6-88 (Usama Mir - 13.2 ov), 7-95 (Carlos Brathwaite - 14.1 ov), 8-97 (Akeal Hosein - 14.4 ov), 9-101 (Anwar Ali - 15.3 ov), 10-101 (Abbas Afridi - 16.3 ov)

Playing XI

Karachi Kings: Matthew Wade(WK), James Vince, Tayyab Tahir, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim(C), Ben Cutting, Irfan Khan, Aamer Yamin, Musa Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Akif Javed

Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan(WK/C), Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Khushdil Shah, Carlos Brathwaite, Anwar Ali, Akeal Hosein, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, hsanullah

Match Details:

Date: Sunday, February 26, 2023 09:00

Venue: National Stadium, Karachi

Toss: Multan Sultans won the toss & elected to field

Officials Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan) Martin Saggers (England TV)

Match Referee: Iftikhar Ahmed (Pakistan)