Match was played at Multan Cricket Stadium.
KARACHI: Multan Sultans recorded their second successive home win
KARACHI: Multan Sultans recorded their second successive home win in the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 by beating Karachi Kings by a comfortable 52-run margin at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Friday.
A fine bowling performance led by spinners Imran Tahir and Shahid Afridi who shared five wickets between them set the tone of Sultans’ comfortable win after their batsmen had set what proved to be a match winning 186 for six first innings score.
Sohail Tanvir who got a four-wicket haul in Sultans win over Peshawar Zalmi on Wednesday took two wickets for 20 runs.
Alex Hales with 29 and Umaid Asif 20 were the only batsmen to offer some resistance in what was a less than inspiring batting performance by the Kings.
Batting first after being asked to bat at the toss, Sultans posted a formidable 186 for six total in their allotted 20 overs courtesy half-centuries by opener and man-of-the-match Moeen Ali and captain Shan Masood.
The two added 71 runs for the second wicket partnership after Zeeshan Ashraf (23 off 13 balls) had provided the hosts a flying start in a 31-run opening stand with Moeen.
Moeen hit four fours and as many sixes in his 65-run innings that came off 42 balls; he was the second wicket to fall. Shan also faced 42 balls scoring 61 runs with the help of seven fours and one six.
Khushdil Shah (10) was the only other batsman to reach double figures as Sultans innings was built on the contributions by Moeen and Shan.
Pacers Mohammad Amir and Chris Jordan took two wickets each for Kings, Amir conceding 27 and Jordan conceding 29 runs respectively in their four over spells.
Karachi Kings: 134/10
MUBARAK HO MULTAN
It's all over - a CRUSHING win for the Sultans. They win by 52 runs as Amir is castled by Tanvir to end the innings.@KarachiKingsARY 134/10 (17.1)#MSvKK #HBLPSLV
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 28, 2020
Wicket for Multan Sultans!
Good catch by Ravi Bopara. Umaid Asif gone after scoring 20.
16th Over
Karachi Kings: 130/8
Umaid Asif: 13, Umar Khan: 1
Wicket for Multan Sultans!
Iftikhar is the latest batsman of Karachi Kings walking back to the dugout. He scored 14.
15th Over
Karachi Kings: 120/7
Umaid Asif: 11, Iftikhar Ahmed: 14
14th Over
Karachi Kings: 113/7
Umaid Asif: 7, Iftikhar Ahmed: 12
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Wicket for Multan Sultans!
Imran Tahir gets his third wicket of the night, Chris Jordan trapped in-front of the stumps after scoring seven.
13th Over
Karachi Kings: 99/6
Chris Jordan: 7, Iftikhar Ahmed: 5
87/6!!
KYA SCENE HAI 🤩🤩🤩#MSvKK#JanoobKiPehchaan#LetsPlaySaeen
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
UNCLE AAP KE GHAR BALL AYI HAI...
Look at the state of the window in the Multan Stadium after Chadwick Walton's six crashed right through it! #MSvKK #HBLPSLV pic.twitter.com/eosVca1qba
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 28, 2020
#KarachiKings - 96/6 - 12 Overs - 2nd Innings#IftikharAhmed - 3 (6)#ChrisJordan - 6 (4)#HBLPSLV #3rdMatch #MSvKK#YehHaiKarachi @Ifti221 @CJordan pic.twitter.com/0NE2af3IHJ
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
12th Over
Karachi Kings: 96/6
Chris Jordan: 6, Iftikhar Ahmed: 3
11th Over
Karachi Kings: 87/6
Chris Jordan: 0, Iftikhar Ahmed: 1
UFFF WE LOVE YOU MULTAN!
Another brilliant, noisy house-full crowd in the city of saints!#MSvKK #HBLPSLV #TayyarHain pic.twitter.com/XNDNThjhUb
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 28, 2020
Wicket for Multan Sultans!
Second wicket for Imran Tahir, as he removes Chadwick Walton. Good catch by Khushdil Shah.
10th Over
Karachi Kings: 75/5
Chadwick Walton: 5, Iftikhar Ahmed: 0
Wicket for Multan Sultans!
Second wicket for Shahid Afridi, this time it was Imad Wasim, who has to go back to dugout. Good catch behind the stumps.
OUT! 9.4 - S Afridi to I Wasim
Watch ball by ball highlights at:https://t.co/TK2kM1H07z#HBLPSLV #TayyarHain #MSvKK@_cricingif pic.twitter.com/c6sqEkqWut
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
9th Over
Karachi Kings: 70/4
Chadwick Walton: 3, Imad Wasim: 1
Wicket for Multan Sultans!
Imran Tahir removes Cameron Delport (8)
OUT! 8.1 - I Tahir to C Delport
Watch ball by ball highlights at:https://t.co/TK2kM1H07z#HBLPSLV #TayyarHain #MSvKK@_cricingif pic.twitter.com/yrfC3oFyDx
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
8th Over
Karachi Kings: 68/3
Chadwick Walton: 2, Cameron Delport: 8
Wicket for Multan Sultans!
Shahid Afridi strikes for Sultans as he removes Alex Hales (29)
OUT! 7.5 - S Afridi to A Hales
Watch ball by ball highlights at:https://t.co/TK2kM1H07z#HBLPSLV #TayyarHain #MSvKK@_cricingif pic.twitter.com/6HLEWcuyGO
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
7th Over
Karachi Kings: 64/2
Alex Hales: 28, Cameron Delport: 7
End of Powerplay
Karachi Kings: 55/2
Alex Hales: 26, Cameron Delport: 0
At the end of Power-Play #KarachiKings is 55/2 - 6 Overs - 2nd Innings#AlexHales - 26 (15)#CameronDelport - 0 (0)#HBLPSLV #3rdMatch #MSvKK#YehHaiKarachi @AlexHales1 @Cam12Delport pic.twitter.com/Y2ciNrHizH
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
5th Over
Karachi Kings: 46/2
Alex Hales: 16, Cameron Delport: 0
Wicket for Multan Sultans!
Mohammad Irfan got the prize wicket of Babar Azam. He scored 13.
OUT! 4.5 - M Irfan to B Azam
Watch ball by ball highlights at:https://t.co/TK2kM1H07z#HBLPSLV #TayyarHain #MSvKK@_cricingif pic.twitter.com/eXwxUn6eFO
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
4th Over
Karachi Kings: 43/1
Alex Hales: 15, Babar Azam: 12
3rd Over
Karachi Kings: 26/1
Alex Hales: 4, Babar Azam: 6
2nd Over
Karachi Kings: 19/1
Alex Hales: , Babar Azam: 3
Wicket for Multan Sultans!
Moeen Ali trapped Sharjeel in-front of stumps. He scored 16.
OUT! 1.6 - M Ali to S Khan
Watch ball by ball highlights at:https://t.co/TK2kM1H07z#HBLPSLV #TayyarHain #MSvKK@_cricingif pic.twitter.com/84mIqiyIJD
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
#MSvKK #2ndInning Update: That's #King's style Sharjeel is off the mark with a 6! #KarachiKings #3rdMatch #HBLPSLV #YehHaiKarachi pic.twitter.com/SRNPoNpbdc
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
1st Over
Karachi Kings: 11/0
Sharjeel Khan: 11, Babar Azam: 0
End of Innings
Multan Sultans: 186/6
Shahid Afridi: 1, Sohail Tanvir: 2
Wicket for Karachi Kings!
Chris Jordan removes Khushdil Shah, who scored 10.
Multan Sultans: 180/5
19th Over
Shahid Afridi: 0, Khushdil Shah: 7
Wicket for Karachi Kings!
Muhammad Amir removes Ravi Bopara, who scored nine.
Multan Sultans: 173/4
18th Over
Ravi Bopara: 9, Khushdil Shah: 2
Wicket for Karachi Kings!
What a delivery by Chris Jordan to remove Shan Masood, who scored 61.
#MSvKK #1stInning Update: Have a look at the beautiful dismissal of S.Masood by #King Jordan! #KarachiKings #3rdMatch #HBLPSLV #YehHaiKarachi pic.twitter.com/YrkG2QfmFt
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
Multan Sultans: 163/3
17th Over
Shan Masood: 61, Ravi Bopara: 1
Kaptaan ki #Shandar half century!
🤩#MSvKK#janoobkipehchaan #LetsPlaySaeen pic.twitter.com/CSc0lyQ7MS
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
Multan Sultans: 147/3
16th Over
Shan Masood: 46, Ravi Bopara:
Wicket for Karachi Kings!
Rilee Rossouw hits straight in hands of Babar Azam. He scored eight runs for the Sultans.
Multan Sultans: 132/2
15th Over
Shan Masood: 33, Rilee Rossouw: 7
What will be our final score against Karachi Kings?#MSvKK#JanoobKiPehchaan#LetsPlaySaeen
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
Multan Sultans: 119/2
14th Over
Shan Masood: 25, Rilee Rossouw: 2
Loving the crowd and these creative posters in Multan!#MSvKK#JanoobKiPehchaan#LetsPlaySaeen pic.twitter.com/VFc1KEACDf
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
Multan Sultans: 113/2
13th Over
Shan Masood: 20, Rilee Rossouw: 1
Multan Sultans: 103/2
12th Over
Shan Masood: 12, Rilee Rossouw:
Wicket for the Kings
Umaid removes Moeen Ali, who departed after scoring 65. He struck four boundaries and same number of maximum in his entertaining knock.
100 up for Sultans with nine wickets in hand.
Multan Sultans: 98/1
11th Over
Shan Masood: 11, Moeen Ali: 61
Your favorite host #FahadMustafa and pop sensation #AsimAzhar are here at #Multan, supporting their favorite team #KarachiKings in today’s match #MSvKK #HBLPSLV #YehHaiKarachi @fahadmustafa26 @AsimAzharr @thePSLt20 pic.twitter.com/Gs0xJVmXFM
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
Multan Sultans: 92/1
10th Over
Shan Masood: 9, Moeen Ali: 57
Chris Jordan drops Moeen Ali, a difficult chance!
#MultanSultans - 92/1 - 10 Overs - 1st Innings#Moeen - 57 (33)#Shan - 9 (14)#HBLPSLV #KarachiKings #3rdMatch #MSvKK#YehHaiKarachi pic.twitter.com/WoOx979hlj
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
Fiery fifty 🔥
What a knock!#HBLPSLV #MSvKK pic.twitter.com/5J4l8KKsbb
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 28, 2020
MOEEN 🤩🤩🤩
Keep giving us boundaries 🏟️🏏 pic.twitter.com/X0vyKZkcu7
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
Multan Sultans: 71/1
9th Over
Shan Masood: 9, Moeen Ali: 37
Moeen Ali dropped again, this time by Alex Hales.
Multan Sultans: 64/1
8th Over
Shan Masood: 6, Moeen Ali: 34
Multan Sultans: 60/1
7th Over
Shan Masood: 5, Moeen Ali: 31
#MSvKK #1stInning Update: 1st wicket celebrations at the Kings' Camp✌️✌️#KarachiKings #3rdMatch #HBLPSLV #YehHaiKarachi pic.twitter.com/aYIjEPQx2W
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
At the end of Power-Play; #MultanSultans are 48/1 - 6 Overs - 1st Innings#Moeen - 20 (19)#Shan - 4 (4)#HBLPSLV #KarachiKings #3rdMatch #MSvKK#YehHaiKarachi pic.twitter.com/Rpss8z20mV
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
End of Powerplay
Multan Sultans: 48/1
Shan Masood: 4, Moeen Ali: 20
Multan Sultans: 39/1
5th Over
Shan Masood: 1 , Moeen Ali: 14
Iftikhar removes dangerous Zeeshan, who scored 23 for Sultans.
#MSvKK #1stInning Update: And here comes the 1st wicket of #Sultans Z. Ashraf out ... Good catch #Babar! #KarachiKings #3rdMatch #HBLPSLV #YehHaiKarachi pic.twitter.com/RZmUTrVYLR
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
Multan Sultans: 31/0
4th Over
Zeeshan Ashraf: 23, Moeen Ali: 7
#MultanSultans - 18/0 - 3 Overs - 1st Innings#Moeen - 5 (11)#Zeeshan - 12 (7)#HBLPSLV #KarachiKings #3rdMatch #MSvKK#YehHaiKarachi pic.twitter.com/22hBznKYue
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
Multan Sultans: 18/0
3rd Over
Zeeshan Ashraf: 12, Moeen Ali: 5
Multan Sultans: 13/0
2nd Over
Zeeshan Ashraf: 9, Moeen Ali: 3
Multan Sultans: 1/0
1st Over
Zeeshan Ashraf: , Moeen Ali: 1
An eventful first over comes to an end with Sharjeel Khan dropping Moeen Ali on Amir's delivery.
At what total 👑 #Kings will restrict #Sultans ? 🤔#KarachiKings #3rdMatch#YehHaiKarachi
— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) February 28, 2020
We are ready at Multan Cricket Stadium. @KarachiKingsARY have won the toss and elected to field. #HBLPSLV #MSvKK pic.twitter.com/owloNljn40
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 28, 2020
Our super excited fans 🤩🤩#MSvKK#JanoobKiPehchaan #LetsPlaySaeen pic.twitter.com/F3ZoUXFXwB
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020
Karachi Kings XI:
Imad Wasim (c), Babar Azam, Sharjeel Khan, Alex Hales, Cameron Delport, Iftikhar Ahmed, Chadwick Walton, Mohammad Amir, Umaid Asif, Chris Jordan, Umer Khan
Here's our Playing XI for today's match!#MSvKK#Janoobkipehchaan #LetsPlaySaeen pic.twitter.com/lecqR2dTS1
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans) February 28, 2020