Fresh Fit Record – Sultans vs Zalmi Qualifier 2023/24

Multan Sultans 147 for three (Yasir 54, Usman 36*, Mumtaz 1-28) beat Peshawar Zalmi 146 for 7 (Babar 46, Usama 2-16, Jordan 2-28) by way of seven wickets

Multan Sultans breezed into their fourth directly Pakistan Tremendous League ultimate by way of defeating Peshawar Zalmi by way of seven wickets in a lopsided qualifier on Thursday.

Sultans gained the development in 2021 ahead of shedding to Lahore Qalandars within the finals of the remaining two editions.

Within the absence of Afghanistan speedy bowler Naveen-ul-Haq, who was once dominated out of the playoffs on account of his global dedication, Zalmi’s bowlers struggled to protect a small overall.

Yasir equipped a dominant opening stand of 61 with captain Mohammad Rizwan (15) and raised a match-wining half-century off 30 balls. Left-arm spinner Mehran Mumtaz (1-28) could not make an have an effect on within the energy play however he in spite of everything had Yasir stuck off his personal bowling, within the eleventh over, all over his go back spell.

Usman, who turned into the primary batter in PSL historical past to attain two centuries in a single season, was once rarely bothered by way of tempo, and Iftikhar Ahmed completed off the sport with a quick-fire 22 off 8 balls.

Previous, Zalmi struggled towards tempo and spin after Babar gained the toss and elected to bat. David Willey had danger-man Saim Ayub stuck at deep sq. leg within the first over and Mohammad Haris’ (22) below-par event persisted when he edged speedy bowler Mohammad Ali throughout the energy play.