Usman Khan with the bat and Usama Mir with the ball. Shaheen Shah Afridi’s team Lahore Qalandars could not ignore the power of these two cricketers. Mohammad Rizwan’s team Multan Sultans beat Lahore by a huge margin of 60 runs.
Batting first at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Multan made a huge score of 214 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Usman Khan got out after playing an innings of 96 runs off 55 balls. He missed the century by just 4 runs.
In response, Lahore Qalandars fell under Usama Mir’s bowling cannon. Usama Mir took 6 wickets alone despite giving 40 runs in 4 overs. Lahore got all out by scoring 154 runs in 17 overs.
After winning the toss, Multan Sultans captain Mohammad Rizwan decided to bat first. Multan lost the captain’s wicket at the start of batting. Mohammad Rizwan could not score any runs in 5 balls.
After that, Multan’s batters turned around. Riza Hendricks and Usman Khan put on a partnership of 70 runs. Riza Hendricks scored 40 runs off 27 balls. Then Usman Khan paired with Tayyub Tahir. Taiyab Tahir got out after scoring 21 runs off 14 balls.
Usman Khan got out after scoring 96 runs off 55 balls with 11 boundaries and 2 sixes. Iftikhar Ahmed remains unbeaten with 40 runs off 18 balls. Shaheen Shah Afridi took 2 wickets. Carlos Brathwaite and Sikandar Raja took 1 wicket each.
In response, Lahore Qalandars kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Two openers Sahibzada Farhan got out after scoring 31 runs off 21 balls. Fakhr Zaman was out for 23 off 16 balls. Rashi von der Dusen scored 30 runs off 22 balls. Carlos Brathwaite remained unbeaten on 14 runs. Sikandar Raja scored 17 runs.
Apart from Usama Mir, Faisal Akram took 2 wickets and Khushdil Shah and Shahnawaz Dani took 1 wicket each.
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