Table-topping Multan Rounds Off Home Leg Of PSL By Handing Quetta First Loss – News18

MULTAN, Pakistan: Table-topping Multan Sultans rounded off their home leg of the Pakistan Super League by handing Quetta Gladiators a first defeat on Sunday.

Multan put up 180-4 on the back of half-centuries by Reeza Hendricks (72) and captain Mohammad Rizwan (51). Then fast bowlers Mohammad Ali and David Willey took three wickets each as Quetta was restricted to 167-9 and lost by 13 runs.

Ali is the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 13.

He and Willey struck in the powerplay before Quetta captain Rilee Rossouw, with 30, and Pakistan batting sensation Khawaja Nafay, 36, dragged them back into the game with a 62-run stand.

Rossouw fell to a brilliant low catch by Khushdil Shah in the covers and Nafay was caught off a slower Ali delivery as Quetta’s chase slumped to 124-5 in the 15th over.

Earlier, Multan was sent in to bat and Hendricks featured in two solid partnerships and scored his third half-century in five games.

He shared 79 runs with Rizwan for the second wicket and 77 with Tayyab Tahir, who added a meaningful 35 off 22 balls in his first game of the season after Dawid Malan fell ill.

Hendricks’ 47-ball knock featured four sixes and seven fours, and ended in the last over when he was caught in the deep.

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