MULTAN: Batters of Peshawar Zalmi struggling hard to register their first win in the Pakistan Super Leage (PSL) 9th edition against Multan Sultan on Friday. Skipper Babar AZAM, Haseebullah, Haris and Powel combined contribution took the side to score 179 runs in the 20 over.
Earlier winning the toss, Zalmi decided to bat first. Both the openers Babar Azam and Saim Ayub took a quick start but Shah Nawaz Dhani get rid of Saim in the fourth over on just 7 runs. Saim was replaced by Haseebullah who with Babar Azam consolidated the innings. Both batters contributed 46 runs partnership for the side before Babar Azam was bowled out by Usama Mir on 31. In the 11th over Usama Mir also git rid of Haseebullah. He scored quick 37 runs on 18 balls. AT the stage Zalmi were 85 for 3 in 10.1 over.
After the dismissal of the two set batters Muhammad Haris and Rovman Powell took the innings ahead. However later both were dismissed on 19 and 16 respectively. Zalmi managed to push the scoreboard ahead, but at the same time they were losing wickets that paused their pace to some extent.
In the 19th over Muhammad Ali get rid of Asif Ali on 13 when the total reached 159. In 20 over Peshawar Zalmi scored 179 for the loss of 8 wickets.
From Multan Sultan David Willey, Usama Mir and Muhammad Ali got two wickets each while Shah Nawaz Dhani and Abass Afridi took 1 wicket each.
Teams
Peshawar Zalmi: Saim Ayub, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris (wk), Haseeb Ullah Khan, Rovman Powell, Asif Ali, Paul Walter, Luke Wood, Arif Yaqoob, Naveen Ul Haq, Salman Irshad
Multan Sultans: Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Dawid Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Yasir Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, David Willey, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani
