Lahore Qalandars beat Multan Sultans by means of 1 run to shield PSL name

NEW DELHI: Lahore Qalandars beat Multan Sultans by means of one run in an exhilarating ultimate in Lahore to change into the primary crew to win back-to-back Pakistan Super League titles on Saturday.
captain Shaheen Shah Afridi effected a run out on the bowler’s finish as Multan’s Khushdil Shah attempted to make a 3rd run to power a really perfect over.
Afridi took 4/51 after smashing a fast unbeaten 44 to energy Qalandars to 200/6 of their 20 overs prior to a packed 25,000 Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore and Sultans completed on 199/8.

Qalandars had additionally defeated Sultans in closing 12 months’s ultimate.
Shaheen conceded 34 runs in his opening two overs as Sultans raced to 101-1 in 10 overs, with Rilee Rossouw (52) and Muhammad Rizwan (34) including 64 for the second one wicket.
Rossouw smashed seven fours and two sixes off simply 32 balls.
But Shaheen returned for his 2nd spell to disregard Kieron Pollard (19), Tim David (20), Anwar Ali (one) and Osama Mir (noughts).

With 35 wanted within the closing two overs, Shah and Abbas Afridi took 22 from Haris Rauf’s nineteenth over however did not get 13 within the closing.
Earlier, Qalandars have been lifted by means of a rampaging Shaheen who clobbered a 15-ball 44 now not out with 5 towering sixes and two fours, serving to his crew destroy 85 runs within the closing 5 overs.
Abdullah Shafique top-scored with a 40-ball 65.

Shafique and Fakhar Zaman (39) took Qalandars to 95/1 after their crew received the toss and batted and opener Mirza Baig hammered an 18-ball 30.
But as soon as Zaman was once brushed aside, Qalandars misplaced 4 wickets within the house of 18 balls, slumping to 112/5.
Shaheen promoted himself to quantity seven and straight away made an affect, as he and Shafique hit 24 runs within the seventeenth over from pacer Ihsanullah.
Leg-spinner Usama Mir was once the pick out of Sultans’ bowlers with 3/24.

(With company inputs)