Rishad Hossain took three wickets each in his first two matches in PSL. His excellent bowling played a big role in Lahore Qalandars' victory. Bangladesh's leg-spin all-rounder also took two wickets today. However, he was quite poor; he gave away 45 runs in 4 overs.
Of course, it was only Rishad, most of the bowlers had a tough time today in the run festival match. However, Multan Sultans left the field with a smile at the end of the match. They defeated Rishad's Lahore by 33 runs.
This is Multan's first match in this PSL at their home ground, Multan Cricket Stadium. The team, which had lost its first three matches, got its first win tonight.
Multan scored 228 runs on opener Yasir Khan's devastating batting (87 off 44 balls with 6 fours and a six). In reply, Lahore were bowled out for 195 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Ubaid Shah eliminated Lahore from the match by taking 3 wickets for 37 runs. Another identity of Multan's pacer Ubaid is the younger brother of Pakistan national team fast bowler Naseem Shah.
Earlier, Multan had scored 79 runs without a wicket in the first 6 overs, which is the team's highest in the powerplay in this year's PSL. Rishad came to bowl for the first time in the seventh over, giving 10 overs. In the 12th over, he returned to bowl and gave 12 runs.
However, Rishad took 2 wickets in his last two overs. Despite giving away 23 more runs in these two overs, he dismissed Usman Khan and Ashton Turner. Even then, Multan's run could not be reined in. Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi gave away runs in the opener today. In the end, the hosts scored 228 runs with Iftikhar Ahmed's stormy batting.
589.176 SRY