Reeza Hendricks and Mohammad Ali preserve Multan Sultans in pole place

Table-topping Multan Sultans rounded off their house leg of the PSL by handing Quetta Gladiators a primary defeat on Sunday.

Half-centuries by Reeza Hendricks and captain Mohammad Rizwan offered Sultans with a robust whole of 180 for 4 with Tayyab Tahir additionally contributing 35 off 22 balls in his first recreation of the season after Dawid Malan fell in poor health.

Gladiators didn’t capitalise on good begins and had been restricted to 167 for 9 as quick bowlers Mohammad Ali and David Willey picked up three wickets every to guide Sultans to a 13-run win.

Ali, who thrived with each the brand new and previous ball, is now the main wicket-taker within the event with 13.

Sultans’ 4 wins in 5 house video games gave them eight factors whereas Gladiators, who gained three successive video games earlier than Sunday’s loss, are second with six. Sultans’ solely defeat this season got here by the hands of Peshawar Zalmi.

“You can’t get satisfied because it will be a different challenge when we play our five away games,” Rizwan stated.

Ali hit the highest of Jason Roy’s off stump in his second over because the Englishman uncovered his stumps whereas trying an enormous shot. Willey additionally struck contained in the powerplay when he had Saud Shakeel caught at long-on earlier than captain Rilee Rossouw and Khawaja Nafay steered Gladiators again into the sport.

Rossouw fell to a superb low catch by Khushdil Shah within the covers that ended a threatening 62-run stand and Ali had Nafay caught off a slower ball in his return spell as Gladiators’ chase bought derailed after they slipped to 124 for five within the fifteenth over.

Willey plucked a superb skier off his personal bowling to dismiss Sherfane Rutherford and Ali capped one other spectacular day by having Mohammad Amir clear bowled off a full-pitched supply.

Earlier, after being despatched in to bat, Hendricks featured in two stable partnerships and scored his third half-century of the season in 5 video games.
Hendricks added 79 runs with Rizwan for the second wicket and an extra 77 with Tahir by counterattacking pacers Amir and Mohammad Wasim within the dying overs.

Rizwan was dismissed quickly after finishing his half-century when he holed out at deep midwicket. Hendricks’ sturdy 47-ball knock, which featured 4 sixes and 7 fours, ended within the final over when he was caught within the deep whereas going for an enormous shot towards Amir.

Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com

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