Rizwan 82, Ifthikar’s ending heroics full a hat-trick for Multan Sultans

Multan Sultans 170 for five (Rizwan 82, Ifthikar 34*, Afridi 2-25) beat Lahore Qalandars 166 for five (van der Dussen 54, Fakhar 41, Ali 2-28) by 5 wickets

Qalandars’ much-trumpeted tempo assault, led by Shaheen Shah Afridi, has now didn’t defend in three successive video games, as Haris Rauf continued to wrestle and Zaman Khan additionally proving costly (2-52).

Sultans now sit fairly on high of the desk with six factors from three straight residence wins, whereas Qalandars are but to get first win beneath their belt.

Iftikhar wiped the hopes of Qalandars for its first win with a sturdy knock of unbeaten 34 off 11 balls after the house workforce wanted 21 off the final two overs.

The inclusion of left-arm spinner George Linde (1 for 26) of South Africa appeared to have beefed up Qalandars’ bowling within the absence of injured Rashid Khan when he bowled brilliantly within the center overs after Qalandars posted 166 for five, however Iftikhar’s onslaught in opposition to Zaman sealed the sport.

Earlier, Rassie van der Dussen (54) scored his second half-century in three video games and Fakhar Zaman made 41 as they placed on 94 runs for the second-wicket stand and pushed for a frightening whole earlier than Sultans pulled again regardless of dropping 4 catches.