LAHORE: 2021 champions Multan Sultans beat tournament debutants Rawalpindi by 7 wickets in match 14 of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11.
Batting first, Bintis posted 182/8 in their 20 overs thanks to an unbeaten half-century from Sam Billings.
The wicket-keeper batsman top-scored with 56 off 34 balls with 7 fours and a six, followed by Kamran Ghulam’s 35 off 24 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Faisal Akram was the best bowler for Sultan with 4 wickets for 31 runs in his four overs, Arafat Minhas 2 wickets and Muhammad Ismail and Peter Siddle 1 wicket each.
In turn, the 2021 champions easily chased down the target of 183 runs with 3 wickets and 22 balls remaining.
Leading the way for them was in-form opener Sahibzada Farhan, who smashed 68 off 38 balls with 5 sixes and 4 fours.
He was followed by Josh Phillip with 56 off 30 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes. Both added 110 runs for the 2nd wicket.
Following their back-to-back dismissals, captain Ashton Turner and his partner Shaun Masood put on an unbeaten 47-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Experienced fast bowler Mohammad Amir took 2 wickets for 32 runs in his 3 overs and youngster Mohammad Amir Khan took one wicket.
The seven-wicket win sealed Sultans’ fourth spot in five matches and cemented their top spot in the PSL 11 standings, two points clear of second-placed Karachi Kings with six points from three games.
Conversely, the loss extended Rawalpindi’s losing streak to four matches, leaving them seventh in the points table thanks to a relatively higher net run rate than fellow debutants Hyderabad Kingsmen.
| Teams | Competitions | succeeds | Losses | No result | points | Net flow rate |
| Sultans of Multan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.941 |
| Kings of Karachi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.486 |
| Islamabad United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.055 |
| Lahore Colleagues | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.546 |
| Peshawar Salmi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.674 |
| Quetta Gladiators | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -0.223 |
| Rawalpindi’s | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1.625 |
| Hyderabad Kingsmen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2.077 |
Islamabad United, Lahore Qalandars, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators are third, fourth, fifth and sixth with five, four, three and two points respectively.