PZ vs MS

Mohammad Rizwan (captain, Multan Sultans): I am lost for words. I am extremely proud of the boys. Our coaches told us to maximise whenever we get big overs on our hands. We did that today, and fortunately everything came off. Rilee and Pollard did extremely well today and I am very happy. We play another match tomorrow, and will try our best to win that as well.

Rilee Rossouw (Player of the Match): You've got to go from ball one when you're chasing such a big score. Luckily, everything came off for me today. This was one of the best knocks I have ever played in a T20 game. It is very special as it came during a run chase. The pitch was good today, I have enjoyed it trememndously.

Tom Kohler-Cadmore (stand-in captain, Peshawar Zalmi):  We saw in the last game how Jason Roy scored an unbelievable ton. Rilee's knock was equally good tonight. A lot of work needs to be done, but when such things happen, we need to tip off our hats to them and say well done. The par score on this ground is 200. The way Rilee came out today, he put us under pressure. We can still qualify. As long as we do, we then have three more games and then we can win the trophy

Anwar Ali: There was a belief in the team. The wicket was playing true and we knew that 240 has been chased down before and we too can too it. Rilee is a fabulous batter. We respect him. The form that he is in, he and Pollard helped up win this game. As a team, we did well to qualify. Tomorrow is a new day and we will be focusing on winning the match

Multan Sultans beat Peshawar Zalmi by 4 wickets!

Rilee Rossouw 121 (51) | Abbas Afridi 4/39
Babar Azam 73 (39) | Azmatullah Omarzai 2/69

What a game of cricket we have just witnessed! In the span of a few days, we have seen two 240-plus targets being chased down in the Pakistan Super League. There is no denying that the surface here in Rawalpindi was a real belter, but scoring at 12 runs per over was no joke. 

However, Multan Sultans made it look that way! A magnificent win for the Sultans, and they are overjoyed in their dressing room. Spare a thought for Peshawar Zalmi, who felt that they had enough runs on the board, but were outfoxed twice in a row. First, they felt the pinch against Quetta Gladiators earlier in the week, and were now taken to the sword by Multan. 

Rilee Rossouw was the star with the bat for the Sultans, and he got able support from the likes of Kieron Pollard, Anwar Ali and Khushdil Shah. However, it was the South African alone who set up the chase for his side.  The target was so ridiculous that Multan had to go for it from ball one, and this kind of a 'no fear' attitude paid off for them in the long run. This sort of a surface is unkind to the bowlers, and one cannot help but feel sorry for them. 

Three bowlers of the Zalmi went for more than 15 runs per over, and that will sting them for sure. They need to go back to the drawing board and make sure that they take a breather and come back into their next game with a clear head. It is surely not easy to lose two consecutive games despite having put up more than 240 runs on the board.

A target of over 240 chased down for the second time in three days, and both conceded by the Peshawar Zalmi! Spare a thought for Babar Azam's men. Absolute scenes at the Multan dugout, as they fist pump and pat each other on the back! What a game of cricket we have had here.

19.1 Arshad Iqbal to Usama Mir, FOUR! MULTAN SULTANS CHASE DOWN 243!! No this is not a drill, Multan has chased down 243. We thought it was madness personified when Quetta Gladiators chased down 240 and set a record for chasing the highest total in the league. Today, it is broken in a span of just 3 days. It was a length delivery, Usama just scoops that one over fine leg and the ball bounces and goes over the ropes for a four. Multan Sultans win by 4 wickets

What a strike to end the over! Multan Sultans are almost over the line- what a historic win this will turn out to be! Just three runs needed now.

18.6 Azmatullah Omarzai to Anwar Ali, SIX! Full length delivery on the line outside the off stump, Anwar gets deep in his crease and smashes it a long way over the boundary ropes for a maximum. A great effort from Powell there but unfortunately he has parried it over the ropes

18.5 Azmatullah Omarzai to Usama Mir, above waist high full toss. Usama looked to hit that one away but misses. Haseebullah fails to collect it cleanly and the pair pick up a bye

18.4 Azmatullah Omarzai to Usama Mir, SIX! Short and wide outside off, Usama throws his hands at that one and the ball goes a long way over the ropes for a maximum. What a way to get your innings underway

18.3 Azmatullah Omarzai to Rilee Rossouw, GONE! TKC TAKES THE CATCH! HAS PESHAWAR WON THE MATCH HERE? Length delivery from Omarzai on that occasion, Rossouw looked to go straight and down the ground but fails to get enough bat to ball. TKC at long on dives in and takes an excellent catch. End of a fine knock from Rossouw.

Rilee Rossouw c Tom Kohler-Cadmore b Azmatullah Omarzai 121 (51b 12x4 8x6)

18.2 Azmatullah Omarzai to Anwar Ali, length delivery on the line of the middle and the off stump. Anwar looks to hit that one high but gets a top edge that falls safe. They take a single

18.1 Azmatullah Omarzai to Rilee Rossouw, short ball from Omarzai. Rossouw sees lack of pace on the ball and guides it towards fine leg for a single