Match Details
Imran Tahir, man of the match: "I never thought the pitch will spin, because I have played here but it was nice to see it spin I was happy that I could do the job for the team Well am getting a little old but I celebrated the way I do. I share my knowledge with my fellow teammates, my experience with them. If we play as a team and a group we will do well in this tournament."
There are the winning runs and the Sultan Multans start their campaign on the right note. They have been clinical tonight. Earlier in the day Rizwan won the toss and elected to bowl first. The opening pair of Sharjeel Khan and Babar Azam started on a careful note and managed to get through the powerplay unscathed. The plan was to accelerate through the middle.
Rizwan controlled the middle phase beautifully and the spinner gave absolutely nothing away, they dried the boundaries out and choked out Babar Azam who looked out of rhythm. Joe Clarke came out and struck a few blows but even he couldn’t keep it going with the wicket providing assistance.
Seven bowlers used by Rizwan and a wicket each for Dahani and Khushdil. Willy and Imran Khan were economical and contained the runs upfront and towards the end. Imran Tahir however was the pick of the bowlers. Three wickets for just sixteen runs from his quota of four overs.
Karachi Kings finished with a score of just 124 and they were at least 15-20 runs short if not more. Masood was good early on with the bat and killed the chase with his 18 ball 26. Post that it was only about one of the top three playing deep.
Rizwan anchored one end and stitched together a partnership with Shan Maqsood. Some late strikes by the Kings towards the end but Sultans see this home. This was all from this game. On to the presentation now...