Multan Sultans end PSL home leg with comfortable win over Quetta Gladiators

Multan Sultans’ David Willey, center, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Quetta Gladiators’ Saud Shakeel during the Pakistan Super League T20 cricket match between Multan Sultans and Quetta Gladiators, in Multan, Pakistan on February 25, 2024. (AP)

Quetta Gladiators' players celebrate the wicket Islamabad United's Agha Salman during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 cricket match between Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore on February 22, 2024. (AFP/file)

• After posting 180-4 in first innings, the Mohammad Rizwan-led side restricted Quetta Gladiators to 167-9
• Reeza Hendricks’ 72 and three-wicket hauls by Mohammad Ali, David Willey guided Multan to their fourth win

ISLAMABAD: Multan Sultans defeated Quetta Gladiators by 13 runs at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday, finishing their home leg of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9th edition on a high. 
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field first. Usman Khan, playing his first game of PSL-9, started the innings with three boundaries in the first over.
After posting 180-4 in the first innings, the Mohammad Rizwan-led side restricted Quetta Gladiators to 167-9, courtesy of three-wicket hauls by Mohammad Ali and David Willey.
“Multan win once again at the Sultans Fort,” read a post on PSL’s official account on X. “Gladiators’ unbeaten run ends with Sultans emerging triumphant by 13 runs.”
Reeza Hendricks top-scored with 72 runs from 47 deliveries, followed by Rizwan’s 52 off 42 balls. Tayyab Tahir hit 35 not out from 22 deliveries.
Mohammad Amir took two wickets by conceding 46 runs, while Akeal Hosein and Abrar Ahmed dismissed once each.
In their 181-run chase for victory, Quetta could only reach 167 in 20 overs, with Khawaja Nafay hitting the highest 36 from 31 balls.
Mohammad Ali and David Willey took three wickets each, while Aftab Ibrahim returned 2/26 figures.
This was Multan Sultans’ fourth win from their five matches in the home city of Multan. It also ended Gladiators unbeaten run in the four matches played this season.