Player of the Match
Player of the Match

That's that from ESPNcricinfo's live coverage of the opening game of PSL 2022. We hope you enjoyed our watch and don't forget to tune in again tomorrow. From Raghav, Momin, and Binoy, goodbye and goodnight!

Imran Tahir is the Player of the Match. "I didn't expect the pitch to take turn tonight. In the previous edition there were heaps of runs scored at this venue so it was nice to see that it slightly on a slower side."

We'll have the presentations in a short while.

Qaiser Abbas: "Heartiest congratulations to Pakistan as PSL is underway. A good start for MS as well!"

Faizan Ahmed: "So Rizwan started 2022 right from where he ended 2021. Welcome fifty."

Multan Sultans open their PSL 2022 account with a fairly comprehensible seven-wicket victory. They started sluggishly much like their opposition. But the skipper, Mohammad Rizwan, kept his cool, anchored the innings and saw his side home. Shan Masood and Sohaib Maqsood played decent supporting roles to ensure that runs were never an issue for the defending champions. Karachi Kings' pacers failed to strike up-front and while Nabi tied things down in the latter half of the run-chase, they never had enough runs on the board in the first place to really trouble the men in blue. So, the Sultans draw first blood in this year's edition, an ideal beginning to their title-defense.

18.2
6
Mohammad Nabi to David, SIX, Belted over deep midwicket to seal it for the Sultans! Short and drifting into his pads, Tim stands tall and tonks it high and handsome over the leg-side
18.1
1
Mohammad Nabi to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, Punched down to long-on

The Sultans one hit away now

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs | MS: 119/3 (6 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.61, RRR: 3.00)

  • Mohammad Rizwan51 (46b)
  • Tim David6 (9b)
  • Mohammad Imran3-0-30-0
  • Mohammad Nabi3-0-10-2
17.6
1
Mohammad Imran to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, Good yorker-execution, just outside off, dug out by the skipper
17.5
4
Mohammad Imran to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR, Smoked over extra-cover! Pitched up by Imran, Rizwan shuffles away, opens the face of his bat and expertly lofts it over the off-side, no one stationed there
17.4
1
Mohammad Imran to David, 1 run, Lovely slower delivery, pitching on middle and leg, Tim is once again quite early into his defensive prod as it balloons up into the off-side but lands on an empty real estate
17.3
1
Mohammad Imran to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, Overpitched, wide outside off, Rizwan does well to extend his reach and dig it out

The Sultans finding it hard to close it out quickly

17.2
1
Mohammad Imran to David, 1 run, Back of a length, just outside off, carved away towards deep point
17.1
0
Mohammad Imran to David, no run, Serves up a low full-toss first-up, the batsman has an almighty thrash on it but fails to get any bat on the ball

Hasan: "Poor captaincy from Babar. Taha has been leaking runs and you have Nabi so there was really no reason to keep giving him overs. Also how has Ilyas only bowled one over so far?"

M Imran back into the attack

END OF OVER:
17 | 2 Runs | MS: 111/3 (14 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.52, RRR: 4.66)

  • Tim David4 (6b)
  • Mohammad Rizwan45 (43b)
  • Mohammad Nabi3-0-10-2
  • Mohammad Taha4-0-32-0
16.6
1
Mohammad Nabi to David, 1 run, Driven down to long-on
16.5
0
Mohammad Nabi to David, no run, Pushed through quickly and Tim is slightly early on his back-foot defense, it balloons up into the on-side and just lands in front of Babar positioned at short midwicket
16.4
1
Mohammad Nabi to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, Shuffles across and softly punches it in front of the short midwicket fielder
16.3
0
Mohammad Nabi to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, Drifting in with the angle, flipped across the line

Sultans 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st38Shan MasoodMohammad Rizwan
2nd63Sohaib MaqsoodMohammad Rizwan
3rd2RR RossouwMohammad Rizwan
4th23Mohammad RizwanTH David

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
MS1091181.253
LQ1064120.765
PZ106412-0.34
IU10468-0.069
QG10468-0.708
KK10192-0.891