Pakistan Super League: Lahore Qalandars defeat Multan Sultan wins the First-Ever PSL7 Title in 2022.
Lahore Qalandars have been crowned as champions of HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) season seven as they defeated Multan Sultans in the final by 42 runs at the iconic Gaddafi Stadium.
Qalandars restricted Sultans to 138 while defending a target of 181 and claimed the first-ever HBL PSL title. As Qalandars have won the coveted HBL PSL title, each franchise has won a PSL edition now.
the tournament's leading run-getter Fakhar Zaman (3) but he was dismissed by Asif Afridi courtesy of a brilliant catch by Shahnawaz Dahani.
Qalandars lost Zeeshan Ashraf (7) and Abdullah Shafique (14) in consecutive overs. Mohammad Hafeez picked up momentum from the start and the score kept coming for Qalandars.
He played his shots but Kamran Ghulam was slow in his approach which led him to play a big shot. Shan Masood and Tim David's tag-team effort saw the return of Ghulam, who scored 15 off 19 balls.
Qalandars scored almost 100 runs in the final eight overs due to Hafeez's calculated attack,
Brook remained not-out on 41 off 22 balls, powered by three sixes and two fours. Wiese's cameo includes three sixes and one four. He again scored 28* off eight balls as he made the same in Eliminator 2 against Islamabad United.
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In reply, Sultans' reliable duo of Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood gave a good start of 36 runs until Hafeez clean bowled Rizwan (14), In the next over, Masood (19) was run out by Fakhar Zaman.
The two Sultans' power-hitters, Khushdil Shah and Tim David, were in the middle and ignited some hope with a 50-run stand.
The last two wickets fell in the following overs and Qalandars registered a 42-run win over Sultans. Skipper Shaheen starred with figures of 3/30 while Hafeez and Zaman Khan took two wickets each.
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