Mohammad Rizwan-led Multan Sultans defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 42 runs to register their sixth consecutive win in the 16th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the Gaddafi Stadium.
Chasing a 183-run target, the Zalmi never looked comfortable as both Kamran Akmal and Liam Livingstone were sent back to the pavilion in the first six overs.
Both Sultans and Zalmi were playing their second fixtures against each other. Sultans continued to strike on regular intervals as the Zalmi were clueless in crafting the run-chase. Soon afterwards, the Wahab Riaz-led team looked in sheer turmoil.
Experienced all-rounder Shoaib Malik played a good knock of 44 runs and remained the highest scorer for his team. Malik tried to bring Zalmi closer to the target by smashing some boundaries, but the task for him was humongous against a brilliant Sultans attack that restricted the Zalmi to 140 at the loss of 10 wickets.
In terms of bowling, Khushdil Shah and Blessing Muzarabani were once against the stand-out bowlers for their team as they took three wickets each, while Shahnawaz Dahani dismissed two batters.
Abbas Afridi and Imran Tahir picked one wicket each.
Earlier, another half-century from Shan Masood Thursday helped Multan Sultans to put a total of 182 runs for the loss of 7 wickets against Peshawar Zalmi.
Wahab Riaz-led Zalmi won the toss and elected to bowl first. Openers Masood and captain Muhammad Rizwan gave a steady platform by adding 98 runs for the opening wicket in 12.3 overs. Rizwan was kept subdued by Zalmi bowlers as he could manage 34 runs off the same balls before Wahab trapped him in front of wickets. He hit only two boundaries in his innings.
Shan continued his stellar form in the event as he reached his half century in 34 balls hitting eight boundaries. He was out after scoring 68 runs off 49 balls.
Tim David went for another blast as his quickfire 18-ball 34 runs including three sixes and two boundaries to ensure his team reaches a big total.
Rilee Rossouw hit two huge sixes to contribute 15 runs off 7 balls. Khushdil Shah made 11 off 7.
For Zalmi, Saqib Mahmood, Wahab Riaz and Salman Irshad all took two wickets each.