- Bishal Mandal
Kieron Pollard Takes a Stupendous Catch, PSL 2023: Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans were facing each other in the PSL 2023 fixture on Wednesday, February 22. Moreover, the game was taking place at the Multan International Cricket Stadium in Multan, Pakistan.
Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim went on to win the toss and he decided to bowl first at Multan International Cricket Stadium. Multan Sultans had a perfect start to the Pakistan Super League fixture.
Shan Masood and Mohammad Rizwan had an 85 runs partnership for the first wicket. Shan Masood scored 51 runs from 33 balls. While Mohammad Rizwan went on to score 110 runs from 60 balls with a strike rate of 171.88.
Mohammad Rizwan and Rilee Rossouw put up a 109 runs partnership for the second wicket. Multan Sultans put up 196 runs with a loss of two wickets against Karachi Kings.
Karachi Kings too had a brilliant start. Both Matthew Wade and James Vince put up a 72 runs partnership. However, they lost momentum in the end and Multan Sultans won by three runs.
Mohammad Rizwan went on to win the man of the match award against Karachi Kings in the PSL match. He scored 110 runs from 64 balls with a strike rate of 171.88.
This PSL 2023 match between Multan Sultans and Karachi Kings was a belter in terms of twists and turns. It served up perfectly for a thrilling T20 league match.
West Indies player Kieron Pollard still has that fine fielding element in him. He took a ripper near the boundary line wherein he had to run faster and dive forward to dismiss Shoaib Malik.
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Multan Sultans: Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Kieron Pollard, Khushdil Shah, Carlos Brathwaite, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ilyas, Ihsanullah.
Karachi Kings: Matthew Wade (wk), James Vince, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim (c), Ben Cutting, Irfan Khan, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Umar, Imran Tahir, Akif Javed.