After a couple of nail-biting contests to start the PSL 2023, we saw a one-sided game on Wednesday. Multan Sultan crushed the Quetta Gladiators to register their first win of the season. Read till the end to know the price changes of different players involved in the game.
Match 3: Quetta Gladiators vs. Multan Sultans
Multan Sultans 111 for 1 (Rossouw 78, Ihsanullah 5/12) beat Quetta Gladiators 110 for 5(Roy 27, Hasnain 22) by 9 wickets.
After being invited to bat first by Multan Sultans, Quetta Gladiators lost Martin Guptill(↓5%) in the second over. Jason Roy played a breezy cameo of 27(18), but two more wickets fell at the other end. Roy was also dismissed when the score was just 46, and Iftikhar Ahmed(↑0%) followed him for a golden-duck.
Wickets kept tumbling for the Gladiators throughout their innings, and they were eventually bowled out for 110 runs. Ihsanullah was the star of the night, taking 5 wickets for just 12 runs. Sameen Gul and Abbas Afridi bagged 2 wickets each.
Like Quetta, Multan also lost an early wicket in the form of Shan Masood(↓5%). Then, Rilee Rossouw arrived at the crease and took the Gladiators’ bowling lineup to the cleaners. He smashed 78* off just 42 balls, and Mohammad Rizwan(↑0%) stayed unbeaten on 28. The Sultans secured an easy win with 9 wickets and 39 balls to spare.
SportiScore Analysis
The most valuable player on day 3 was the youngster Naseem Shah(↑0%). After being dismissed for just 1 run, he bowled two overs for just 6 runs. It resulted in 6 SportiScores for him. Iftikhar Ahmed(↑0%) picked 3.1 SportiScores after bowling a spell of 0 for 10.
Let’s see the performances and SportiScores of the most prominent players on day 2:
Player Performance SportiScores Earned
Naseem Shah 1(2) & 0/6 6
Iftikhar Ahmed 0(1) & 0/10 3.1
Mohammad Rizwan 28(34) 0
Martin Guptill 7(6) -3
Shan Masood 3(5) -7
Mohammad Nawaz 14(18) & 0/28 -16.5
Market Update
Naseem Shah(↑0%) and Iftikhar Ahmed(↑0%) had a slight increase of 0.3 and 0.1 SPQs in their price, respectively. Whereas, Mohammad Nawaz’s(↓12%) value dropped by 11.9 SPQs. Shan Masood’s price also decreased by 4.7 SPQs.
Let’s find out in detail how the prices have changed for the top players after the second day of the league:
Player SportiScores 15 Feb Price 16 Feb Price % Change Cumulative SPQs Earned
Naseem Shah 6 94 94.3 0% 6
Iftikhar Ahmed 3.1 94 94.1 0% 3.1
Mohammad Rizwan 0 122 121.6 0% 31
Martin Guptill -3 87 82.6 -5% -3
Shan Masood -7 90.3 85.6 -5% -3.4
Mohammad Nawaz -16.5 89 78.1 -12% -16.5
