Multan Sultans crushed the Lahore Qalandars to reach the final of the PSL 2023. It’s their 3rd consecutive final in the league as they eye their second title. Keep reading to know the match happenings and the market variations after this match.
1st Qualifier: Lahore Qalandars vs. Multan Sultans
Multan Sultans 160 for 5 (Pollard 57 & 1/3, Cottrell 3/20) beat Lahore Qalandars 76 all out (Billings 19, Rauf 15 & 3/34) by 84 runs.
Multan Sultans got off to a 53-run start after deciding to bat first. The opening partnership took 45 balls, and now the batting team needed to go big. But Rashid Khan(↑17%) and Haris Rauf bowled brilliantly to increase the issues for Multan. After 15 overs, MS were reeling at 97 for 3. Kieron Pollard played an extraordinary knock of 57(34) to take the score to 160 for 5. Tim David(↑30%) stayed unbeaten on 22 off 15 while Haris Rauf picked 3 wickets.
Sheldon Cottrell destroyed Lahore’s batting lineup with a stunning opening spell. He took 3 wickets in his spell, and the Qalandars never recovered from that. They were 4 down for 41, and then they lost 4 more wickets for 9 runs to get reduced to 50 for 8. Haris Rauf then smashed a four and a six before the Qalandars were cleaned up for just 76 runs in 14.3 overs. Usama Mir bagged 2 scalps in the middle overs.
Turning Point of the Match
Lahore were bossing the game when Multan were 97 for 3 after 15 overs. Then, the last overs went for 63 to give all the momentum to the Sultans.
Fantasy Points Analysis
Rashid Khan(↑17%) earned 12.5 points in the first qualifier. He bowled a brilliant spell of 1 for 18 in 4 overs. David Wiese(↑57%) and Tim David(↑30%) grabbed 12 points each. The former scored run a ball 12 and gave just 24 runs in his 4 overs. While the latter scored 22 runs in 15 balls with a four and a six.
Let’s see the performances and SportiScores of the most prominent players of qualifier 1:
Player Performance Fantasy Points Earned
Rashid Khan 0(2) & 1/18 12.5
David Wiese 12(12) & 0/24 12
Tim David 22(15) 12
Mohammad Rizwan 33(29) 6
Rilee Rossouw 13(12) -1
Fakhar Zaman 6(7) -5
Khushdil Shah 0(1) -6
Sikandar Raza 1(3) -7
ShaheenShah Afridi 0(2) & 0/47 -28.5
Market Update
Rashid’s price went north by ₹24.5 on Wednesday. Wiese’s and Tim David’s(↑30%) stock went up by ₹23.1 each. Shaheen Shah Afridi’s(↓19%) struggle with bat and ball resulted in a ₹16.7 for him.
Let’s find out in detail how the prices have changed for the top players after the first qualifier of the league:
Player Fantasy Points 15 Mar Price 16 Mar Price % Change Fantasy Points Earned
Rashid Khan 12.5 143.45 167.95 17% 154.95
David Wiese 12 40.85 63.95 57% 51.85
Tim David 12 76.8 99.9 30% 87.8
Mohammad Rizwan 6 212.5 229.7 8% 217.5
Rilee Rossouw -1 271.5 281.2 4% 269.5
Fakhar Zaman -5 225.1 230.5 2% 219.1
Khushdil Shah -6 15 15 0% -11.75
Sikandar Raza -7 167.7 172.4 3% 159.7
ShaheenShah Afridi -28.5 90.15 73.45 -19% 60.65
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