HBL PSL 8: Multan Sultans won by four wickets

Rawalpindi: Multan Sultans beat Peshawar Zalmi by four wickets at Rawalpindi ground on Friday night. 

Sultans successfully chased the target of 243 runs set by Zalmi. 

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Zalmi created history by becoming the first T20 franchise team to post 240 plus two matches in a row, and then created further history by failing to defend the total on both occasions.

The playoff equation has gotten very interesting after today. Zalmi need to beat Islamabad United to clinch a playoff spot in their final match. If they do that and Multan beats Quetta in their last game, then Multan will jump past Islamabad into second place. If Zalmi lose to Islamabad, then they'll need Multan to beat Islamabad to ensure Zalmi reach the playoffs.

Earlier, Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and opted to bat first against Multan Sultans at Rawalpindi ground on Friday.

The winner of today's match will have an excellent opportunity to track down Islamabad for second place on the table while the loser of today's game can finish no better than third.

? TOSS UPDATE ?@PeshawarZalmi elect to bat.

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Multan Sultans XI: 1 Mohammad Rizwan (capt./wk), 2 Shan Masood, 3 Rilee Rossouw, 4 Kieron Pollard, 5 Tim David, 6 Khushdil Shah, 7 Anwar Ali, 8 Usama Mir, 9 Abbas Afridi, 10 Sheldon Cottrell, 11 Ihsanullah.

Peshawar Zalmi XI: 1 Babar Azam, 2 Mohammad Haris, 3 Saim Ayub, 4 Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 5 Haseebullah Khan (wk), 6 Rovman Powell, 7 Omarzai Azmatullah, 8 Usman Qadir, 9 Wahab Riaz, 10 Arshad Iqbal, 11 Mujeeb-ur-Rahman.