Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Highlights, PSL 2024: Multan Sultans Win By 55 Runs

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Highlights, PSL 2024: Match Summary

Toss: Karachi Kings opt to bowl
MS 185/2 in 20 overs (Reeza Hendricks 79*; Mir Hamza 1/30)
KK 130/8 in 20 overs (Shoaib Malik 53; Mohammad Ali 3/23)
Multan Sultans won by 55 runs
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PSL Live Scores: Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings

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Feb 18, 2024, 11:41 pm IST

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Live

Award winners

HBL Player Of The Match: Reeza Hendricks (MS)

Moment of the match: David Willey (MS) for two wickets in one over in powerplay

Energetic batter of Match: Dawid Malan (MS) for scoring 52

Superpower of the day: Khusdil Shah (MS) for a cameo with the bat in the death over

Feb 18, 2024, 11:34 pm IST

Multan Sultans Win by 55 Runs

Don't go anywhere as the award winners from the match, including the man of the match, is all set to be given away!

Feb 18, 2024, 11:29 pm IST

Multan Sultans win by 55 runs

Stay tuned as the post-match presentation ceremony is coming up next!

Feb 18, 2024, 11:28 pm IST

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Live

Multan Sultans bowling card

Feb 18, 2024, 11:26 pm IST

MS vs KK Live

Karachi Kings batting scorecard

Feb 18, 2024, 11:26 pm IST

MS vs KK Live

Rizwan with a calm celebration as he knows there's long way to go into the tournament, especially when you have lost two finals!

Feb 18, 2024, 11:24 pm IST

Multan Sultans Win By 55 Runs

Multan Sultans start their PSL 2024 campaign with a lopsided win over Karachi Kings. The massive victory may just put them top of the table as well on Net Run Rate

Feb 18, 2024, 11:19 pm IST

Last over

Shahnawaz Dahai (0/28) will bowl the final over of the match after proving costly in his two-over spell earlier in the match

Feb 18, 2024, 11:18 pm IST

PSL Live Score

Kieron Pollard hammers two fours in the over. The last boundary comes off the last ball, which means he won't keep strike at the beginning of the final over at least!

Karachi Kings 127/8 in 19 overs Pollard 27*, Shamsi 0* (Target 186); KK need 59 runs from 6 balls

Feb 18, 2024, 11:16 pm IST

PSL Live Score

Shoaib Malik a lone warrior in a shoddy batting display by Karachi Kings, who look no different than their last year's show!

Feb 18, 2024, 11:15 pm IST

19th over

David Willey to bowl the 19th over

Feb 18, 2024, 11:14 pm IST

MS vs KK Live

Pollard is keeping all the strike at the moment with the match out of their hands! It's either a boundary or no run and he manages just one boundary in the over through the square leg region after Abbas Afridi missed his line! The Trinidadian keeps the strike for the final over too with a single

Karachi Kings 119/8 in 18 overs Pollard 19*, Shamsi 0* (Target 186); KK need 67 runs from 12 balls

Feb 18, 2024, 11:09 pm IST

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Live

Tabraiz Shamsi is the new man in and Abbas Afridi (2/10) returns for his third over with Pollard on strike!

Feb 18, 2024, 11:08 pm IST

MS vs KK Live

The decision stands as Karachi lose their eight wicket!

Karachi Kings 113/8 in 17 overs Pollard 14* (Target 186); KK need 73 runs from 18 balls

Feb 18, 2024, 11:06 pm IST

OUT!

OUT! Mir Hamza trapped lbw in front of the stumps by Mohammad Ali after Pollard slams him for a six and four in the over! Hamza takes a DRS review straightaway!

Feb 18, 2024, 11:03 pm IST

17th over

Mohammad Ali (2/12) comes back for his final over of the match with Pollard on strike!

Feb 18, 2024, 11:02 pm IST

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Live

Just 1 run from the over by Usama Mir as he finishes his spell for the match at a brilliant 1/14

Karachi Kings 102/7 in 16 overs Pollard 3*, Hamza 0* (Target 186)

Feb 18, 2024, 10:58 pm IST

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Live

Usama Mir (1/13) replaces Abbas Afridi in the attack for his final over with Kieron Pollard on strike!

Feb 18, 2024, 10:57 pm IST

PSL Live Score

A terrific over by Mohammad Ali comes to an end with just a run and two wickets! Mir Hamza is the new man in as the Karachi tail-end is now exposed to Abbas Afridi!

Karachi Kings 101/7 in 15 overs Pollard 2*, Hamza 0* (Target 186)

Feb 18, 2024, 10:55 pm IST

Decision stands!

The decision stands as it three reds!

Feb 18, 2024, 10:54 pm IST

OUT!

OUT! Mohammad Ali catches Hasan Ali plumb lbw in front of the stumps! The umpire raises the finger but Hasan Ali takes a DRS review!

Feb 18, 2024, 10:53 pm IST

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Live

Hasan Ali is the new man to come in upon Daniel Sams' dismissal

Karachi Kings 101/6 in 14.3 overs Pollard 2*, Hasan Ali 0* (Target 186)

Feb 18, 2024, 10:50 pm IST

OUT!

OUT! Mohammad Ali castles Daniel Sams with a yorker! The Australian goes back to pavilion without opening his account!

Feb 18, 2024, 10:49 pm IST

MS vs KK Live

Mohammad Ali rejoins bowling attack to replace Usama Mir!

Feb 18, 2024, 10:48 pm IST

PSL Live updates

The brilliant over by Abbas Afridi ends as now its up to newly-in Kieron Pollard and Daniel Sams to do the job!

Karachi Kings 100/5 in 14 overs Pollard 1*, Sams 0* (Target 186)

Feb 18, 2024, 10:46 pm IST

OUT!

OUT! Abbas Afridi strikes again! Surprises Nawaz into a mistake with pace as the left-handed falls for a soft dismissal to extra cover!

Feb 18, 2024, 10:43 pm IST

OUT!

OUT! Abbas Afridi strikes right after as he outsmarts Shoaib Malik with a slow bouncer, which was played straight to the point fielder for an easy catch!

Feb 18, 2024, 10:42 pm IST

50 up!

Half century for Shoaib Malik in 34 deliveries as he smashes Abbas Afridi for a boundary off the first ball of 14th over!

Feb 18, 2024, 10:40 pm IST

MS vs KK Live

Another tight over by Usama Mir as he gives away just 6 runs in the over as he bowled quickly through the air while avoiding any looping delivery for a set Shoaib Malik to utilise

Karachi Kings 95/3 in 13 overs Malik 49* Nawaz 7* (Target 186)

Feb 18, 2024, 10:37 pm IST

MS vs KK Live

Usama Mir (1/7) returns for his third over while Karachi need 97 runs off 48 balls

Multan Sultans and Karachi Kings are opening their Pakistan Super League 2024 campaign on Sunday (February 18) in the second match of the doubleheader as they face off at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan.

Multan Sultans, the previous two runners-up, will enter the competition hungry to win it this time. However, Karachi Kings would hope to reproduce the 2020 edition's performance.

The past two seasons, Lahore Qalandars have defeated the Sultans, captained by Muhammad Rizwan. For the past three seasons, the 2021 season winners have shown excellent form and performances in every area. The Karachi Kings, on the other hand, will be trying to alter this fact this time around after failing to secure a postseason spot.

In the past few PSL seasons, Multan Sultans have shown to be one of the best and most dominant teams. Their performance was reflected in the outcomes as well; they were the winners in 2021 and narrowly missed out on the championship in the next two seasons.

The Sultans boast one of the strongest batting lineups in the league. They include explosive hitters like South African Reeza Hendricks, who will be making her debut with the team, and Pakistani goalie Muhammad Rizwan.

The top-order is quite robust because of these players. Next in line will be dependable players like Johnson Charles, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, and David Willey. They therefore essentially check every box in terms of the batting department.

However, the loss of their two major pacers took some of the shine off their bowling attack. Due to injuries, English speedster Reece Topley and local sensation Ihsanullah from last season will not be competing this year.

However, following a string of lackluster performances in the previous rounds, Shan Masood's Karachi Kings will attempt to turn things around this time. The Kings' main worry at the moment, though, is that overseas players like Jamie Overton and Tabraiz Shamsi aren't readily available.

Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans Squad

MS: Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed (both Platinum), Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir (both Diamond), Abbas Afridi (Gold), Ihsanullah (Brand Ambassador, Silver), Faisal Akram (Emerging), Dawid Malan, Reeze Hendricks, Reece Topley, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan, Yasir Khan, Chris Jordan, Aftab Ibrahim, David Willey, Johnson Charles, Muhammad Shahzad

KK: James Vince, Hassan Ali (Diamond), Shan Masood (Brand Ambassador), Shoaib Malik (Mentor), Tabraiz Shamsi (all Gold), Mir Hamza, Muhammad Akhlaq (both Silver), Irfan Khan (Emerging), Mohammad Nawaz, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Tim Seifert, Mohammad Amir Khan, Anwar Ali, Arafat Minhas, Sirajuddin, Saad Baig, Jamie Overton, Zahid Mehmood (partial replacement for Zahid Mehmood), Leus du Plooy, Mohammad Rohid