Shahid Afridi's all-round brilliance too much for Islamabad
His 2 for 18 and 16 not out off eight balls was central to Multan Sultans' first win in PSL 2019
Shahid Afridi goes through his trademark celebratory routine • PCB/PSL
- Luke Ronchi greeted Afridi's bowling with a pulled six and then hit Andre Russell out of the attack with 6,6,4. During the process, he reached a 31-ball fifty and by then Islamabad were 57 for 2 in the eighth over. In his next over, Afridi generated some overspin and had Ronchi splicing a slog-sweep to deep square leg. Two balls later, he was at it in the infield, pulling off a sharp, low catch at short midwicket to dismiss Hussain Talat for 7 off 12 balls.
- Shafiq did not concede a single boundary in his four overs and burst through the gate of Shadab Khan, who had been promoted to No. 6. There would be no way back for Islamabad.
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo