ISLAMABAD: Multan Sultans defeated Quetta Gladiators by 13 runs at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday, finishing their home leg of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9th edition on a high.
Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field first. Usman Khan, playing his first game of PSL-9, started the innings with three boundaries in the first over.
After posting 180-4 in the first innings, the Mohammad Rizwan-led side restricted Quetta Gladiators to 167-9, courtesy of three-wicket hauls by Mohammad Ali and David Willey.
“Multan win once again at the Sultans Fort,” read a post on PSL’s official account on X. “Gladiators’ unbeaten run ends with Sultans emerging triumphant by 13 runs.”
Reeza Hendricks top-scored with 72 runs from 47 deliveries, followed by Rizwan’s 52 off 42 balls. Tayyab Tahir hit 35 not out from 22 deliveries.
Mohammad Amir took two wickets by conceding 46 runs, while Akeal Hosein and Abrar Ahmed dismissed once each.
In their 181-run chase for victory, Quetta could only reach 167 in 20 overs, with Khawaja Nafay hitting the highest 36 from 31 balls.
Mohammad Ali and David Willey took three wickets each, while Aftab Ibrahim returned 2/26 figures.
This was Multan Sultans’ fourth win from their five matches in the home city of Multan. It also ended Gladiators unbeaten run in the four matches played this season.
Multan Sultans end PSL home leg with comfortable win over Quetta Gladiators
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Multan Sultans end PSL home leg with comfortable win over Quetta Gladiators
- After posting 180-4 in first innings, the Mohammad Rizwan-led side restricted Quetta Gladiators to 167-9
- Reeza Hendricks’ 72 and three-wicket hauls by Mohammad Ali, David Willey guided Multan to their fourth win
Pakistan military says 13 militants killed in counterterror operations across northwest
- Military says counterterror operations launched in Bajaur, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber and South Waziristan districts
- The counterterror operations take place as Afghanistan and Pakistan remain locked in conflict since late last month
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces this week killed 13 militants in five separate counterterror operations in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the military’s media wing said on Sunday, vowing to eliminate militancy from the country.
The counterterror operations were conducted on Mar. 6-7, with Pakistani troops killing five militants in the northwestern Bajaur district in the first operation. In two other encounters in Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan district, security forces killed three militants belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
Meanwhile, five other militants were killed in two separate counterterror operations in Khyber and South Waziristan districts in which five more militants were slain.
“Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from Indian-sponsored killed khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area,” ISPR said in a statement.
Pakistan’s military frequently uses the term “Fitna al Khwarij” to describe TTP militants. The militant outfit has carried out some of the deadliest attacks against Pakistani civilians and security forces since 2007 in a bid to impose their strict brand of Islamic law across the country.
Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of sheltering the TTP and facilitating their attacks against Pakistan, a charge Kabul has denied. Pakistan also accuses India of supporting these militant groups, which New Delhi has repeatedly rejected.
The counterterror operations take place as Pakistan remains locked in conflict with Afghanistan since late February.
The worst fighting between the two sides began late last month when Afghan forces launched a surprise attack on Pakistani military installations along their shared border. Afghanistan said the assault was in retaliation for Pakistan’s earlier airstrikes in February on what Islamabad described as militant camps inside Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday that Islamabad has killed 527 Afghan Taliban fighters and injured more than 755 since clashes began.
Afghanistan has also claimed attacking multiple Pakistani military bases and killing several Pakistani soldiers. Arab News has not independently verified the claims by both sides.
Pakistan has ruled out talks with Afghanistan and said it will continue its military operations in the country till it withdraws support for militant groups that Islamabad says operate from Afghanistan.
