Rilee Rossouw’s breath-taking 41-ball century has powered Multan Sultans to a four-wicket win over Peshawar Zalmi in a record-breaking Pakistan Super League run chase.
Rossouw blazed 121 off 51 balls with 12 fours and 6 sixes as Multan motored to a successful 6-244 with 5 balls to spare and e-book a playoffs spot on Friday.
Half-centuries by captain Babar Azam (73) and Saim Ayub (58) gave Peshawar an imposing whole of 6-242.
But Rossouw, who additionally performed for Sydney Thunder within the BBL, smashed his personal document for quickest century within the PSL to offer Multan their fifth win.
“When you’re chasing such a high score, you have to go from ball one. Lucky for me, it’s paid off tonight,” Rossouw mentioned. “This might be (my best Twenty20 innings ever) because it’s a run chase and that’s extra pressure, and everything adds up.”
After including a brisk 99 runs with Kieron Pollard (52), Rossouw raised his century off 41 balls and bettered his earlier PSL document of a 43-ball century towards Quetta in 2020.
Rossouw was finally caught at lengthy on by stand-in Peshawar captain Tom Kohler-Cadmore after Babar Azam felt sick on the change of innings.
Earlier, Babar and Saim shared a second successive century stand for Peshawar.
Multan quick bowler Abbas Afridi took 4-39 and Pollard made two good catches on the boundary. But Kohler-Cadmore took 24 off the final over to go away quick bowler Anwar Ali with the second costliest figures within the historical past of PSL – 1-66.
Multan joined Lahore Qalandars and Islamabad within the playoffs. Peshawar and Quetta Gladiators nonetheless have an opportunity to qualify.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
