Former cricketer Basit Ali has shelter light on the reasons after the elimination of Multan Sultans from Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10.
The team suffered a severe 78-run defeat against Karachi Kings in their eighth match, efficiently crashing out of the tournament.
Presently, Multan Sultans suffer at the bottom of the PSL 10 points table, having safe only two points from eight matches.
Basit Ali highlighted that Multan Sultans, who have reached the PSL final for the past four years and won the heading once, were fixed in a qualifier spirit. He referenced a statement by Multan Sultans’ captain, Mohammad Rizwan, who said the team was solely focused on reaching the PSL 10 final.
When host Wasim Badami said this might have been Rizwan’s policy to inspire the team, Basit Ali pointed out the team’s disaster to retain key players during the draft, including Mohammad Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani, Rilee Rossouw, and Ehsanullah, as a serious factor in their poor performance.
Following the conquest by Karachi Kings, Mohammad Rizwan has come up with a astonishing response to his side’s elimination from the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10.
He known that the side’s chances for playoff qualification reduced with the heavy defeat.
“I believe we are out of the tournament. The good thing is that it will make things relaxed for other teams. It was difficult [to qualify] with the cricket we were playing,” he said in a post-match interview.
Linking Multan Sultans’ performance with other teams in the PSL 10, Mohammad Rizwan was of the view that the side had thin balances to qualify for the finals.
“If we look at the method other teams are playing, they earn to play the final. We will enjoy them playing beside each other in the playoffs,” the wicket keeping batter said.
