Watch: Usama Mir claimed three wickets in an over against the Lahore Qalandars yesterday (February 27) en route to career-best figures of 6-40.
In the PSL 2024 match played in Lahore, Multan Sultans posted a score of 214-4 after Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and was elected to bat. Wicketkeeper Usman Khan hit a 55-ball 96 from number three while Iftikhar Ahmed took the lead late on with an unbeaten 18-ball 40. In Lahore his Qalandars, captain Shaheen Shah his Afridi returned with his 2 wins and 39 losses.
The hosts got off to a good start before losing their openers in the sixth and seventh overs, but were still unbeaten at 127-5 when Osama Mir started with 15 overs. His target of 88 off 36 balls was a daunting but not impossible one.
Rassie van der Dussen swept the first ball from Mir behind square leg for four. He too tried to play the next ball but Rizwan ran in and took a nice catch deep in the middle of the wicket.
After Carlos Brathwaite tucked the next ball in for a single, George Linde was caught behind as he tried to cut the ball slightly wide. Jahandad Khan tried to hit the next ball well over the line, but he missed the line and had his leg stump torn.
Salman Fayyaz avoided a hat-trick, but Mir dismissed Fayyaz and Zaman Khan and pitched an innings of 154 over 17, finishing with 6 wins and 40 losses in 4 overs (he had tripped Shaheen earlier) ).
These numbers are the second best in PSL history after Faheem Ashraf’s 6-19 in the 2019 edition of Islamabad United vs. Lahore Qalandars. On Pakistani soil, only two other countries have better numbers than Mir. In 2023, Mohammad Imran of Peshawar region had 6 wins and 16 losses against Rawalpindi region, while Irfanuddin had 6 wins and 25 losses between Karachi Dolphins and Sialkot Stallions. All three were in Karachi.
Watch Usama Mir take three wickets in an over against Lahore Qalandars:
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