Rilee Rossouw set the perfect tone for Multan Sultans to chase down 243 runs against Peshawar Zalmi during the 27th match in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8.
Rossouw batted till the 19th over as Multan chased down a mammoth total with five balls to spare. Multan beat Peshawar by four wickets and set multiple records.
Record 1
Multan chased down the highest total in the history of PSL today. Just a couple of days ago, Quetta Gladiators chased down record 241 runs against the same team.
Record 2
Multan's 243-run chase is also the joint second-highest successful run chase in the history of T20 cricket. Last year, Bulgaria chased down as many runs against Serbia.
The highest run chase (244 runs) in T20 cricket was achieved by Australia against New Zealand.
Record 3
Rossouw broke his own record of the fastest PSL century. His previous fastest century was off 43 balls which he scored against Quetta Gladiators in 2020. Today, he scored a century off 41 balls against Peshawar.
Multan beat Peshawar by four wickets
Rossouw scored 121 runs laced with 12 boundaries and eight sixes to help Multan chase down a mammoth total with five balls to spare.
In absence of regular skipper Babar Azam, who missed fielding due to fever, Peshawar took two early wickets. But, Rossouw alongside Kieron Pollard scored 99 runs off just 43 balls together to turn the game around for their team.
Pollard scored a magnificent fifty to help Multan get to that big total. He smashed 52 runs off 25 balls including five maximums and three boundaries.
It was Anwar Ali, in the end, finishing the game for Multan. Anwar, who bowled the joint second-most expensive spell in PSL today, contributed for his team with the bat. He remained not out for a match-winning 24 runs off just eight balls.
Azmatullah Omarzai bagged two wickets while Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Arshad Iqbal, Wahab Riaz and Saim Ayub shared a wicket apiece for Peshawar.