2022 Pakistan Super League final

Both sides played each other twice in the round-robin stage of the tournament. The first League-stage match was won by Multan Sultans by 5 wickets, held in Karachi on 29 January. Sultans won the toss and invited Qalandars to bat first. Qalandars started their innings well and posted a massive total of 206 runs for the loss of 5 wickets on the back of Fakhar Zaman's brilliant knock of 76 runs off 35 balls. In reply, Sultans also started really well, their openers came out all gun blazing and managed to put up a partnership of 150 runs, but a late comeback from Qalandars' bowlers saw them requiring 16 runs from the last over, however their finisher Khushdil Shah's wonderful hitting in the last over helped them complete their highest successful run-chase and highest successful chase in PSL history ever, helping them win the match by 5 wickets and with two balls to spare. [11]

The second League-stage match between the two sides was held in Lahore on 11 February. Sultans, who before this match won 6 out of their 6 matches and already qualified for the playoffs decided to give match practice to their benched players. Qalandars batted first where they scored 182 runs for the loss of 4 wickets from their full 20 overs. In response, Sultans couldn't chase down the target as Qalandars bowlers were excellent and bowled them out on 130 runs in 19.3 overs, winning the match and ending Sultans' winning streak.[12]

11 February 2022 Match 17 Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 182/4 (20 overs)

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Multan Sultans 130 (19.3 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 52 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Both teams faced each other for the first time in the Qualifier match and second time in the playoffs overall in PSL. Sultans, who were sent into bat by Qalandars posted 163 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. In reply, Qalandars started well, but lost their way in the middle phase of their innings and ended up losing the match by 28 runs.[2][13]

23 February 2022 Match 31 Scorecard

Multan Sultans 163/2 (20 overs)

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Lahore Qalandars 135/9 (20 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 28 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat first. At the start, they put up 25 runs for three wickets in 4.2 overs, with Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique and Zeeshan Ashraf getting out early. Following which Mohammad Hafeez scored 69 runs off 46 balls to steer and anchor the Qalandars' innings. However, by the end of the 13th over, Qalandars had only managed 84 runs.[14]

Later in the innings, Harry Brook made an unbeaten 41 runs off 22-balls while smashing 19 runs in five balls of the 17th over bowled by Rumman Raees.[15] It was complemented by late attack from David Wiese who made another 28 runs off the eight balls he faced. Thus, Lahore Qalandars managed 180 runs for 5 wickets at the end of the innings.[14]

In pursuit of the 181-runs target, the Multan Sultans never quite got going. Opener Mohammad Rizwan was bowled cheaply by Hafeez and his opening partner Shan Masood was run out after a mix-up.[15] After which Hafeez removed Aamer Azmat while Rilee Rossouw was caught out at the cow corner boundary.[14] Later, the Tim David and Khushdil Shah partnership put on 51 runs in 33 balls, but that wasn't nearly brisk enough for what the Sultans needed, before David was caught off Shaheen Afridi's ball by the boundary fielder. Afridi's yorker tore through David Willey's stumps to force the Sultans tail out, and another took Rumman Raees out in the next over.[14] From the other end, Haris Rauf took Khushdil's wicket to end all hopes of a Sultans comeback. Wiese took the final wicket as Sultans were bowled out for 138 runs in the last over, what was their worst showing of the tournament.[14]

Consequently, Lahore Qalandars won their maiden PSL title by defeating the defending champions' Multan Sultans by 42 runs.[15] Hafeez was adjudged as the man of the match.[14]

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• † indicates team captain
• * indicates not out

Toss: Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.[16]

Result: Lahore Qalandars won by 42 runs

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Fakhar Zaman, 2.2 ov), 2-23 (Zeeshan Ashraf, 3.3 ov), 3-25 (Abdullah Shafique, 4.2 ov), 4-79 (Kamran Ghulam, 11.5 ov), 5-137 (Mohammad Hafeez, 17.2 ov)

Target: 181 runs from 20 overs at 9.05 RR

Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Mohammad Rizwan, 3.6 ov), 2-41 (Shan Masood, 4.6 ov), 3-46 (Aamer Azmat, 6.4 ov), 4-50 (Asif Afridi, 7.6 ov), 5-63 (Rilee Rossouw, 10.4 ov), 6-114 (Tim David, 16.1 ov), 7-120 (David Willey, 16.4 ov), 8-122 (Khushdil Shah, 17.2 ov), 9-138 (Rumman Raees, 18.5 ov), 10-138 (Imran Tahir, 19.3 ov)