That's that from ESPNcricinfo's live coverage of the opening game of PSL 2022. We hope you enjoyed our watch and don't forget to tune in again tomorrow. From Raghav, Momin, and Binoy, goodbye and goodnight!

Imran Tahir is the Player of the Match. "I didn't expect the pitch to take turn tonight. In the previous edition there were heaps of runs scored at this venue so it was nice to see that it slightly on a slower side."

We'll have the presentations in a short while.

Qaiser Abbas: "Heartiest congratulations to Pakistan as PSL is underway. A good start for MS as well!"

Faizan Ahmed: "So Rizwan started 2022 right from where he ended 2021. Welcome fifty."

Multan Sultans open their PSL 2022 account with a fairly comprehensible seven-wicket victory. They started sluggishly much like their opposition. But the skipper, Mohammad Rizwan, kept his cool, anchored the innings and saw his side home. Shan Masood and Sohaib Maqsood played decent supporting roles to ensure that runs were never an issue for the defending champions. Karachi Kings' pacers failed to strike up-front and while Nabi tied things down in the latter half of the run-chase, they never had enough runs on the board in the first place to really trouble the men in blue. So, the Sultans draw first blood in this year's edition, an ideal beginning to their title-defense.

The Sultans one hit away now

The Sultans finding it hard to close it out quickly

Hasan: "Poor captaincy from Babar. Taha has been leaking runs and you have Nabi so there was really no reason to keep giving him overs. Also how has Ilyas only bowled one over so far?"

M Imran back into the attack