Thanks to his brilliant and steady performance, Mohammad Rizwan has added another accolade to his name as he has been named the HBL PSL 7 Player of the Year, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Sunday, February 27.
Rizwan continued to be a solid top-order batsman for Multan Sultans, scoring 546 runs at a strike rate of 126.68 and leading his team to the final after winning nine of ten league matches.
Rizwan also won the HBL PSL 2022 Wicketkeeper of the Year award. He accounted for nine hitters behind the stumps in 12 games.
Furthermore, Rizwan was named Most Valuable Cricketer and T20I Cricketer earlier this year as part of the PCB Awards 2021.
Except for the HBL PSL 7 Umpire Award, all of the individual winners were chosen by members of the commentary crew, who tracked and described practically every ball of this immensely entertaining, thrilling, and exciting competition. They looked at player statistics, but it wasn’t the only factor they used to choose the winners.
Fakhar Zaman of the Lahore Qalandars and Islamabad United’s Shadab Khan was named Best Batter and Bowler, respectively. Shadab Khan finished the tournament with 19 wickets in nine matches at an economy rate of 6.47, while Fakhar scored 588 runs (1×100, 7×50) with a strike rate of 153. Two four-fers and a five-fer were on the wrist-spinner.
Khushdil Shah of the Sultans was named the HBL PSL 2022 All-rounder for his 153 runs at an average of 182 and 16 wickets at a strike rate of 6.9. To his collection, he also added the Fielder of HBL PSL 2022 award.
Zaman Khan of the Qalandars was crowned the HBL PSL 2022 Emerging Cricketer after taking 18 wickets. The match authorities chose Rashid Riaz as the HBL PSL 2022 umpire, while the Sultans were named winners of the Spirit of Cricket award.
PCB has named the following Individual awards for PSL 7:
- Player of the HBL PSL 2022 – Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) (PKR3m)
- Park View City Umpire of HBL PSL 2022 – Rashid Riaz (PKR3.5m)
- TikTok Batter of HBL PSL 2022 – Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars) (PKR3.5m)
- J. Bowler of HBL PSL 2022 – Shadab Khan (Islamabad United) (PKR3.5m)
- Jubilee Insurance Wicketkeeper of HBL PSL 2022 – Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans (PKR3.5m)
- Osaka Batteries Fielder of HBL PSL 2022 – Khushdil Shah (Multan Sultans) (PKR3.5m)
- Brighto Paints Allrounder of HBL PSL 2022 – Khushdil Shah (Multan Sultans) (PKR3.5m)
- Zic Oil Emerging Player of HBL PSL 2022 – Zaman Khan (Lahore Qalandars) (PKR3.5m)
- Golootlo Spirit of Cricket Award – Multan Sultans (PKR3.5m)
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