{"id":2526,"date":"2026-04-06T20:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/might-find-a-blanket-and-sleep-here-australian-cricketer-mocks-psl-schedule-after-back-to-back-matches-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:00:53","slug":"might-find-a-blanket-and-sleep-here-australian-cricketer-mocks-psl-schedule-after-back-to-back-matches-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/might-find-a-blanket-and-sleep-here-australian-cricketer-mocks-psl-schedule-after-back-to-back-matches-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Might find a blanket and sleep here&#8217;: Australian cricketer mocks PSL schedule after back-to-back matches | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130063595,imgsize-25180,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mmn-38.jpg\" alt=\"'Might find a blanket and sleep here': Australian cricketer mocks PSL schedule after back-to-back matches\" title=\"Ashton Turner\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Multan Sultans captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ashton-turner\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ashton Turner<\/a> joked that he might &#8220;find somewhere to get a blanket and a pillow and sleep here&#8221; after Multan Sultans were scheduled to play back-to-back matches at the Gaddafi Stadium.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The comment came after Multan Sultans beat Quetta Gladiators on Sunday to register their third win of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pakistan-super-league\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Pakistan Super League<\/a> (PSL) season. The team is set to return to the same venue on Monday for their next game against Rawalpindi Kings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;Might go and find somewhere to get a blanket and a pillow and sleep here \u2014 very short turnaround,&#8221; Turner said during the post-match presentation, as quoted by Pakistan&#8217;s Geo Super.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Speaking about the match, the Australian all-rounder said the team adjusted to the conditions and performed well in all areas. <!-- -->&#8220;Slightly different conditions than the last two games. We did well in all three facets, which is satisfying,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I was probably going to bowl the first over, but we expected two left-handers at the top. Fair play to them \u2014 they changed that.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Turner\u2019s decision to bowl first worked as the spin attack restricted Quetta Gladiators to 166 for 7 in 20 overs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>In the chase, Multan reached the target of 167 with four wickets in hand and 15 balls remaining. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/steve-smith\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Steve Smith<\/a> led the effort with 53 off 35 balls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>On Monday, Multan Sultans again chose to bowl first after winning the toss against Rawalpindi Kings at the same venue. This is the first meeting between the two teams in the PSL.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Playing XIs<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Multan Sultans:<\/span> Steven Smith, Sahibzada Farhan, Josh Philippe (wk), Shan Masood, Ashton Turner (c), Arafat Minhas, Mohammad Nawaz, Peter Siddle, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Muhammad Ismail, Faisal Akram.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Rawalpindi Kings:<\/span> Mohammad Rizwan (c\/wk), Yasir Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Daryl Mitchell, Sam Billings, Abdullah Fazal, Dian Forrester, Rishad Hossain, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Amir Khan, Asif Afridi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/might-find-a-blanket-and-sleep-here-australian-cricketer-mocks-psl-schedule-after-back-to-back-matches\/articleshow\/130063433.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multan Sultans captain Ashton Turner joked that he might &#8220;find somewhere to get a blanket and a pillow and sleep here&#8221; after Multan Sultans were scheduled to play back-to-back matches at the Gaddafi Stadium.The comment came after Multan Sultans beat Quetta Gladiators on Sunday to register their third win of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}