India, April 7 -- Multan Sultans have scripted a fabulous start to the 2026 Pakistan Super League (PSL) season, winning four of their first five matches to rise to the top of the points table. However, there was a brief moment of tension on the field during their fourth game against Quetta Gladiators on Sunday, involving the two openers, Steve Smith and Sahibzada Farhan.

Smith looked to nudge a fuller delivery from Tom Curran through midwicket but failed to time it, with the ball deflecting off the inside edge onto his pad and trickling only a short distance.

With Curran slow to react, Smith was keen on a quick single. However, Farhan immediately turned it down, judging the risk to be too high given how close the ball remained to the pi...