Lahore, April 6 -- Steve Smith's rosy start to the Pakistan Super League has continued with his half-century guiding Multans Sultans to a comfortable win over Quetta Gladiators here.

Chasing 167, Smith struck 53 from 35 balls to power the Sultans' reply, which they finished off with six wickets in hand and 15 balls remaining.

Multans opening combo, Smith and Pakistan international Sahibzada Farhan (32 off 14), smoked 71 runs in the first five overs to take the sting out of the chase. Smith hit England's Tom Curran for four fours in the third over of the reply.

With 30 runs to get, Smith fell victim to a spectacular piece of fielding from South African Rilee Rossouw who took a running grab and flicked the ball 20 metres to teammate Saqib ...