Multan Sultans v Islamabad United Match 5 Highlights
Multan Sultans 2024 will continue their matches in their home ground, and this time they will be playing against Islamabad United PSL 9 in the 5th match of HBL PSL 2024. This match will be played on 20 February 2024. It is a good Tuesday, and the weather is nice.
The HBL PSL 2024 Schedule is also updated.
And as usual, the team who will win the toss will bowl first (I want a change now). Anyway, let’s see how this match plays out.
Match details
| MULTAN CRICKET STADIUM | |
| Match | Multan Sultans v Islamabad United |
| Date | 20 February 2024 |
| Time | 7:00 PM |
| Umpires | Chris Gaffaney |
| Faisal Afridi | |
| TV Umpire | Rashid Riaz |
| Reserve Umpire | Abdul Muqeet |
| Match Referee | Ali Naqvi |
Toss
Multan Sultans won the toss, and they did what? Yeah, you got that right. They chose to field first. 🙂
The PSL 9 Points table 2024 is updated with PSL live Streaming 2024.
Playing 11
| Multan Sultans | Islamabad United |
|---|---|
| Mohammad Rizwan Wicketkeeper Batter | Alex Hales Opening Batter |
| Dawid Malan Top-Order Batter | Colin Munro Opening Batter |
| Reeza Hendricks Opening Batter | Agha Salman Allrounder |
| Yasir Khan Top-Order Batter | Shadab Khan Allrounder |
| Iftikhar Ahmed Middle-Order Batter | Azam Khan Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Khushdil Shah Middle-Order Batter | Jordan Cox Wicketkeeper Batter |
| David Willey Bowling Allrounder | Imad Wasim Allrounder |
| Usama Mir Bowler | Faheem Ashraf Bowling Allrounder |
| Abbas Afridi Bowler | Naseem Shah Bowler |
| Mohammad Ali Bowler | Ubaid Shah Bowler |
| Olly Stone Bowler | Tymal Mills Bowler |
1st innings – Islamabad United
| Islamabad United 144-10 | |
| BATTING | BOWLING |
| Agha Salman 52 (43) | Mohammad Ali 3-19 |
| Jordan Cox 41 (28) | Abbas Afridi 3-33 |
| Azam Khan 13 (10) | Usama Mir 2-29 |
| TARGET | 145 RUNS in 20 overs |
- Multan’s bowlers put up an outstanding performance, keeping Islamabad under 150.
- They were fantastic with the new ball, brilliant at the death, and gave nothing away in the middle overs.
- Mohammad Ali was the highlight again, this time with 3/19, giving him two 3-wicket hauls in two games. He jagged the ball throughout the powerplay before returning to finish it in style.
- David Willey and Olly Stone were also excellent. And keep in mind Usama Mir, who bowled an outstanding spell in the middle overs to remove Jordan Cox, who was beginning to threaten.
- However, this is not the most easy pitch for hitting. The fresh ball moves forward, and the slower ball remains on the pitch later, as shown in the last game.
- So Salman Agha’s fifty provided Islamabad with something to work with.
Second innings – Multan Sultans
| Multan Sultans 145-5 | |
| BATTING | BOWLING |
| Reeza Hendricks 58 (46) | Naseem Shah 2-27 |
| Mohammad Rizwan 43 (33) | Imad Wasim 1-22 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed 18 (17) | Tymal Mills 1-31 |
| RESULT | Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets |
- This chase was more of a walk in the park for Multan Sultans. However, Islamabad bowlers didn’t back off either.
- Reeza Hendricks and Mohammad Rizwan scored the bulk of the runs during this chase. Naseem and Imad tried to bring some flavour to the resistance, but there wasn’t much on the plate to play around with.
- The pitch favoured the pacers, and it could have been a lot better for Naseem Shah. But the runs he had to play around with didn’t give him much of a chance.
- Multan did stutter a bit in the middle. But Iftikhar Ahmad stood and scored the final runs, steering the team to a comfortable win with a margin of 5 wickets.
Man of the match.
Mohammad Ali is having the time of his life so far in HBL PSL 9. This is his second match, and he has taken his second 3-wicket haul. What a lad!
