Over the wicket, on a shorter length with barely any inward seam movement, off-stump, he loads up and clubs it over wide long-on for a six, finishing the game in style. Islamabad United continue their stellar record and remain unbeaten after five games; coast home with 7 wickets
Sultans vs United, 13th Match at Multan, PSL, Apr 23 2025 - Match Result
United won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
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Islamabad played like table-toppers once again, registering another unblemished performance. First, they restricted Multan Sultans to a modest 168 and then, when they came out to bat, they dominated the powerplay. From there, it became a cakewalk. Sahibzada Farhan provided a solid start, Andries Gous was a treat to watch with an array of beautiful strokes and Colin Munro's fireworks turned it into a walk-in-the-park affair. Not much to celebrate for Multan--their spinners weren't tight enough and Jordan couldn't nail his yorkers as well as he has done for the most part of his career. Simply put, Multan couldn't compete with the formidable three-time PSL champions
Andries Gous, Player of the Match: It's a big relief to be honest, just thankful to the team for backing me. (Pitch) was a bit slow and it came on nicely when dew settled in. In the beginning there was bit of pressure, but I had a chat with coach and fellow players and we decided to play aggressive way and I got the backing. Spend some time in the field before game, knew it was a bit slow but it's always nice to keep
Fraction short and whooshing away in the corridor, tries to clatter it into the covers; Usman thinks he might have got a feather. Sent upstairs. There is a small spike when the ball was next to the bat and Nawaz is already walking off before the OUT on big screen
Abdul Samad: "This PSL is not good enough for Pakistan... Let's be real, Pakistan really needs to build a good T20 team yet playing so many overseas batsmen in the opening slots is just not going to do the trick. Look at Karachi, their only way of surviving this PSL is Vince and Warner. I think it's high time teams like Multan give chance to youngsters to open and play top order positions"
Touch short and angled across off, pulled across the line to deep midwicket
Shorter in length, nibbles in from outside off, chopped off the backfoot to point
Fired in full and slanted in at middle and leg, opens the face and jabs it down to long-off, excellent yorker
Saw him sashaying across off, he bowls and wider outside the tramline on off, but since the batter moved, the line moves too. Chat between umpire and bowler, has gone past the batting strip - touch and go, not entirely outside the pitch, given as a no ball finally
Taha: "@hunain Pretty sure it has something to do with an injury. No reason to exclude him otherwise. He's in sensational form"
Fuller and slanted in, blazed away into the empty spaces at deep midwicket
Pitched up on middle and leg, gives himself room and it's a rapacious loft for six over long-off; clean hit
Slows down the pace, plenty of revs on the ball, spins in a touch at middle, happy to knock it into the covers. Expensive over; he walks away crestfallen and sweating profusely
Plenty of oomph behind this slog sweep over long-on; into the stands! That was in his zone and he didn't miss out
Legbreak on leg-stump, stays leg-side, comes down the track and punches it to long-on. Relaxed IU camp, all smiles.
tight legbreak on middle, tip to silly mid-off and hustles to the other end
Another legbreak bit slower, steps leg-side and caresses it along the ground to deep extra cover
Over the wicket, legbreak turning away a touch from off, flicked across line to the fielder at short midwicket
Taha: "@hunain Pretty sure it has something to do with an injury. No reason to exclude him otherwise. He's in sensational form" Or maybe because the team is doing splendidly well so they don't want to bring the seasoned campaigner yet into the side and only when needed perhaps towards the business end
Back of a length angled into his pads who shimmies down leg, works it to midwicket rather nonchalantly, time for a strategic timeout and for me to read your comments
Shortens his length again, tight off-stump line, backs away and punches it down the floor to long-off
Swing and a miss, rising ball towards him
Syed: "Is Saad Masood playing PSL only as a fielder. He is not called to bowl and he does not get a chance to bat."
Cranks up the pace; scorcher rising from short of a length and zips in, play and a miss. Usman throws the ball to Ubaid and they try to sneak a run, umpire signals it doesn't count because the delivery had completely completed
Slightly short and gets a hint of inward seam movement, off-stump line, backs away and gets an outside, third man up in the ring so there's not much risk flirting with deliveries outside off
Muhammad hunain: "why is the Pakistani captain not playing for last 2-3 matches, this looks embarrassing "
RAZA: "Munro in T20 form his life. Why he retired so early in the int cricket?"
Over the wicket, thumped hard into the surface, rises waist height, cracks it down the ground and Iftikhar intercepts running to his right from wide long-on
1W |
1W | ||||
Multan Cricket Stadium | |
Toss | Multan Sultans, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2025 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20 |
Match days | 23 April 2025 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Islamabad United 2, Multan Sultans 0 |
Over 18 • IU 171/3
United won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)