MATCH NO – 5th MATCH
SERIES – Pakistan Super Leagues – 2024
DATE – 20th February, 2024
TIME – 08:00 PM IST
VENUE – Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
INTRODUCTION
Pakistan Super league is one of the most popular T20 leagues in Men’s cricket. In this league many big stars like Kieron pollard, Rashid Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Alex Hales, Colin Munro etc play for many frenchies.
This t20 format started from 2015 by cricket Pakistan Cricket Board, This is a Pakistan professional t20 league and biggest T20 league.
Pakistan Super League 2024 has started from 20th February. Fifth match of Pakistan Super League league will be played between Multan Sultan & Islamabad United. Multan team have won 1 trophy of Pakistan Super League whereas Islamabad United also won 1 trophy of Pakistan Super League.
MATCH PREVIEW
The Fifth match played between Multan Sultan (MS) and Islamabad United (ISU) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this season Multan Sultan team started this season with a win against Karachi Kings whereas Islamabad United team started this season with a win against Lahore Qalander.
Last time when both teams Multan Sultan and Islamabad United played between each other Multan Sultan scored 205 runs and Islamabad United chased this massive total 209 runs and Islamabad United team won the match by 2 wickets.
Multan Sultan as a home team have the advantage of more experience of this pitch as well. Multan Sultan is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have proven themselves in this season also started with won the match against Karachi Kings.In the previous match against Karachi kings Multan team scored 185 runs with the help of Dawid Malan & Reeza Hendricks fifties. They have talented & aggressive batsman like Reeza Hendricka, Dawid Malan, Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahemd, David Willey, Mohamamd Shahzad, Johnson Charles. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Abbas Afridi, Chris Jordan, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usama Mir, adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up.
On the other hand, Islamabad United were also looked in impressive in previous season and won 6 matches and lost 4 matches and out of 10 and third position.In this season also they chased 195 runs against Lahore Qalandar and won the match by 8 wickets. This team is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Colin Munro, Alex Hales, Haider Ali, & Azam Khan. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Obed McCoy, Tymal Mills adding depth and experience to their batting and bowling line-up.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Multan Sultan and Islamabad United.
PITCH REPORT
Multan Cricket Stadium is an International cricket stadium located in MUltan, Pakistan. It is owned and operated by the Pakistan Cricket Board. It serves as the home ground for the Multan Sultan team. The stadium is located in third biggest city of Pakistan Multan.First test matches was played between Pakistan & Bangladesh Team in 2001.First ODI match was played on this ground in 2003 between Pakistan men’s team & Bangladesh men’s team.Not any international t20 match played on this ground..
Multan Stadium is one of the most popular & oldest grounds in the cricket world which is operated by the Pakistan Cricket Board. It has a seating capacity of 30000 and has hosted various international mens’ cricket matches, including Test matches and One Day Internationals.
Overall, Multan Cricket Stadium holds a significant place in cricket history & Pakistan Super League history and continues to be a prominent venue for domestic and international cricket matches in Multan.
This pitch has served 08 matches of Pakistan Super League and in 09 matches 7 times the first batting team won the match and 2 times second batting won the match. So toss is an important role for this match and who will win the toss will choose batting first.
Multan Cricket Stadium pitch is balanced for both departments. But this pitch is more favourable for the Batsmen.The last match witnessed the batting first side crossing 185 runs and the second batting team failed to chase the total and lost the match by just 55 runs.In 9 matches played 7 times the team scored 170+ runs on board.That’s shown how much this pitch favours for Batsmen.
In the initial overs, the bowling side needs to maintain a tight line and length, aiming to secure early breakthroughs to restrict the opponent to a low score. The role of pacers becomes crucial in the Pakistan conditions.But this pitch is more favourable for batsmen and Due to the small boundaries, we will see many boundaries in this match.Talking about the Par score, the team batting first should aim to score at least 175+ to be considered a competitive total.
GROUND STATS (PSL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 09 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 175+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 07 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 02 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 02 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 00 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 03 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 04 |
BOWLERS STATS ON MULTAN CRICKET STADIUM (PSL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 09
PACER WICKETS – 76
SPINNER WICKETS – 28.
MS TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Multan Sultan team performed very well in the previous season and won 6 matches out of 10 matches and took second position in the points table.
- Last match played between Multan Sultan & Islamabad United, Multan Sultan team scored 205 runs and failed to defend the total and lost the match by 2 wickets.
- Mohamamd Rizwan had scored 550 runs in 12 innings with a 55+average in the previous season of Pakistan Super League.
- Abbas Afridi had taken 23 wickets in 11 innings in the previous season of Pakistan Super league.
- Usama Mir had taken 17 wickets in 12 innings in the previous season of Pakistan Super league.
- In the last match against Karachi kings Multan team scored 185 runs successfully defending the total and won the match by 55 runs.
- Dawid Malan scored 52 runs & Reeza Hendricks scored 79 runs against Karachi Kings.
- Mohammad Ali has taken 3 wickets, whereas David WIlley & Ababs Afridi took 2-2 wickets each against Karachi Kings.
- Both teams played 13 matches and Multan Sultan won 7 matches and lost 6 matches against Islamabad United.
SQUADS
Batting – Mohammad Rizwan © (wk), Usman Khan, Johnson Charles (wk), Mohamamd Shahzad (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Dawid Malan, Tayyab Tahir, Yasir Khan, Faisal Akram.
Bowling – Abbas Afridi, Chris Jordan, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Ali, Usama Mir, Aftab ibrahim.
All Rounder – Khusdil Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed, David Willey
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Mohammad Rizwan © (wk), Dawid Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Yasir Khan, Iftikhar Ahemd, Khusdil Shah, David Willey, Abbas Afridi, Usama Mir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Ali.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 11r, 21r, 16r, 17r, 14r. |
| Dawid Malan | 52r, 6r, 63r, 19r, 2r. |
| Reeza Hendircks | 79r, 4r, 4r, 58r, 27r. |
| Yasir Khan | 10r, 41r, 39r, 8r, 10r. |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 0W, 23+0W, 69r, 0r, 5r. |
| Khusdil Shah | 28r, 4r, 13+1W, 21+1W, 14+1W. |
| David WIlley | 2W, 36+1W, 11+0W, 0W, 2W. |
| Abbas Afridi | 2W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 0W. |
| Mohammad Ali | 3W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 3W. |
| Usama Mir | 1W, 0W, 3W, 1W, 1W. |
| Shahnawaz Dahani | 0W, 2W, 3W, 0W, 4W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON MULTAN CRICKET STADIUM (PSL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 6 INNINGS – 340 RUNS. |
| Dawid Malan | 1 INNING – 52 RUNS. |
| Reeza Hendircks | 1 INNING – 79 RUNS. |
| Yasir Khan | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 3 INNINGS – 14 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Khusdil Shah | 6 INNINGS – 96 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| David WIlley | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
| Abbas Afridi | 5 INNINGS – 12 WICKETS. |
| Mohammad Ali | 1 INNING – 3 WICKETS. |
| Usama Mir | 6 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
| Shahnawaz Dahani | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS ISU (PSL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS ISU |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 33r, 50r, 51r, 12r, 0r. |
| Dawid Malan | 1r, 43r, 7r, 6r. |
| Reeza Hendircks | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Yasir Khan | 5r, 8r, 35r, 14r. |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 2+1W, 39r, 4r, 6r, 1+1W. |
| Khusdil Shah | 3r, 2r, 8+4W, 42r, 7r. |
| David WIlley | 28+1W, 3W. |
| Abbas Afridi | 1W, 4W, 0W, 1W. |
| Mohammad Ali | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Usama Mir | 2W, 2W, 0W, 3W, 0W. |
| Shahnawaz Dahani | 1W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS ISU (PSL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS ISU |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 11 INNINGS – 317 RUNS. |
| Dawid Malan | 4 INNINGS – 57 RUNS. |
| Reeza Hendircks | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Yasir Khan | 4 INNINGS – 62 RUNS. |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 11 INNINGS – 81 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Khusdil Shah | 7 INNINGS – 77 RUNS – 4 WICKETS. |
| David WIlley | 1 INNINGS – 28 RUNS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Abbas Afridi | 4 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Mohammad Ali | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Usama Mir | 9 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Shahnawaz Dahani | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
ISU TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Islamabad United team performed really impressively in the previous season and won 6 matches out of 10 and third position in the points table.
- Last match played between Multan Sultan & Islamabad United, Islamabad United successfully chased a massive total of 205 runs and won the match by 2 wickets.
- Imad Wasim scored 404 runs with 134+average & took 9 wickets in 10 innings in the previous PSL season.
- Colin Munro scored 298 runs in 11 innings in the previous Pakistan Super league season.
- Shadab Khan took 12 wickets in 11 innings in the previous Pakistan Super League season.
- In the last match against Lahore Qalander Islamabad United team chased 195 runs and won the match by 8 wickets.
- Shadab Khan scored 74 runs & Agha Salman scored 64 runs in the last match against Lahore Qalander.
- Mills Took 2 wickets & Shadab Khan & Naseem Shah took 1-1 wickets in the last match against Lahore Qalander.
- Both teams played 13 matches and Islamabad United won 6 matches and 7 matches lost against the Multan Sultan.
SQUADS
Batting – Colin Munro, Alex Hales, Shamy Hussain, Shahab Khan, Haider Ali, Jordan Cox (wk), Azam Khan (wk).
Bowling – Ubaid Shah, Rumman Raees, Naseem Shah, Tymal Mills, Obed McCoy.
All Rounder – Qasim Akram, Agha Salman, Hunain Shah, Shadab Khan ©, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Haider Ali/Muhammad Wasim, Azam Khan (wk), Agha Salman, Shadab Khan ©, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Tymal Mills, Ubaid Shah.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Colin Munro | 5r, 27r, 6r, 7r, 51r. |
| Alex Hales | 36r, 50r, 21r, 66r, 6r. |
| Shadab Khan | 74+1W, 10+0W, 11+0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Agha Salman | 64r, 9r, 2r, 54+2W, 42+1W. |
| Azam khan | 19r, 50r, 0r, 20r, 35r. |
| Haider Ali | 6r, 0r, 20r,21r, 9r. |
| Imad Wasim | 0W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Faheem Ashraf | 0W, 13+2W, 32+3W, 0W, 15+3W. |
| Naseem Shah | 1W, 0W, 3W, 3W, 1W. |
| Ubaid Shah | 0W, 1W, 5W, 3W, 3W.. |
| Tymal Mills | 2W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 2W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON MULTAN CRICKET STADIUM (PSL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Colin Munro | 1 INNING – 31 RUNS. |
| Alex Hales | 1 INNING – 29 RUNS. |
| Shadab Khan | 1 INNING – 1 RUN – 1 WICKET. |
| Agha Salman | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Azam khan | 2 INNINGS – 22 RUNS. |
| Haider Ali | 2 INNINGS – 59 RUNS. |
| Imad Wasim | 2 INNINGS – 52 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Faheem Ashraf | 1 INNING – 4 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Naseem Shah | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
| Ubaid Shah | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tymal Mills | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS MS (PSL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS MS |
| Colin Munro | 40r, 31r, 0r, 25r, 50r. |
| Alex Hales | 1r, 23r, 22r, 29r, 46r. |
| Shadab Khan | 44+2W, 1W, 91+0W, 2W, 35+0W. |
| Agha Salman | 13r, 2r, 3r. |
| Azam khan | 3r, 16r, 8r, 12r, 2r. |
| Haider Ali | 12r. 1r. 24r. 26r. 24r. |
| Imad Wasim | 14+2W, 47+0W, 32+0W, 1W, 1W. |
| Faheem Ashraf | 48+1W, 4+0W, 0W, 2W, 2W. |
| Naseem Shah | 1W, 0W, 1W. |
| Ubaid Shah | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tymal Mills | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS MS (PSL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS MS |
| Colin Munro | 6 INNINGS – 157 RUNS. |
| Alex Hales | 5 INNINGS – 121 RUNS. |
| Shadab Khan | 12 INNINGS – 204 RUNS – 13 WICKETS. |
| Agha Salman | 3 INNINGS -1 8 WICKETS. |
| Azam khan | 7 INNINGS – 64 RUNS. |
| Haider Ali | 7 INNINGS – 135 RUNS. |
| Imad Wasim | 11 INNINGS – 129 RUNS – 8 WICKETS. |
| Faheem Ashraf | 11 INNINGS – 113 RUNS – 10 WICKETS. |
| Naseem Shah | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Ubaid Shah | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Tymal Mills | NOT PLAYED YET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 13
- MS WIN – 07
- ISU WIN – 06
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – M. Rizwan.
BATSMEN – R. Hendricks, D. Malan, A. Hales.
ALL-ROUNDERS – A. Salman, I. Wasim, S. Khan, K. Shah.
BOWLERS – D. Willey, T. Mills, A. Afridi.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – M. Rizwan.
BATSMEN – A. Hales, C. Munro, D. Malan.
ALL-ROUNDERS – A. Salman, I. Wasim, S. Khan, K. Shah.
BOWLERS – D. Willey, T. Mills, A. Afridi, M. Ali.
BACK-UPS – N. Shah, A. Khan, I. Ahmed, F. Ashraf.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – S. Khan, M. Rizwan.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – D. Malan, I. Wasim.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
ISLAMABAD UNITED MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.