Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Asif Ali
Asif Ali
75(43) 6x4 - 5x6
Control %62%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog sweep
  • 15 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
4 0 6 3 14 4 24 20
Iftikhar Ahmed
Iftikhar Ahmed
49(37) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
9 4 9 11 7 4 0 5

Best performances - Bowlers

Muhammad Musa
Muhammad Musa
O3
M0
R18
W3
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
JP Faulkner
JP Faulkner
O4
M0
R19
W3
Eco4.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

That's it from us from the first of the two PSL matches today. But don't forget to catch the action live as the Multan Sultans face the Peshawar Zalmi soon. It was a wonderful game of cricket first up, and on behalf of Sreshth and Ranjith, it's me Himanshu signing off. Good night, and take care.

Shadab Khan, the winning captain: "We never thought that we shouldn't have batted first after we were 20 for 5. Cricket is a funny game, and we saw the comeback we made today."

Asif Ali, as should have been, is the Player of the Match: "Conditions were difficult and we were under pressure. We wanted to bat deep, and that's what I told my partner [Ifthikar] too."

And Sampath from the stats team has this nugget: Just the seventh time in T20 history that a team has won despite their top five batters collectively scoring less than 20 runs. Only the Mumbai Indians and the Islamabad United have done it in franchise leagues.

Baig : "Excellent come back by IU and excellent ball by ball commentary.... " --- Our pleasure, Baig.

fatima: "unbelievable! take a bows united , take a bow captain!! for making this impossible to possible. What a turnaround!!"

Here's Sohail Akhtar after the loss: "Credit to their bowlers Shadab and Fawad. We need to take responsibility for such matches. We conceded 15-20 extra runs, and then the middle order didn't click for us. We played well, but have got a blow now. Nothing can be worse, and we hope we can only get better."

8.50pm What a sensational comeback by Islamabad United here. They were 20 for 5 with the bat, and posted 152. Then the Qalandars were 86 for 2, and they crumbled to 124 courtesy of the United bowlers. Huge credit to Asif and Ifthikar, and then Musa, Fawad and Shadab to pull it United's way.

18.2
W
Ali Khan to Haris Rauf, OUT, taken on the jump at long-on, and that's game over. A brilliant catch on the edge of the boundary in a tense situation. That was a full delivery on off, which Haris saw as a golden opportunity to swing for six, but he doesn't get it off the middle. And after those crucial runs, Ifthikar leaps on the fence to finish off the game for his side

Haris Rauf c Iftikhar Ahmed b Ali Khan 17 (11b 0x4 2x6) SR: 154.54

18.1
1lb
Ali Khan to Ahmed Daniyal, 1 leg bye, fuller and on the pads while angling away, he misses the flick. But the batters can sneak in a single. Half an appeal for lbw from the bowler, but that was way down leg

30 needed from 12. Fancy a late drama, anyone?

END OF OVER:
18 | 14 Runs | LQ: 123/9 (30 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.83, RRR: 15.00)

  • Ahmed Daniyal6 (8b)
  • Haris Rauf17 (10b)
  • Mohammad Wasim3-0-38-0
  • Fawad Ahmed4-0-27-2
17.6
1
Mohammad Wasim to Ahmed Daniyal, 1 run, yorker length on off, and almost a Dhoni-like helicopter there from the batter. Just that the ball only lobs off his pad straight back but far enough for a single

Shadab has a word with Wasim now

17.5
1
Mohammad Wasim to Haris Rauf, 1 run, slower ball on off, and on a full length. Goes for the heave again, but can only get that mistimed to long-on
17.4
6
Mohammad Wasim to Haris Rauf, SIX, and rammed back over the bowler's head this time. Fuller ball on off, Haris is deep in his crease and gets that right off the screws to dispatch for another six
17.3
6
Mohammad Wasim to Haris Rauf, SIX, sliced away over extra cover. Some late entertainment here, as Wasim goes full and wider outside off and Haris swings his bat to send that all the way

Qalandars 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st55Fakhar ZamanSohail Akhtar
2nd3Fakhar ZamanZeeshan Ashraf
3rd28Mohammad HafeezFakhar Zaman
4th2BR DunkFakhar Zaman
5th5Fakhar ZamanTH David
6th4Rashid KhanTH David
7th2JP FaulknerRashid Khan
8th1JP FaulknerShaheen Shah Afridi
9th0JP FaulknerAhmed Daniyal
10th24Haris RaufAhmed Daniyal

Pakistan Super League

TeamMWLPTNRR
IU1082160.859
MS1055101.05
PZ1055100.586
KK105510-0.115
LQ105510-0.589
QG10284-1.786