Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

Last 3 head-to-head matches mein, Islamabad United 2-1 se lead karta hai Multan Sultans ke against.

MSMultan Sultans 175/5

ISIslamabad United 171/8

2026-03-28 · MS won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

MSMultan Sultans 168/5

ISIslamabad United 171/3

2025-04-23 · ISU won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)

ISIslamabad United 202/6

MSMultan Sultans 155/10

2025-04-16 · ISU won by 47 runs

Islamabad United

ISU #3 pe 11 points (5W-3L, NRR +1.766) ke saath hai aur abhi playoff zone mein hai. Unke last 3 results: Hyderabad Kingsmen ko 8 wickets se beat kiya (80 balls remaining), Rawalpindiz se 6 wickets se haare (11 balls remaining), Karachi Kings ko 8 wickets se beat kiya (24 balls remaining).

ISIslamabad United 83/2

HKHyderabad Kingsmen 80/10

2026-04-24 · ISU won by 8 wickets (with 80 balls remaining)

ISIslamabad United 137/10

RWRawalpindiz 140/4

2026-04-23 · RW won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

ISIslamabad United 153/2

KRKarachi Kings 150/6

2026-04-16 · ISU won by 8 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

Multan Sultans

MS #2 pe 12 points (6W-3L, NRR +0.450) ke saath hai aur abhi playoff zone mein hai. Unke last 3 results: Hyderabad Kingsmen se 4 wickets se haare (3 balls remaining), Rawalpindiz ko 6 wickets se beat kiya (8 balls remaining), Karachi Kings ko 11 runs se beat kiya.

MSMultan Sultans 213/7

HKHyderabad Kingsmen 214/6

2026-04-22 · HK won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

MSMultan Sultans 167/4

RWRawalpindiz 166/4

2026-04-21 · MS won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

MSMultan Sultans 207/7

KRKarachi Kings 196/10

2026-04-19 · MS won by 11 runs

Playing XI

Key Stats

Verdict

Key Stats ISU ko 4-2 se favor karte hain, mainly better NRR (+1.77 vs +0.45), higher Elo (1529 vs 1518), aur last 3 H2Hs mein 2-1 ka edge ki wajah se. Saare 4 models ISU ko favor karte hain, model average ISU 57% vs MS 43% (range: ISU ke liye 52-60%). Bookmakers ISU ko 47% (2.01) aur MS ko 53% (1.82) price kar rahe hain, toh call thoda ISU ki taraf lean karta hai unke NRR aur Elo edges ki wajah se, despite MS ke paas zyada points hone ke.

Islamabad United chased down 193 with 8 balls to spare, finishing 193/6 in 18.4 overs to beat Multan Sultans’ 192/7. The game swung in the middle overs of the chase: after a slightly scratchy powerplay at 55/2, United surged through the mid phase at 10.4 an over (104/3), driven by a match-defining 63-run stand between Mark Chapman and Shadab Khan. Multan had set the pace early at 60/1 in the powerplay, but their innings stalled sharply in the middle overs, managing just 75/4 at 7.5 an over before a late death-overs burst (57/2 at 14.2) dragged them to a competitive total.

Pre-match numbers leaned Islamabad’s way on underlying strength—NRR (+1.77 vs +0.45) and Elo (1529 vs 1518)—and four of five prediction sources backed them (model average 57% vs 43%), even as bookmakers made Multan slight favourites (53% vs 47%). The match largely validated that edge: Islamabad absorbed early wickets and still kept their chase ahead via superior middle-overs control, the phase that Multan lost with the bat. The expected bowling profiles also showed up in feel if not in raw frugality—Multan’s attack, projected to be looser in the powerplay (8.51), couldn’t fully capitalise on early breakthroughs, while Islamabad’s ability to squeeze at least one key phase was reflected by Imad Wasim’s 1/23 (5.8 econ) anchoring control amid an otherwise high-scoring night.

Chapman was the decisive figure and clear MVP, smashing 69 off 33 at a strike rate of 209 to flip the chase from manageable to inevitable. Shadab’s 36 off 28 (SR 129) was the stabiliser in that 63-run partnership, ensuring Chapman’s acceleration didn’t come with a collapse risk. For Multan, Shan Masood’s 44 off 33 (SR 133) set a platform, but the innings’ momentum dipped when four wickets fell in the middle overs. Mohammad Ismail (2/42 in 4.1) and Faisal Akram (2/41 in 4) struck, yet both went at around 10 an over, and that lack of containment—combined with Chapman’s clean hitting—left Multan defending a total that wasn’t quite enough.