Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

Across the last 3 head-to-head matches, Islamabad United lead 2-1 over Multan Sultans.

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 are #3 with 11 points (5W-3L, NRR +1.766) and are currently in the playoff zone. Their last 3 results: beat Hyderabad Kingsmen by 8 wickets (80 balls remaining), lost to Rawalpindiz by 6 wickets (11 balls remaining), beat Karachi Kings by 8 wickets (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 are #2 with 12 points (6W-3L, NRR +0.450) and are currently in the playoff zone. Their last 3 results: lost to Hyderabad Kingsmen by 4 wickets (3 balls remaining), beat Rawalpindiz by 6 wickets (8 balls remaining), beat Karachi Kings by 11 runs.

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 favor ISU 4-2, driven by better NRR (+1.77 vs +0.45), higher Elo (1529 vs 1518), and a 2-1 edge in the last 3 H2Hs. All 4 models favor ISU, with a model average of ISU 57% vs MS 43% (range: 52-60% for ISU). Bookmakers price ISU at 47% (2.01) vs MS at 53% (1.82), so the call leans on ISU’s NRR and Elo edges despite MS having more points.

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.