DUBAI: Multan Sultans regained confidence as they defeated Islamabad United by six wickets in 121 run-chase with 11 balls to spare at the Dubai International Stadium.
Opener Umar Siddiq, 46 off 45 with five boundaries and a six, powered Multan Sultans to chase an easy target of 121 runs, while James Vince smashed 28 off 17 balls with five boundaries.
Shadab Khan, Musa, Samit Patel and Rumman Raees picked one wicket each.
The brilliant bowling display of Sultans helped the team secured much awaited victory. DT Christian took three wickets, Shahid Afridi, Nauman Ali and Muhammad Ilyas took two wickets each while Muhammad Irfan picked one.
For United opener Luke Ronchi scored 32 off 16 while Asif Ali resisted with his innings of 22 runs off 12 balls.
Multan Sultans: 122/4 in 18.1 overs
After over 18: Multan Sultans 120/4
Rumman Raees to Christian, 1 run
Rumman Raees to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Rumman Raees to Christian, (no ball) 1 run
Rumman Raees to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Rumman Raees to Christian, 1 run
Rumman Raees to Christian, no run
Rumman Raees to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
After over 17: Multan Sultans 113/4
Muhammad Musa to Christian, 4 runs
Muhammad Musa to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Muhammad Musa to Christian, 1 run
Muhammad Musa to Christian, no run
Muhammad Musa to Christian, 6 runs
Muhammad Musa to Christian, no run
Muhammad Musa to Evans, OUT (b Muhammad Musa 1)
After over 16: Multan Sultans 101/3
Rumman Raees to Evans, 1 run
Rumman Raees to Evans, no run
Rumman Raees to Evans, no run
Rumman Raees to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Rumman Raees to Umar Siddiq, OUT (c Muhammad Musa b Rumman Raees 46)
Rumman Raees to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
After over 15: Multan Sultans 98/2
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, no run
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, no run
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, 2 runs
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, no run
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, no run
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, no run
After over 14: Multan Sultans 96/2
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, no run
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, no run
Shadab Khan to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Shadab Khan to Umar Siddiq, 4 runs
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, no run
After over 13: Multan Sultans 90/2
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, no run
Faheem Ashraf to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Faheem Ashraf to Shoaib Malik, no run
Faheem Ashraf to Shoaib Malik, 4 runs
Faheem Ashraf to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs
Faheem Ashraf to Shoaib Malik, no run
After over 12: Multan Sultans 83/2
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, 6 runs
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, 4 runs
Muhammad Musa to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, no run
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, no run
After over 11: Multan Sultans 71/2
Patel to Shoaib Malik, no run
Patel to Shoaib Malik, no run
Patel to Shoaib Malik, no run
Patel to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Patel to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Patel to Shoaib Malik, 4 runs
After over 10: Multan Sultans 65/2
Shadab Khan to Umar Siddiq, no run
Shadab Khan to Umar Siddiq, no run
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, no run
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, no run
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, no run
After over 9: Multan Sultans 64/2
Patel to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Patel to Shoaib Malik, no run
Patel to Shoaib Malik, no run
Patel to Shoaib Malik, no run
Patel to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Patel to Umar Siddiq, no run
Patel to Umar Siddiq, 1 wide
After over 8: Multan Sultans 61/2
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, no run
Shadab Khan to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, 1 run
Shadab Khan to Shoaib Malik, no run
Shadab Khan to Charles, OUT (lbw b Shadab Khan 4)
Shadab Khan to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
After over 7: Multan Sultans 58/1
Patel to Charles, 4 runs
Patel to Charles, no run
Patel to Vince, OUT (c Parnell b Patel 28)
Patel to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Patel to Umar Siddiq, no run
Patel to Vince, 1 run
After over 6: Multan Sultans 52/0
Shadab Khan to Vince, 1 run
Shadab Khan to Vince, no run
Shadab Khan to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Shadab Khan to Umar Siddiq, no run
Shadab Khan to Umar Siddiq, no run
Shadab Khan to Umar Siddiq, 4 runs
After over 5: Multan Sultans 46/0
Patel to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Patel to Umar Siddiq, 2 runs
Patel to Vince, 1 run
Patel to Vince, 4 runs
Patel to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Patel to Umar Siddiq, no run
After over 4: Multan Sultans 37/0
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, 4 run
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, 4 runs
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, 1 wide
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, 1 leg bye
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, no run
Muhammad Musa to Vince, 1 run
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
After over 3: Multan Sultans 25/0
Rumman Raees to Vince, no run
Rumman Raees to Vince, 4 runs
Rumman Raees to Vince, no run
Rumman Raees to Vince, no run
Rumman Raees to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Rumman Raees to Umar Siddiq, 4 runs
After over 2: Multan Sultans 16/0
Muhammad Musa to Vince, 4 runs
Muhammad Musa to Vince, 2 runs
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, no run
Muhammad Musa to Umar Siddiq, no run
Muhammad Musa to Vince, 1 run
After over 1: Multan Sultans 8/0
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, 2 runs
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, 4 runs
Faheem Ashraf to Vince, 1 run
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, 1 run
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, no run
Faheem Ashraf to Umar Siddiq, no run
Islamabad United 121 all out in 17.4 overs
After over 17.4: Islamabad United 121/10
Christian to Muhammad Musa, OUT (c Shahid Afridi b Christian 2)
Christian to Faheem Ashraf, 1 runs
Christian to Faheem Ashraf, 4 runs
Christian to Faheem Ashraf, 6 runs
After over 17: Islamabad United 110/9
Junaid Khan to Muhammad Musa, no run
Junaid Khan to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run
Junaid Khan to Faheem Ashraf, no run
Junaid Khan to Faheem Ashraf, no run
Junaid Khan to Muhammad Musa, 1 run
Junaid Khan to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run
Junaid Khan to Faheem Ashraf, 1 wide
After over 16: Islamabad United 106/9
Christian to Faheem Ashraf, 1 run
Christian to Muhammad Musa, 1 run
Christian to Muhammad Musa, no run
Christian to Rumman Raees, OUT (lbw b Christian 0)
Christian to Asif Ali, OUT (c †Umar Siddiq b Christian 22)
Christian to Asif Ali, 6 runs
After over 15: Islamabad United 98/7
Nauman Ali to Faheem Ashraf, no run
Nauman Ali to Faheem Ashraf, 2 runs
Nauman Ali to Shadab Khan, OUT (b Nauman Ali 4)
Nauman Ali to Shadab Khan, no run
Nauman Ali to Asif Ali, 1 leg bye
Nauman Ali to Shadab Khan, 1 run
After over 14: Islamabad United 94/6
Shahid Afridi to Asif Ali, 6 runs
Shahid Afridi to Asif Ali, no run
Shahid Afridi to Shadab Khan, 1 runs
Shahid Afridi to Asif Ali, 1 run
Shahid Afridi to Asif Ali, 6 runs
Shahid Afridi to Asif Ali, 2 runs
After over 13: Islamabad United 78/6
Mohammad Irfan to Shadab Khan, 2 runs
Mohammad Irfan to Patel, OUT(c & b Mohammad Irfan 5)
Mohammad Irfan to Asif Ali, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan to Asif Ali, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Asif Ali, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Asif Ali, no run
After over 12: Islamabad United 75/5
Shahid Afridi to Patel, OUT (c Vince b Shahid Afridi 20)
Shahid Afridi to Patel, no run
Shahid Afridi to Patel, 4 runs
Shahid Afridi to Parnell, 1 run
Shahid Afridi to Patel, 1 run
Shahid Afridi to Parnell, 1 run
After over 11: Islamabad United 68/4
Mohammad Irfan to Patel, no run
Shahid Afridi to Parnell, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan to Parnell, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Parnell, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Patel, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan to Patel, no run
After over 10: Islamabad United 66/4
Shahid Afridi to Patel, 1 run
Shahid Afridi to Parnell, 1 run
Shahid Afridi to Patel, 1 run
Shahid Afridi to Patel, no run
Shahid Afridi to Parnell, 1 run
Shahid Afridi to Hussain Talat, OUT ( b Shahid Afridi 8)
After over 9: Islamabad United 62/3
Junaid Khan to Patel, no run
Junaid Khan to Hussain Talat, 1 run
Junaid Khan to Hussain Talat, no run
Junaid Khan to Hussain Talat, 4 runs
Junaid Khan to Hussain Talat, no run
Junaid Khan to Hussain Talat, no run
After over 8: Islamabad United 57/3
Shahid Afridi to Hussain Talat, 1 run
Shahid Afridi to Patel, 1 run
Shahid Afridi to Patel, no run
Shahid Afridi to Patel, 4 runs
Shahid Afridi to Patel, no run
Shahid Afridi to Patel, 4 runs
After over 7: Islamabad United 47/3
Junaid Khan to Patel, 1 run
Junaid Khan to Patel, no run
Junaid Khan to Patel, no run
Junaid Khan to Patel, no run
Junaid Khan to Hussain Talat, 1 run
Junaid Khan to Hussain Talat, no run
After over 6: Islamabad United 45/3
Mohammad Irfan to Patel, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Patel, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Patel, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Patel, 2 runs
Mohammad Irfan to Hussain Talat, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan to Hussain Talat, no run
After over 5: Islamabad United 42/3
Mohammad Ilyas to Patel, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Patel, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Ronchi, OUT (c Shoaib Malik b Mohammad Ilyas 32)
Mohammad Ilyas to Ronchi, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Ronchi, 4 runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Ronchi, 4 runs
After over 4: Islamabad United 34/2
Nauman Ali to Patel, no run
Nauman Ali to Sahibzada Farhan, OUT (Sahibzada Farhan st †Umar Siddiq b Nauman Ali 4)
Nauman Ali to Ronchi, 1 run
Nauman Ali to Ronchi, 4 runs
Nauman Ali to Ronchi, 1 wide
Nauman Ali to Ronchi, 4 runs
Nauman Ali to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run
After over 3: Islamabad United 23/1
Mohammad Ilyas to Ronchi, 6 runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Ronchi, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run
Mohammad Ilyas to Sahibzada Farhan, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Sahibzada Farhan, no run
After over 2: Islamabad United: 14/1
Mohammad Irfan to Ronchi, 4 runs
Mohammad Irfan to Ronchi, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Ronchi, 4 runs
Mohammad Irfan to Ronhi, no run
Mohammad Irfan to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run
Mohammad Irfan to Sahibzada Farhan, no run
After over 1: Islamabad United: 5/1
Mohammad Ilyas to Delport, OUT(c Vince b Mohammad Ilyas 4)
Mohammad Ilyas to Delport, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Delport, 4 runs
Mohammad Ilyas to Ronchi, 1 leg bye
Mohammad Ilyas to Ronchi, no run
Mohammad Ilyas to Ronchi, no run
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Multan Sultans captain Shoaib Malik has won the toss and decided to bowl first against Islamabad United in the 16 th T20 match of the Pakistan Super League 2019 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Multan have made two changes in their team as Nauman and Evans have been brought in place of Hammad and Green.
Islamabad, on the other hand, made no changes in their side.
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The Pakistan Super League (PSL)’s fourth edition has reached its half way as all the six participating teams have completed the first phase, playing five matches - one each against all other teams.
Now the PSL-4 is going back from Sharjah to Dubai where further seven matches will be played from February 26 to March 1 before shifting to another UAE state Abu Dhabi.
The teams will now move to second phase in which another 15 matches will be played. Every team will face each of the other five participants.
The first of these, the 16th match, will be played on Tuesday at 9-00 pm at Dubai Sports Club stadium between Islamabad United and Multan Sultans.
They had earlier clashed on February 16 also at Dubai where Multan Sultans defeated Islamabad United by five wickets. That was the only victory for the Sultans as they never won any other match in the first phase.
Multan have only two points and they are at the bottom on the table while Islamabad are placed third with six points, having won three and lost two matches.
The highest total, Multan Sultans scored in the PSL4, is 200/6 (vs Lahore Qalandars at Sharjah on February 22) while the highest for Islamabad United is so far 177/5 (vs Lahore Qalandars at Dubai on February 14).
The batsman, who made the most runs for Multan is their captain Shoaib Malik (168 in five matches with two fifties) and for Islamabad is Luke Ronchi (166 in five matches with two fifties).
The bowler taking the most wickets for Multan is left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan with eight wickets and for Islamabad is medium-pacer Faheem Ashraf with seven wickets.
Squads
Islamabad United: Mohammad Sami (captain), Luke Ronchi, Sahibzada Farhan, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Hussain Talat, Cameron Delport, Ian Bell, Philip Salt, Rizwan Hussain, Shadab Khan, Waqas Maqsood, Samit Patel, Rumman Raees, Muhammad Musa, Wayne Parnell.
Multan Sultans: Shoaib Malik (captain), Shan Masood, Tom Moores, Umar Siddiq, Laurie Evans, Andre Russell, Shahid Afridi, hammad Azam, Chris Green, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Irfan, Johnson Charles, Ali Shafiq, James Vince, Daniel Christian, Shakeel Ansar, Nauman Ali.
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