PSL 2021: Islamabad United defeat Multan Sultans by 3 wickets in thrilling contest

KARACHI: Multan Sultans delivered a wide ball in the final over of the match to hand Islamabad United a victory, in the third match of the Pakistan Super League 2021, held at the National Stadium in Karachi.

United's Lewis Gregory's knock of 49 (not out) cemented victory for the side. Alex Hales provided good support with 29 off 20 balls.

Multan Sultans gave their opponents a respectable 151-run target to chase.

Mohammad Rizwan was instrumental with his 71 off 53, but the bowling attack comprising Shahid Afridi, Carlos Brathwaite who took two deliveries each, and Mohammad Umar and Khushdil Shah, who took one each, remained unsuccessful in preventing United in chasing down the total.

Two time winners Islamabad United won the 2016 and 2018 PSL editions but finished at the bottom in the previous edition of PSL. They have brought Johan Botha on board as the head coach, who has replaced Misbah ul Haq and have also shuffled their roster hoping for a change of fortune.

Squads

Islamabad United: Alex Hales, Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Hussain Talat, Musa Khan, Shadab Khan, Zafar Gohar, Hassan Ali, Lewis Gregory, Phil Salt, Rohail Nazir, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Ahmed Saifi Abdullah, Paul Stirling, Ali Khan, Fawad Ahmed, Zeeshan Zameer

Multan Sultans: Shahid Afridi, Imran Tahir, James Vince, Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Sohail Tanvir, Usman Qadir, Chris Lynn, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Carlos Brathwaite, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohaib Ullah, Adam Lyth, Shahnawaz Dhani, Muhammad Umar, Imran Khan Sr

Ball-by-ball updates of the match are given below the line

           ISLAMABAD UNITED WIN BY 3 WICKETS

Sohaibullah to Gregory, 1 wide

End of 19th over, Islamabad United 150/7

Tanvir to Gregory, 1 run

Tanvir to Gregory, FOUR runs

Tanvir to Gregory, FOUR runs

Tanvir to Gregory, FOUR runs

Tanvir to Gregory, SIX runs

Tanvir to Gregory, no run

End of 18th over, Islamabad United 131/7

Brathwaite to Gregory, 1 run

Brathwaite to Gregory, 2 runs

Brathwaite to Gregory, no run

Brathwaite to Zafar, 1 run

Brathwaite to Zafar, no run

Brathwaite to Gregory, 1 run

End of 17th over, Islamabad United 126/7

Sohaibullah to Gregory, 1 run

Sohaibullah to Zafar, 1 run

Sohaibullah to Gregory, 1 run

Sohaibullah to Gregory, FOUR runs

Sohaibullah to Zafar, 1 run

Sohaibullah to Gregory, 1 run

End of 16th over, Islamabad United 117/7

Brathwaite to Faheem, OUT c Shahid Afridi b Brathwaite

Brathwaite to Gregory, 1 run

Brathwaite to Gregory, FOUR runs

Brathwaite to Gregory, no run

Brathwaite to Faheem, 1 run

Brathwaite to Faheem, 1 wide

Brathwaite to Gregory, 1 leg bye

End of 15th over, Islamabad United 109/6

Tanvir to Gregory, 1 run

Tanvir to Gregory, no run

Tanvir to Gregory, no run

Tanvir to Gregory, FOUR runs

Tanvir to Gregory, 2 runs

Tanvir to Faheem, 1 run

End of 14th over, Islamabad United 101/6

Mohammad Umar to Faheem, 1 run

Mohammad Umar to Gregory, 1 run

Mohammad Umar to Faheem, 1 run

Mohammad Umar to Faheem, SIX runs

Mohammad Umar to Faheem, FOUR runs

Mohammad Umar to Gregory, 1 run

End of 13th over, Islamabad United 87/6

Afridi to Gregory, 1 run

Afridi to Faheem, 1 run

Afridi to Gregory, 1 run

Afridi to Faheem, 1 run

Afridi to Faheem, FOUR runs

Afridi to Gregory, 1 run

End of 12th over, Islamabad United 78/6

Khushdil to Gregory, 1 run

Khushdil to Faheem, 1 run

Khushdil to Gregory, 1 run

Khushdil to Gregory, no run

Khushdil to Faheem, 1 run

Khushdil to Talat, OUT c sub (Shan Masood) b Khushdil Shah

End of 11th over, Islamabad United 74/5

Afridi to Talat, OUT Iftikhar Ahmed run out

Afridi to Iftikhar, 1 run

Afridi to Iftikhar, no run

Afridi to Iftikhar, no run

Afridi to Iftikhar, no run

Afridi to Asif Ali, OUT c Vince b Shahid Afridi

End of 10th over, Islamabad United 73/3

Mohammad Umar to Talat, no run

Mohammad Umar to Asif Ali, 1 run

Mohammad Umar to Asif Ali, FOUR runs

Mohammad Umar to Asif Ali, no run

Mohammad Umar to Asif Ali, no run

Mohammad Umar to Talat, 1 run

End of 9th over, Islamabad United 67/3

Afridi to Asif Ali, no run

Afridi to Talat, 1 run

Afridi to Talat, no run

Afridi to Talat, SIX runs

Afridi to Talat, no run

Afridi to Talat, no run

End of 8th over, Islamabad United 60/3

Brathwaite to Asif Ali, no run

Brathwaite to Asif Ali, FOUR runs

Brathwaite to Asif Ali, no run

Brathwaite to Talat, 1 run

Brathwaite to Talat, no run

Brathwaite to Talat, no run

End of 7th over, Islamabad United 55/3

Afridi to Hales, OUT b Shahid Afridi

Afridi to Talat, 1 run

Afridi to Talat, no run

Afridi to Talat, no run

Afridi to Hales, 1 run

Afridi to Hales, 5 wide

Afridi to Hales, no run

End of 6th over, Islamabad United 48/2

Brathwaite to Talat, no run

Brathwaite to Hales, 1 run

Brathwaite to Hales, FOUR runs

Brathwaite to Talat, no run

Brathwaite to Shadab, OUT c Rossouw b Brathwaite

Brathwaite to Hales, 1 run

End of 5th over, Islamabad United 42/1

Sohaibullah to Hales, 1 run

Sohaibullah to Shadab, 1 run

Sohaibullah to Shadab, no run

Sohaibullah to Shadab, no run

Sohaibullah to Shadab, FOUR runs

Sohaibullah to Shadab, no run

End of 4th over, Islamabad United 36/1

Mohammad Umar to Hales, no run

Mohammad Umar to Hales, SIX runs

Mohammad Umar to Salt, OUT c Vince b Mohammad Umar

Mohammad Umar to Hales, 1 run

Mohammad Umar to Hales, SIX runs

Mohammad Umar to Salt, 1 run

End of 3rd over, Islamabad United 22/0

Tanvir to Salt, 1 run

Tanvir to Hales, 1 run

Tanvir to Salt, 1 run

Tanvir to Salt, 1 wide

Tanvir to Hales, 1 run

Tanvir to Salt, 1 run

Tanvir to Hales, 1 run

End of 2nd over, Islamabad United 15/0

Sohaibullah to Hales, 1 run

Sohaibullah to Hales, FOUR runs

Sohaibullah to Hales, no run

Sohaibullah to Hales, no run

Sohaibullah to Salt, 1 run

Sohaibullah to Salt, FOUR runs

End of 1st over, Islamabad United 5/0

Tanvir to Hales, no run

Tanvir to Salt, 1 run

Tanvir to Salt, no run

Tanvir to Salt, FOUR runs

Tanvir to Salt, no run

Tanvir to Salt, no run

             End of 20th over, Multan Sultans 150/8

Hasan Ali to Tanvir, OUT

Hasan Ali to Brathwaite, 1 run

Hasan Ali to Tanvir, 1 run

Hasan Ali to Tanvir, 2 runs

Hasan Ali to Brathwaite, 1 run

Hasan Ali to Tanvir, 1 run

End of 19th over, Multan Sultans 144/7

Mohammad Wasim to Brathwaite, FOUR runs

Mohammad Wasim to Afridi, OUT

Mohammad Wasim to Rizwan, OUT

Mohammad Wasim to Rizwan, 2 runs

Mohammad Wasim to Rizwan, no run

Mohammad Wasim to Brathwaite, 1 run

End of 18th over, Multan Sultans 137/5

Faheem to Brathwaite, 1 run

Faheem to Brathwaite, SIX runs

Faheem to Brathwaite, 1 wide

Faheem to Rizwan, 1 run

Faheem to Rizwan, FOUR runs

Faheem to Rizwan, no run

Faheem to Brathwaite, 1 run

End of 17th over, Multan Sultans 123/5

Gregory to Brathwaite, 1 run

Gregory to Brathwaite, no run

Gregory to Rizwan, 1 run

Gregory to Brathwaite, 1 run

Gregory to Rizwan, 1 run

Gregory to Rizwan, 2 runs

End of 16th over, Multan Sultans 117/5

Hasan Ali to Brathwaite, no run

Hasan Ali to Rizwan, 1 run

Hasan Ali to Rizwan, no run

Hasan Ali to Brathwaite, 1 run

Hasan Ali to Brathwaite, FOUR runs

Hasan Ali to Brathwaite, no run

End of 15th over, Multan Sultans 111/5

Shadab to Rizwan, 2 runs

Shadab to Rizwan, no run

Shadab to Rizwan, no run

Shadab to Rizwan, no run

Shadab to Rizwan, no run

Shadab to Rizwan, no run

End of 14th over, Multan Sultans 109/5

Gregory to Rizwan, 1 run

Gregory to Rizwan, no run

Gregory to Khushdil, OUT

Gregory to Khushdil, no run

Gregory to Rizwan, 1 run

Gregory to Rizwan, FOUR runs

End of 13th over, Multan Sultans 103/4

Shadab to Khushdil, no run

Shadab to Rizwan, 1 run

Shadab to Khushdil, 1 run

Shadab to Rizwan, 1 run

Shadab to Khushdil, 3 runs

Shadab to Khushdil, no run

End of 12th over, Multan Sultans 97/4

Mohammad Wasim to Khushdil, 1 run

Mohammad Wasim to Khushdil, 2 runs

Mohammad Wasim to Maqsood, OUT

Mohammad Wasim to Rizwan, 1 run

Mohammad Wasim to Maqsood, 1 run

Mohammad Wasim to Maqsood, no run

End of 11th over, Multan Sultans 92/3

Shadab to Rizwan, FOUR runs

Shadab to Maqsood, 1 run

Shadab to Rossouw, OUT

Shadab to Rossouw, SIX runs

Shadab to Rossouw, SIX runs

Shadab to Rizwan, 1 run

End of 10th over, Multan Sultans 74/2

Mohammad Wasim to Rossouw, FOUR runs

Mohammad Wasim to Rossouw, no run

Mohammad Wasim to Rossouw, no run

Mohammad Wasim to Rizwan, 1 run

Mohammad Wasim to Rossouw, 1 run

Mohammad Wasim to Rizwan, 1 run

End of 9th over, Multan Sultans 67/2

Shadab to Rossouw, no run

Shadab to Rossouw, no run

Shadab to Rossouw, 2 runs

Shadab to Rossouw, FOUR runs

Shadab to Rossouw, no run

Shadab to Rizwan, 1 run

End of 8th over, Multan Sultans 60/2

Gregory to Rizwan, 1 run

Gregory to Rizwan, FOUR runs

Gregory to Rossouw, 1 run

Gregory to Rossouw, 1 run

Gregory to Vince, OUT

End of 7th over, Multan Sultans 52/1

Zafar to Rizwan, FOUR runs

Zafar to Rizwan, SIX runs

Zafar to Vince, 1 run

Zafar to Vince, no run

Zafar to Rizwan, 1 run

Zafar to Rizwan, 1 run

End of 6th over, Multan Sultans 39/1

Gregory to Rizwan, no run

Gregory to Rizwan, no run

Gregory to Rizwan, FOUR runs

Gregory to Vince, 1 run

Gregory to Vince, SIX runs

Gregory to Vince, no run

End of 5th over, Multan Sultans 28/1

Faheem to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR runs

Faheem to Mohammad Rizwan, SIX runs

Faheem to Mohammad Rizwan, no run

Faheem to Vince, 1 run

Faheem to Vince, no run

Faheem to Vince, no run

End of 4th over, Multan Sultans 17/1

Mohammad Wasim to Vince, 1 run

Mohammad Wasim to Vince, FOUR runs

Mohammad Wasim to Vince, no run

Mohammad Wasim to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run

Mohammad Wasim to Mohammad Rizwan, no run

Mohammad Wasim to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR runs

End of 3rd over, Multan Sultans 7/1

Hasan Ali to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run

Hasan Ali to Vince, 1 run

Hasan Ali to Vince, no run

Hasan Ali to Vince, no run

Hasan Ali to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run

Hasan Ali to Mohammad Rizwan, no run

End of 2nd over, Multan Sultans 4/1

Faheem to Vince, no run

Faheem to Lynn, OUT

Faheem to Lynn, no run

Faheem to Rizwan, 1 run

Faheem to Rizwan, no run

Faheem to Lynn, 1 run

End of 1st over, Multan Sultans 2/0

Hasan Ali to Lynn, 1 leg bye

Hasan Ali to Lynn, no run

Hasan Ali to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run

Hasan Ali to Mohammad Rizwan, no run

Hasan Ali to Mohammad Rizwan, no run

Hasan Ali to Mohammad Rizwan, no run