Islamabad United continued to win as they defeated Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League match number seven in Rawalpindi. The city witnessed rain earlier in the day and that forced the toss to be delayed due to wet outfield. (Match Blog | More Cricket News)
Multan captain Mohammad Rizwan won the delayed toss and opted to bowl first. Below are the Playing XIs for both the sides.
Islamabad United Playing XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Andries Gous, Colin Munro, Azam Khan(w), Muhammad Shahzad, Haider Ali, Shadab Khan(c), Jason Holder, Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Riley Meredith
Multan Sultans Playing XI: Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Shai Hope, Usman Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Michael Bracewell, Iftikhar Ahmed, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Usama Mir, Mohammad Hasnain, Ubaid Shah
Sahibzada Farhan continued his good form and scored a half-century opening the innings. Colin Munro scored 48 while Haider Ali and Jason Holder hit quickfire 30s in the end to take Islamabad United to 202/6 in their full quota of 20 overs.
The Sultans started well and raced to 62 in the powerplay but after that they just collapsed. Jason Holder starred with the ball as well as he picked up four wickets. Imad Wasim picked up two wickets and everyone else took a wicket each for Islamabad.
Now, Islamabad United have three wins in three games while Multan Sultans have lost both of their opening matches in this campaign.
