Multan Sultans Vs Islamabad United: Final preview, Venue and likely Lineup
Multan Sultans Vs Islamabad United final of the Pakistan Super League will start tomorrow at 9:00 pm in National Bank Cricket Stadium Karachi. The toss will happen at 8:30 pm and the first ball of the match will be bowled at 9:00 pm.
Multan Sultans led by Muhammad Rizwan beat Peshawar Zalmi in the qualifier 1 of HBL PSL 9 and qualify directly for the final. Multan Sultans is the only team who have played in the final of the Pakistan Super League in the last four years. Multan Sultans won the title in 2021 and qualified for the finals in both the 2022 and 2023 seasons which were won by Lahore Qalandars.Lahore High Court Ordered Punjab Government Free Education In Private Schools
Islamabad United will be competing for the trophy with Multan Sultans in the final. Islamabad United won the trophy two times in 2016 and 2018, In 2018 united was unable to play the final till 2024 and now they will meet Multan Sultans in this season’s final.
Multan Sultans are outstanding in this season from the start they won seven matches out of ten in league stage and beat Peshawar Zalmi in the qualifier 1. The team combination of Multan Sultans is perfect as both their bowlers and batters are performing. Muhammad Rizwan and Usman Khan both are the leading run scorers after Babar Azam the Inverex Muhammad Hanif cap winner, Muhammad Rizwan the second run-scorer made 383 runs and Usman appeared only in six games making 373 runs including two centuries and one-half century.
Usama Mir the leading wicket-taker (23) this season so far and Muhammad Ali are contributing to the bowling unit of Multan Sultans, Iftikhar Ahmad the finisher and other players are doing great in accumulating the trophy a second time home.
Islamabad United will play with confidence and momentum as they beat Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi in Qualifiers one and two respectively, United gained the winning momentum as they chased the target of 185 against Zalmi despite 91-5 and then won the match. Imad Wasim and Haider Ali are the men for United who show the class.
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Islamabad United caption Shadab Khan is outstanding this season with both bat and ball as he made 301 runs and took 11 wickets so far, Colin Munro is the top scorer for United he made 309 runs in 9 matches. Naseem Shah who joined Islamabad United as the leader of the bowling department has taken 15 wickets so far.
Multan Sultans Vs Islamabad United: Likely Playing XI for the Final
Here is the best possible list of players for the Multan Sultans Vs Islamabad United final.
Multan Sultans
Mohammad Rizwan (C & Wk), Usman Khan, Yasir Khan, Johnson Charles, Iftikhar Ahmed, David Willey, Usama Mir, Khushdil Shah, Chris Jordan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali
Islamabad United
Shadab Khan (C), Azam Khan (WK), Martin Guptill, Alex Hales, Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Agha Salman, Faheem Ashraf, Obed McCoy, Naseem Shah, Hunain Shah
Who will win the clash between Multan Sultans and Islamabad United?
The record for Multan Sultans this season is they remain the toppers of the points table showing that Multan Sultans are the favourite to win, but it’s cricket you cannot say they will win. The recent performance of Islamabad United as they have four consecutive wins will give them extra confidence and power, United who finished third at the league stage beat both Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators in the eliminator one and two respectively.
So keeping the record and ground reality of cricket in front United also have an equal chance to win. So the prediction for the final is that both teams have equal chances to win.
