Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United Head to Head Records - PSL 2024, Match 5

Multan Sultans and Islamabad United will face off against each other in their second match of PSL 2024. The MUL vs ISL clash of PSL 2024 is scheduled to be played on Tuesday, February 20. Multan Cricket Stadium is the venue of the encounter. 

Led by Mohammad Rizwan, Multan Sultans outplayed Karachi Kings by 55 runs in their opening game of PSL 2024. They defended their 1st innings total of 185-2 by restricting Karachi Kings to 130-8. Reeza Hendricks was the top scorer with an unbeaten 79 runs and also won the Player of the Match award later.

Islamabad United, led by Shadab Khan in PSL 2024, showcased an impeccable batting form in the last match. They chased down a 196-run target comfortably by 8 wickets. Shadab Khan (74*) and Agha Salman (64*) smacked excellent knocks to drive the team to victory. Islamabad United’s skipper won the player of the match award.

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Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United Head to Head Records – PSL 2024, Match 5

Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United: Key Statistics

Multan Sultans and Islamabad United have faced each other in 13 games in Pakistan Super League. Multan Sultans has won 7 matches while Islamabad United has won 6 encounters. In the previous season, both teams won 1 match each out of 2 games. Both have only played 1 match against each other at Multan Cricket Stadium and Multan Sultans won that match.

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Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United: Recent 5 Encounters

In the last 5 clashes between both teams in the Pakistan Super League, Multan Sultans won 4 games while Islamabad United won only 1 match. Hence, Multan Sultans dominated Islamabad United in recent encounters. Out of these 5 matches, only 1 match took place at Multan Sultans’ home ground. Interestingly, each of the last 5 matches took place at different venues.

Key moments and stand-out performances

If we talk about Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United head-to-head stats, Shan Masood holds the record for the most 256 runs for Multan Sultans. He also holds the record for the highest knock of 75. Among bowlers, Imran Tahir has grabbed the most 10 wickets. Abbas Afridi holds the record for best bowling figures of 4/22.

For Islamabad United, Luke Ronchi has hit the most 233 runs against Multan Sultans. Skipper Shadab Khan holds the record for top knock of 91 runs. Shadab Khan also holds the record for most 13 wickets. Amad Butt holds the record for the best bowling show of 4/22.

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Trends and Patterns

Multan Sultans and Islamabad United have rivalry since the beginning of the Pakistan Super League in 2017. In the first season, Islamabad United defeated Multan Sultans in both games. In the next season, Multan Sultans won both encounters.

In the 2022 season, Multan Sultans won both encounters while in the 2023 season, both teams won one match each. In recent encounters, Multan Sultans have posted mammoth totals while batting first and won 4 games out of the last 5 matches.

Conclusion

Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United encounter of PSL 2024 is expected to be a high-scoring one. All games have witnessed high totals in PSL 2024 so far. Multan has dominated Islamabad in recent encounters. However, since both teams won their previous clash, both will be high on confidence. Multan will benefit from the home advantage.