Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Head to Head Records in PSL- PSL 2024, Match 3

Multan Sultans take on Karachi Kings in match 3 of PSL 2024 in Multan on Sunday. The match starts at 8 pm IST and is the first game of the season for both teams. The league is into its ninth season and have claimed a lot of popularity in the time that it has been on. 

Mohammad Rizwan will lead the Multan Sultans while Shan Masood will lead the Karachi Kings. The two players are premier national team cricketers and play across all three formats for the national team. 

Both teams are past winners of the PSL title. Multan Sultans have several reputed overseas cricketers starting with Reeza Hendricks, Dawid Malan, David Willey, Johnson Charles, and Mohammad Shahzad. 

The Kings, on the other hand, have Shan Masood as their captain. They also have Kieron Pollard who is the most capped player in T20 cricket having played and led across T20 leagues. Another veteran T20 cricketer Shoaib Malik will also play for the Karachi Kings. The two teams have played 11 matches with the Kings winning six games and the Sultans five. 

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Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings Head to Head Records in PSL

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings: Key Statistics

The two teams have played 11 games with the Multan Sultans winning five and Karachi Kings six games. Both have been past winners of the PSL title. Babar Azam who led the side in the last few seasons, was traded to Peshawar Zalmi from Karachi Kings in the last season. 

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings: Recent 5 Encounters

Karachi Kings have lost four of the last five games against Multan Sultans. Both teams won one game each in the last season. As said earlier, both teams are past champions of the Pakistan Super League. The Karachi Kings won the title in 2020 and the Multan Sultans in 2021. 

Key moments and stand-out performances

As said earlier, both teams have won one PSL title each. The Karachi Kings won the title in 2020 and the Multan Sultans in 2021. One of the key moments for Karachi Kings was Babar Azam and Mohammad Amir both leaving the franchise and joining a new franchise. Babar was traded to Peshawar Zalmi in 2021. Amir too was with the franchise till 2023 joining the Quetta Gladiator ahead of PSL 2024. 

Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings  Head-to-Head Records in PSL- PSL 2024, Match 3

Matches Played – 11

Karachi Kings Won – 6

Multan Sultans Won -5

Most Runs For Karachi Kings-Babar Azam- 425

Most Wickets For Karachi Kings- Mohammad Amir-9

Most Runs For Multan Sultans-Shan Masood-240

Most Wickets For Multan Sultans- Imran Tahir-9

Trends and Patterns

The two teams have played 11 matches to date with the Karachi Kings winning six games and Multan Sultans five. The Karachi Kings have lost four of the last five games against their opponents. Very seldom have either team won back-to-back matches until the last two seasons. This time around both teams have some fresh faces with the old core of both teams separated through the PSL draft. Despite losing the last four games on the trot, the Kings are still ahead in the head-to-head count by 6-5 looking to add to the tally this season. The PSL like every other top T20 league is played in the round-robin format with the top four teams qualifying for the knockouts.

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