- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.1 Shadab strikes straightaway! A fraction short of a length ball around off, held on the pitch and Farhan clears the front leg to heave it away, gets the leading edge and doesn't generate enough power, picks out the deep midwicket fielder. 60/25.6 Edged and taken! Pace off 116 kph ball outside off, backs away and charges down the track for the big slog stroke, is deceived by the off-cutter ball and kisses the outside part of the bat. Conway takes a sharp catch, diving to his right side behind the stumps. 60/111.5 Straight up in the air and taken by Green! He takes a blinder there, running from long on and covering 25 to 30 meters. Philippe plays the lofted slog stroke too early and doesn't get quite hold of it, miscues the stroke towards straight of long off. Green sprints to his left side and dives in fully stretched to pouch it. 102/315.3 Gone through the gates! Hard length ball angling in on the stumps from around the wicket, kept a bit low and Masood plays the swipe shot across the line, gets nowhere near the ball, is beaten all ends up and crashes onto the stumps. 129/512.6 Caught and bowled! You can't keep Green out of the game today! Bowls a flighted good length ball on the stumps, walks forward and plays the on-drive, playing with hard hands and chips it to the right of the bowler. Green moves to his right side and grabs it with the reverse cup technique. 113/419.6 Pitched up front on the fourth stump line, walking across and forcing it away towards deep midwicket, Arafat sets off for the second run but Wasim didn't even bother to get out of the crease after completing the single. Arafat is furious at Wasim; the latter just walked away towards the dressing room. 192/716.3 Slower ball does the trick! Pace off bouncer ball outside off, gets on top of the bounce and plays the ramp shot, connects the toe-end of the bat and finds the short third fielder at the edge of the circle. 136/6Extras6 (b 2, w 4)TOTAL192/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.6)Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Steven Smith, 5.6 ov), 2-60 (Sahibzada Farhan, 6.1 ov), 3-102 (Josh Philippe, 11.5 ov), 4-113 (Ashton Turner, 12.6 ov), 5-129 (Shan Masood, 15.3 ov), 6-136 (Mohammad Imran, 16.3 ov), 7-192 (Arafat Minhas, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Imad Wasim 4 0 23 1 5.75 9 2 0 0 0 Salman Mirza 3 0 53 1 17.66 3 5 4 2 0 Salman Irshad 3 0 37 1 12.33 3 5 1 0 0 Faheem Ashraf 3 0 23 1 7.66 7 0 2 2 0 Shadab Khan 3 0 25 1 8.33 5 2 1 0 0 CJ Green 4 0 29 1 7.25 8 1 2 0 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.1 Smith takes a brilliant catch! Randhawa bowls a fuller length ball from around the wicket, back of the hand ball. Conway strides out of the crease to drill this one over mid-off, failing to find enough elevation and striking it flat and hard to the left of mid-off. Smith times his dive to perfection and gobbles it up while flying in the air. 41/21.3 Picks out the deep point fielder! Ismail strikes, and today's Minhas brothers derby winner is surely Arafat for now. Length ball on the stumps line, steps out of the crease to play with the full face of the bat, connects the outside part of the bat and splices it towards the off-side sweeper fielder; the bat face rotates and fails to generate enough power or elevation. Arafat Minhas was the fielder there, makes no mistake near the ropes. 10/17.3 Done him with the googly! Length ball on the leg stump line and turning in, plays the paddle sweep and connects the leading edge to the left of short fine leg. Ismail comes around and covers his ground, juggles the ball four times and then manages to hold on to it. 72/314.3 Taken at long on! Hard length ball around off, a 142.8 kph ball, gets big on Shadab as he plays the big heave stroke, mishits the stroke and hits it flat towards long on. Smith sprints forward and gobbles it up with a diving effort. Massive breakthrough! 135/415.3 Haider has holed out at deep cover! Wrong'un ball turning away, a fraction short and Haider throws his bat at it, splices it with the outside part of the bat, the bat face rotates after hitting the ball, right hand goes off and finds Farhan at deep cover region. 154/517.3 Splices it to deep cover! Slower through the air widish yorker ball, Faheem gets down on one knee and slashes it hard towards the deep cover area. Randhawa sprinted in and timed his dive to perfection, securing a clean catch while maintaining his balance as he went forward. 171/6Extras15 (lb 2, nb 1, w 12)TOTAL193/6 (18.4 Overs, RR: 10.33)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Sameer Minhas, 1.3 ov), 2-41 (Devon Conway, 5.1 ov), 3-72 (Mohsin Riaz, 7.3 ov), 4-135 (Shadab Khan, 14.3 ov), 5-154 (Haider Ali, 15.3 ov), 6-171 (Faheem Ashraf, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Imran(1) 4 0 40 1 10 10 6 1 3 0 Muhammad Ismail 3 0 29 1 9.66 7 4 1 0 1 PM Siddle 3 0 24 1 8 9 3 1 1 0 Mohammad Wasim(1) 2.4 0 40 1 15 2 3 3 0 0 Faisal Akram 4 0 41 2 10.25 10 4 1 2 0 AJ Turner 2 0 17 0 8.5 4 1 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Islamabad United , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
26 April 2026 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Islamabad United 2, Multan Sultans 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 60 runs, 1 wicket)
- Multan Sultans: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (Sahibzada Farhan 25, SPD Smith 30, Ex 0)
- Multan Sultans: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Multan Sultans - 125/4 in 15.0 overs (Shan Masood 40, Arafat Minhas 3)
- Multan Sultans: 150 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 3
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 19 balls (Arafat Minhas 26, Mohammad Wasim (1) 21, Ex 4)
- Innings Break: Multan Sultans - 192/7 in 20.0 overs (Mohammad Wasim (1) 26)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 2.4: Review by Multan Sultans (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Rashid Riaz, Batter - DP Conway (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Islamabad United: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (35 balls), Extras 7
- Islamabad United: 100 runs in 10.4 overs (65 balls), Extras 14
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (Shadab Khan 16, MS Chapman 33, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Islamabad United - 124/3 in 13.0 overs (Shadab Khan 33, MS Chapman 33)
- Islamabad United: 150 runs in 15.1 overs (92 balls), Extras 14
- MS Chapman: 50 off 26 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
Match Coverage
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