PSL 9: Islamabad United win on the last ball against Multan Sultans

Pakistan Super League 9 has ended in a very interesting way where in the final once morest Multan Sultans, Islamabad United became the champions for the third time with another important innings by Imad Wasim, another six by Naseem Shah and a four off the last ball of Haneen Shah. has earned the honor of becoming

In the final, Multan Sultans set a target of 160 runs to Islamabad United thanks to another fifty by Usman Khan, aggressive batting at the end by Iftikhar Ahmed and two no-balls by Naseem Shah.

In pursuit of this goal, when it seemed that Islamabad United would win now, Naseem Shah got out on the last ball of the innings. On this occasion, Islamabad United needed one run from one ball.

When Naseem Shah went to the pavilion, his brother Haneen Shah came to the crease and found himself surrounded by fielders. But the young player controlled his nerves and sent the ball towards the boundary while playing in the gap.

But this victory was not so easy for Islamabad United as they faced the most successful captain of this PSL Mohammad Rizwan who showed his ‘magic’ of captaincy in the final as well and took the match till the last ball. Came.

Imad Wasim, who snatched the win from Peshawar Zalmi, used his experience in the final as well and stayed calm at the crease till the end when his team’s wickets were falling.

Multan Sultans’ bowlers, especially the spinners, performed well (AFP)

Multan Sultans had tightened their grip on the match till the 18th over when Iftikhar Ahmed dismissed Faheem Ashraf on the first ball of the over at a critical time to make his team favorites once once more.

But Naseem Shah later dashed his hopes, when he hit a four and a six in the same over. Naseem Shah and Imad Wasim put together a partnership of 30 runs off 16 balls.

Thus, Imad Wasim took first five wickets once morest Multan Sultans and then forged that all-important partnership with Naseem Shah to make Islamabad United champions for the third time in a high-stakes final.

At Karachi’s ‘Full House’ Stadium, Islamabad United were three wickets down for just 55 when they started chasing the target, but veteran Martin Guptill stayed at the crease and forged a vital partnership with Azam Khan. of

Martin Guptill was run out following scoring a half century while Azam Khan played an innings of 30 runs.

On the other hand, Mohammad Rizwan’s magic was almost gone when he started using his bowlers and especially the spinners judiciously.

This can be well gauged from the fact that Khushdil Shah and Iftikhar Ahmed took two wickets each for Multan Sultans.

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Multan Sultans, who were considered favorites before the final, won the toss and started the final with Naseem Shah’s no-ball return to Mohammad Rizwan’s crease.

But this did not benefit Multan Sultans much as there was Imad Wasim, who performed on the main occasion of the entire tournament for Islamabad United, who single-handedly took five wickets for Sultans.

Yasir Khan, who had scored a half-century in the qualifiers, became Imad Wasim’s first victim and Multan Sultans’ wickets continued to fall following that.

For the first time, Multan Sultans appeared to be under so much pressure that they had lost five wickets for a total score of just 114 and 16 overs of the innings.

Among those dismissed, Yasir Khan scored six, Mohammad Rizwan scored 26 despite getting a ‘chance’ in the first over and Usman Khan scored the highest 57 runs.

Imad Wasim took five wickets for Islamabad United in the final (AFP)

But then at the end ‘Iftimania’ stepped into the field and led his team to a slightly better score.

Iftikhar Ahmed played an innings of 32 runs by hitting three sixes and three fours in just 20 balls and that too at a time when Multan Sultans had lost nine wickets.

This was the occasion when a bowler like Naseem Shah also hit a four in the first ball of the last over of the innings, a six in the second and a nine-ball four in the third. However, he made a good comeback following that and conceded only three runs.

Islamabad United looked a completely different team in the final and Shadab Khan’s captaincy was superb.

Islamabad United showed a completely different team in the final on 18th March 2024 and Shadab Khan was also captained by Kamal (PCB).

Shadab gave Imad Wasim a chance from the start in this match and Imad Wasim did not disappoint him and took five wickets for the first time in PSL while he also became the first bowler to take five wickets in PSL final. .

Imad Wasim conceded just 23 runs in his four overs, dismissing five key players. Apart from them, Shadab Khan himself also took three wickets.