2024 Pakistan Super League final

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2024 Pakistan Super League final
Event 2024 Pakistan Super League
Multan Sultans Islamabad United
MultanSultans c.png IUPSLcolors.png
159/9163/8
20 overs20 overs
Islamabad United won by 2 wickets
Date18 March 2024
Venue National Stadium, Karachi
Player of the match Imad Wasim (Islamabad United)
Umpires Chris Gaffaney
Richard Illingworth
2023

The 2024 Pakistan Super League final was a Twenty20 cricket match played between Multan Sultans and Islamabad United to decide the champion of the 2024 season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) on 18 March 2024 at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. [1]

Contents

Route to the Final

League progression
TeamGroup matchesPlayoffs
12345678910Q1/EQ2F
Islamabad United 2 2 2 2 4 5 7 7 9 11 W W W
Multan Sultans 2 4 6 6 8 10 12 12 12 14 W L
WinLossNo result
  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Group Stage

In the group stage, Multan Sultans finished at the top of the table having 14 points with seven wins and three defeats. [2] [3] While, Islamabad United were placed third with five wins, four defeats and one no result. [4]

Playoffs

In the qualifier on 14 March 2024, Multan Sultans defeated Peshawar Zalmi by seven wickets to reach into its fourth consecutive PSL final. [5]

In the first eliminator of the PSL playoffs on 15 March 2024, Islamabad United beat Quetta Gladiators by 39 runs and progressed into the second eliminator. [6]

In the second eliminator on 16 March 2024, Islamabad United defeated Peshawar Zalmi by five-wickets to reach their third PSL final. [7] [8]

Match officials

Match

Match 34
18 March 2024
21:00 (N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
159/9 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
163/8 (20 overs)
Usman Khan 57 (40)
Imad Wasim 5/23 (4 overs)
Martin Guptill 50 (32)
Iftikhar Ahmed 2/19 (3 overs)
Islamabad United won by 2 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Imad Wasim (Islamabad United)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
  • By winning in the final, Islamabad United became the most successful team in PSL history. [10]

Scorecard

Toss: Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat. [11]

Multan Sultans innings
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Yasir Khan c Mills b Imad6610100.00
Mohammad Rizwan c Guptill b Shadab262630100.00
David Willey b Imad6301200.00
Usman Khan c sub (Cox) b Shadab574071142.50
Johnson Charles c Naseem b Imad460066.66
Khushdil Shah c Guptill b Imad11131084.61
Usama Mir c Hunain b Shadab6201300.00
Iftikhar Ahmed not out322033160.00
Chris Jordan c †Azam b Imad01000.00
Abbas Afridi run out (Shadab/†Azam)120050.00
Mohammad Ali not out03000.00
Extras 10 (b 2, lb 3, nb 2, wd 3)
Total 159/9 (20 overs)
1567.95 RR

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Yasir Khan, 1.3 ov), 2-14 (David Willey, 1.6 ov), 3-67 (Mohammad Rizwan, 9.5 ov), 4-85 (Johnson Charles, 11.4 ov), 5-114 (Usman Khan, 15.1 ov), 6-120 (Usama Mir, 15.3 ov), 7-126 (Khushdil Shah, 16.2 ov), 8-126 (Chris Jordan, 16.3 ov), 9-127 (Abbas Afridi, 16.6 ov)

Islamabad United bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Naseem Shah 402506.2512
Imad Wasim 402355.7500
Hunain Shah 1017017.0000
Faheem Ashraf 3033011.0000
Tymal Mills 402406.0010
Shadab Khan 403238.0020

Target: 160 runs from 20 overs at 8.00 RR

Islamabad United innings
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Martin Guptill run out (Iftikhar/†Rizwan)503243156.25
Colin Munro c Iftikhar b Khushdil171340130.76
Salman Ali Agha c & b Khushdil10112090.90
Shadab Khan b Iftikhar480050.00
Azam Khan c †Rizwan b Mir302241136.36
Imad Wasim not out191720111.76
Haider Ali c †Rizwan b Willey01000.00
Faheem Ashraf c & b Iftikhar140025.00
Naseem Shah c †Rizwan b M. Ali171921188.88
Hunain Shah not out4110400.00
Tymal Mills did not bat
Extras 6 (lb 3, wd 3)
Total 163/8 (20 overs)
2058.15 RR

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Colin Munro, 3.1 ov), 2-46 (Agha Salman, 5.6 ov), 3-55 (Shadab Khan, 8.1 ov), 4-102 (Martin Guptill, 12.5 ov), 5-121 (Azam Khan, 15.3 ov), 6-128 (Haider Ali, 16.2 ov), 7-129 (Faheem Ashraf, 17.1 ov), 8-159 (Naseem Shah, 19.5 ov)

Multan Sultans bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
David Willey 201517.5000
Khushdil Shah 412115.2510
Mohammad Ali 403218.0000
Iftikhar Ahmed 301926.3300
Chris Jordan 302809.3300
Usama Mir 3036112.0010
Abbas Afridi 10909.0000

Result:Islamabad United won by 2 wickets

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