2024 Pakistan Super League final

Cricket match

2024 Pakistan Super League finalEvent| 2024 Pakistan Super League

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| Multan Sultans | Islamabad United

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159/9  | 163/8
20 overs  | 20 overs
Islamabad United won by 2 wickets
Date| 18 March 2024
Venue| National Stadium, Karachi
Player of the match| Imad Wasim (Islamabad United)
Umpires| Chris Gaffaney
Richard Illingworth

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Cricket final

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]

## Route to the Final

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League progression  Team  | Group matches  | Playoffs

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Q1/E | Q2 | F
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
Win  | Loss  | No result

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* 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

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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

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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

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* On-field Umpires: Chris Gaffaney and Richard Illingworth
* TV umpire: Ahsan Raza
* Reserve umpire: Asif Yaqoob
* Match referee: Roshan Mahanama[9]

## Match

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Match 34
18 March 2024
21:00 (N)
Scorecard

Multan Sultans
159/9 (20 overs)

Islamabad United
163/8 (20 overs)

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Usman Khan 57 (40)
Imad Wasim 5/23 (4 overs)

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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

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

Multan Sultans innings

Player  | Status  | Runs  | Balls  | 4s  | 6s  | Strike rate
Yasir Khan | c Mills b Imad  | 6  | 6  | 1  | 0  | 100.00
Mohammad Rizwan | c Guptill b Shadab  | 26  | 26  | 3  | 0  | 100.00
David Willey | b Imad  | 6  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 200.00
Usman Khan | c sub (Cox) b Shadab  | 57  | 40  | 7  | 1  | 142.50
Johnson Charles | c Naseem b Imad  | 4  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 66.66
Khushdil Shah | c Guptill b Imad  | 11  | 13  | 1  | 0  | 84.61
Usama Mir | c Hunain b Shadab  | 6  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 300.00
Iftikhar Ahmed | not out  | 32  | 20  | 3  | 3  | 160.00
Chris Jordan | c †Azam b Imad  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0.00
Abbas Afridi | run out (Shadab/†Azam)  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 50.00
Mohammad Ali | not out  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0.00
Extras 10 (b 2, lb 3, nb 2, wd 3)
Total 159/9 (20 overs) | 15  | 6  | 7.95 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

Bowler  | Overs  | Maidens  | Runs  | Wickets  | Econ  | Wides  | NBs
Naseem Shah | 4  | 0  | 25  | 0  | 6.25  | 1  | 2
Imad Wasim | 4  | 0  | 23  | 5  | 5.75  | 0  | 0
Hunain Shah | 1  | 0  | 17  | 0  | 17.00  | 0  | 0
Faheem Ashraf | 3  | 0  | 33  | 0  | 11.00  | 0  | 0
Tymal Mills | 4  | 0  | 24  | 0  | 6.00  | 1  | 0
Shadab Khan | 4  | 0  | 32  | 3  | 8.00  | 2  | 0

Target: 160 runs from 20 overs at 8.00 RR

Islamabad United innings

Player  | Status  | Runs  | Balls  | 4s  | 6s  | Strike rate
Martin Guptill | run out (Iftikhar/†Rizwan)  | 50  | 32  | 4  | 3  | 156.25
Colin Munro | c Iftikhar b Khushdil  | 17  | 13  | 4  | 0  | 130.76
Salman Ali Agha | c & b Khushdil  | 10  | 11  | 2  | 0  | 90.90
Shadab Khan | b Iftikhar  | 4  | 8  | 0  | 0  | 50.00
Azam Khan | c †Rizwan b Mir  | 30  | 22  | 4  | 1  | 136.36
Imad Wasim | not out  | 19  | 17  | 2  | 0  | 111.76
Haider Ali | c †Rizwan b Willey  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0.00
Faheem Ashraf | c & b Iftikhar  | 1  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 25.00
Naseem Shah | c †Rizwan b M. Ali  | 17  | 9  | 2  | 1  | 188.88
Hunain Shah | not out  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 400.00
Tymal Mills | did not bat  |  |  |  |  |
Extras 6 (lb 3, wd 3)
Total 163/8 (20 overs) | 20  | 5  | 8.15 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

Bowler  | Overs  | Maidens  | Runs  | Wickets  | Econ  | Wides  | NBs
David Willey | 2  | 0  | 15  | 1  | 7.50  | 0  | 0
Khushdil Shah | 4  | 1  | 21  | 1  | 5.25  | 1  | 0
Mohammad Ali | 4  | 0  | 32  | 1  | 8.00  | 0  | 0
Iftikhar Ahmed | 3  | 0  | 19  | 2  | 6.33  | 0  | 0
Chris Jordan | 3  | 0  | 28  | 0  | 9.33  | 0  | 0
Usama Mir | 3  | 0  | 36  | 1  | 12.00  | 1  | 0
Abbas Afridi | 1  | 0  | 9  | 0  | 9.00  | 0  | 0

Result: Islamabad United won by 2 wickets

## References

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1. ^ "PSL 2024 fixtures: Full Pakistan Super League schedule and match list". www.thecricketer.com. The Cricketer.
2. ^ Ali, Mir Shabbar (14 March 2024). "HBL PSL 2024: Sultans eye first win against Zalmi in high-stakes qualifier". DAWN.
3. ^ "Multan face Peshawar in Qualifier 1 as PSL 2024 enters decisive stage". Arab News. 14 March 2024.
4. ^ Hand, Kevin (15 March 2024). "Islamabad trounce Quetta to set up Saturday showdown with Peshawar at PSL 9". Al Jazeera.
5. ^ "Multan beats Peshawar by 7 wickets to reach fourth straight PSL final". AP News. 14 March 2024.
6. ^ "Islamabad United eliminates Quetta Gladiators in Pakistan Super League playoff". AP News. 15 March 2024.
7. ^ "HBL PSL 2024: Imad, Haider power Islamabad United into final". DAWN. 17 March 2024.
8. ^ "Wasim and Ali send Islamabad to Pakistan Super League final with 5-wicket win over Peshawar". AP News. 16 March 2024.
9. ^ "Ahsan, Gaffaney and Illingworth to officiate the final of HBL PSL 9 as match officials for playoffs and final announced". www.pcb.com.pk. 10 January 2014.
10. ^ "Islamabad beat Multan in final-ball thriller to win PSL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
11. ^ "Final (N), Karachi, March 18, 2024, Pakistan Super League". ESPNcricinfo. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-18.

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