Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans Head to Head in the PSL

Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans stats by season

The lead has changed hands in blocks. Islamabad won both games in 2018, then Multan swept 2019 and again 2022. Since 2023 United have the better of it, with 6 wins to Multan’s 3, including both meetings in 2025.

The most important of those came at the National Stadium Karachi on 18 Mar 2024, when Islamabad won the PSL final by 2 wickets. Imad Wasim took 5/23 that day, the best figures in the fixture.

Close finishes are common when Islamabad chase. They won by 2 wickets at Rawalpindi on 7 Mar 2023, reaching 209/8 in 19.5 overs after Multan made 205/5, and by 3 wickets on 10 Mar 2024. Multan’s widest win was 52 runs at home in Feb 2023, and Islamabad’s 47 runs at Rawalpindi in Apr 2025.

United have won 3 of 4 at both Rawalpindi and Karachi. Multan lead 2 to 1 at Dubai, Lahore and the Multan Cricket Stadium.

The 232/7 chase and other big totals

The game on 10 Mar 2024 at Rawalpindi produced the two highest totals between these sides. Usman Khan’s unbeaten 100 from 50 deliveries, the only hundred in the fixture, lifted Multan to 228/4. Islamabad replied with 232/7, Colin Munro scoring 84 off 40, and won by 3 wickets.

Usman Khan’s wider record against Islamabad is just as striking: 249 runs from 4 knocks, average 83.00. Tim David of Multan scored even faster, at 217.65 runs per 100 balls over 3 innings.

The low scores come from the early years in the UAE. Multan were bowled out for 113 in Dubai in the first meeting, and Islamabad managed only 121 there in Feb 2019. First innings here average 173.

Rizwan, Shadab and the bowlers

Rizwan’s 406 runs from 12 innings average 36.91 and include 3 fifties, though his strike rate of 123.40 is modest next to Munro’s 167.31. Shan Masood adds 306 runs for Multan.

Shadab is the all-round figure of the rivalry. He has played 19 games for Islamabad, taken 22 wickets and scored 332 runs, his top score being 91, made in Feb 2022 from 42 balls. Faheem Ashraf is next on 13 wickets.

Multan’s best bowling numbers come in short spells. Abbas Afridi has 11 wickets at 15.82 from 6 games, with 4/22 in 3 overs, and Imran Tahir went at only 6.81 an over. See the full Islamabad United PSL records and Multan Sultans PSL records, or the league-wide PSL records.