MUL vs ISL - The Last League Fixture

Author: Shreyas
20 Jun 2021 00:40:33
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Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United -  Match 30 of the Pakistan Super League'2021, at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Weather Forecast
Clear - 33°C

Points Table Scenario

MUL - 8-4w/4l (4th)
ISL - 9-7w/2l (1st)


Series Performers till now 

MUL

Mohammad Rizwan - 2nd highest run scorer (429), Avg (61.29) - 8M/8I
Sohaib Maqsood - 10th highest run scorer (232), Avg (38.67) - 8M/8I

Shahnawaz Dhani - 2nd highest wicket taker (14), Avg (17.64), SR (11.21) - 7M/7I
Imran Tahir - 10th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (12.86), SR (12) - 4M/4I
Imran Khan Sr - 15th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (14.67), SR (13) - 4M/4I

ISL

Colin Munro - 9th highest run scorer (241), Avg (80.33) - 5M/5I
Asif Ali - 12th highest run scorer (190), Avg (38) - 9M/7I
Iftikhar Ahmed - 13th highest run scorer (189), Avg (47.25) - 9M/6I
Usman Khawaja - 14th highest run scorer (176), Avg (58.67) - 5M/5I

Hasan Ali - 4th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (15.55), SR (16) - 8M/8I
Mohammad Wasim Jr - 10th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (32.71), SR (24.86) - 7M/7I


1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 132

Avg 1st Innings - 160
Avg 2nd Innings - 144

Highest total - 247/2 (Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi - 17th June'2021)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

MUL - 4-3w/1l (75%)
ISL - 6-4w/2l (66.67%)

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

MUL

Mohammad Rizwan - 69th highest run scorer (142), Avg (47.33) - 4M/4I
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 89th highest run scorer (117), Avg (29.25) - 4M/4I

Blessing Muzarabani - 37th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (21), SR (13.50) - 5M/5I
Imran Tahir - 58th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (14.17), SR (14) - 4M/4I
Imran Khan Sr - 81st highest wicket taker (5), Avg (13.20), SR (12) - 3M/3I
Shahnawaz Dhani - 81st highest wicket taker (5), Avg (18.40), SR (13.40) - 3M/3I

ISL

Colin Munro - 10th highest run scorer (263), Avg (65.75) - 6M/6I

Faheem Ashraf - 17th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (8.73), SR (9.27) - 6M/6I
Hasan Ali - 17th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (17.18), SR (13.91) - 7M/7I
Shadab Khan - 72nd highest wicket taker (5), Avg (25.60), SR (25) - 6M/6I

(iv) Recent T20 Matches on this venue 

1) Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars - 17th June'2021 
176/5 vs 169/7 (KAR won by 7 runs)

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

2) Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi - 17th June'2021 
247/2 vs 232/6 (ISL won by 15 runs)

Usman Khawaja - 105(56)*
Colin Munro - 48(28)
Brandon King - 46(22)*
Asif Ali - 43(14)
Akif Javed - 3w
Hussain Talat - 2w
Hasan Ali - 1w

Pacers - 1w+6w=7w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

3) Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators - 16th June'2021 
183/5 vs 73/10 (MUL won by 110 runs)

Shan Masood - 73(42)
Johnson Charles - 47(24)
Mohammad Rizwan - 21(23)
Khushdil Shah - 20(18)*
Imran Tahir - 3w
Imran Khan Sr - 2w
Shahnawaz Dhani - 1w
Blessing Muzarabani - 1w
Sohail Tanvir - 1w

Pacers - 3w+5w=8w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w

4) Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi - 15th June'2021 
108/9 vs 109/4 (PES won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

5) Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars - 15th June'2021 
158/5 vs 140/10 (QUE won by 18 runs)

Pacers - 3w+8w=11w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

6) Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United - 14th June'2021 
190/4 vs 191/2 (ISL won by 8 wkts)

Colin Munro - 88(56)*
Iftikhar Ahmed - 71(39)*
Akif Javed - 1w
Hasan Ali - 1w
Mohammad Wasim Jr - 1w
Ali Khan - 1w

Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

7) Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans - 13th June'2021 
166/7 vs 167/2 (MUL won by 8 wkts)

Mohammad Rizwan - 82(56)*
Sohaib Maqsood - 61(31)
Shahnawaz Dhani - 4w
Blessing Muzarabani - 1w

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

8) Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars - 13th June'2021 
152/7 vs 124/10 (ISL won by 28 runs)

Asif Ali - 75(43)
Iftikhar Ahmed - 49(37)
Musa Khan - 3w
Fawad Ahmed - 2w
Shadab Khan - 2w
Ali Khan - 1w

Pacers - 7w+4w=11w
Spinners - 0w+4w=4w

9) Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators - 12th June'2021 
197/5 vs 136/9 (PES won by 61 runs)

Pacers - 2w+7w=9w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

10) Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United - 11th June'2021 
133/10 vs 137/0 (ISL won by 10 wkts)

Colin Munro - 90(36)*
Usman Khawaja - 41(27)*
Hasan Ali - 2w
Mohammad Wasim Jr - 2w
Musa Khan - 2w
Akif Javed - 1w
Shadab Khan - 1w

Pacers - 7w+0w=7w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

11) Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi - 10th June'2021 
170/8 vs 160/8 (LAH won by 10 runs)

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 2w+5w=7w

12) Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings - 10th June'2021 
176/5 vs 164/7 (MUL won by 12 runs)

Rilee Roussouw - 44(24)
Khushdil Shah - 44(32)*
Sohaib Maqsood - 31(14)
Mohammad Rizwan - 29(23)
Sohail Tanvir - 14(14)*
Imran Khan - 3w
Imran Tahir - 2w

Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

13) Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars - 9th June'2021 
143/9 vs 144/5 (LAH won by 5 wkts)

Faheem Ashraf - 27(24) & 1w
Usman Khawaja - 18(17)
Hussain Talat - 14(17)
Hasan Ali - 14(9) & 2w
Iftikhar Ahmed - 12(16)
Colin Munro - 11(7)
Mohammad Wasim Jr - 10(5

Pacers - 8w+3w=11w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w


SUMMARY OF WICKETS 

Pacers
1st Innings - 51w
2nd Innings - 38w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 14w
2nd Innings - 22w

Overall 
89w:36w (Pacers:Spinners)


(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue 

Multan Sultans (MUL)

1. Mohammad Rizwan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(14), 29(23), 21(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 82(56)*

2. Hammad Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(30)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Imran Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

4. Imran Khan Sr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

5. Johnson Charles
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(5), 47(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Khushdil Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(32)*, 20(18)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Mohammad Umar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. George Linde 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Rilee Roussouw 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(17), 44(24), 2(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Shahnawaz Dhani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w

12. Shan Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 73(42)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(12)

13. Shimron Hetmeyer 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(22)*, 7(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(12), 10(5)

14. Sohaib Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(14), 5(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 61(31)

15. Sohaibullah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Sohail Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Sohail Tanvir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 14(14)*&0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

18. Usman Qadir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Muhammad Waseem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Asif Afridi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Blessing Muzarabani 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w


Islamabad United (ISL)

1. Shadab Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 7(8)&1w, 5(7)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 16(8)*&1w, 8(7)&0w, 1w, 0w

2. Ahmed Saifi Abdullah 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Ali Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

4. Akif Javed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

5. Asif Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(21), 7(9), 75(43), 43(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)

6. Colin Munro
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(15), 11(7), 4(11), 48(28)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 58(42), 90(36)*, 88(56)*

7. Fawad Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 4(3)*&1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

8. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 10(8)*&0w, 27(24)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 3w, 4w

9. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(8)*&1w, 3w, 0w, 14(9)&2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w

10. Hussain Talat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(17), 8(13), 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Iftikhar Ahmed 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(16), 49(37)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 71(39)*&0w

12. Mohammad Wasim Jr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(5)*&0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

13. Mohammad Akhlaq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)

14. Musa Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

15. Rohail Nazir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(5), 1(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Usman Khawaja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(17), 0(3), 105(56)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 41(27)*, 12(16)

17. Zafar Gohar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

18. Zeeshan Zameer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Brandon King 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 46(22)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Umar Amin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

 

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
7 - 4w/3l (In favour of ISL)

(ii) Last 5 Matches 
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of MUL)

(iii) On this Venue 
Not Played Yet!

(iv) Recent head to head matches 

1) Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United - 22nd February'2021
150/8 vs 151/7 (ISL won by 3 wkts)

Mohammad Rizwan - 71(53)
Rilee Roussouw - 25(14)
Khushdil Shah - 7(8) & 1w
Mohammad Umar - 1w
Faheem Ashraf - 22(12) & 1w
Shadab Khan - 5(6) & 1w
Mohammad Wasim Jr - 3w
Hasan Ali - 1w

Pacers - 7w+3w=10w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

2) Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans - 8th March'2020 
91/7 vs 94/1 (MUL won by 9 wkts)

Colin Munro - 25(12)
Shadab Khan - 14(12) & 1w
Imran Tahir - 2w

Pacers - 2w+0w=2w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

3) Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United - 23rd February'2020 
164/8 vs 165/2 (ISL won by 8 wkts)

Shan Masood - 21(20)
Colin Munro - 50(32)
Faheem Ashraf - 2w
Akif Javed - 1w
Musa Khan - 1w

Pacers - 8w+1w=9w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

4) Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans - 27th February'2019
121/10 vs 122/4 (MUL won by 6 wkts)

Asif Ali - 22(12)
Musa Khan - 1w
Shadab Khan - 1w

Pacers - 8w+2w=10w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

5) Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans - 16th February'2020 
125/7 vs 126/5 (MUL won by 5 wkts)

Faheem Ashraf - 20(14)* 
Shadab Khan - 15(17) & 2w
Shan Masood - 26(20)
Hammad Azam - 14(18)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w


(v) Top Performers when these two sides meet 

MUL

Mohammad Rizwan - 9th highest run scorer (71), Avg (71) - 1M/1I
Shan Masood - 13th highest run scorer (47), Avg (23.50) - 2M/2I

Imran Tahir - 3rd highest wicket taker (6), Avg (17.50), SR (14) - 4M/4I

ISL

Hussain Talat - 3rd highest run scorer (109), Avg (27.25) - 6M/5I
Colin Munro - 7th highest run scorer (75), Avg (37.50) - 2M/2I
Asif Ali - 11th highest run scorer (65), Avg (13) - 7M/6I

Shadab Khan - Highest wicket taker (7), Avg (25.43), SR (19.71) - 7M/7I
Mohammad Wasim Jr - 9th highest wicket taker (3), Avg (9.67), SR (8) - 1M/1I

(vi) Toss Based Analysis - Head to Head

Multan Sultans (MUL)

1. Mohammad Rizwan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 71(53)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Hammad Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(18)

3. Imran Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w

4. Imran Khan Sr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Johnson Charles
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(6), 4(3)

6. Khushdil Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(10), 7(8)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Mohammad Umar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. George Linde 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Rilee Roussouw 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 25(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Shahnawaz Dhani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Shan Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(20)

13. Shimron Hetmeyer 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Sohaib Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(4), 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(13)

15. Sohaibullah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Sohail Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Sohail Tanvir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(8)&0w, 10(6)&0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(5)&0w, 0w

18. Usman Qadir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Muhammad Waseem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Asif Afridi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Blessing Muzarabani 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


Islamabad United (ISL)

1. Shadab Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 15(17)*&2w, 4(5)&1w, 14(12)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 5(6)&1w

2. Ahmed Saifi Abdullah 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Ali Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Akif Javed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

5. Asif Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(13), 2(5), 22(12), 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(19), 9(9)

6. Colin Munro
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 50(32)

7. Fawad Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(6)*&2w, 20(14)*&0w, 16(10)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(20)*&0w, 2w, 22(12)&1w

9. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

10. Hussain Talat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 36(21), 7(12), 8(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 48(34)*, 10(16)

11. Iftikhar Ahmed 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4)

12. Mohammad Wasim Jr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

13. Mohammad Akhlaq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Musa Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

15. Rohail Nazir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Usman Khawaja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Zafar Gohar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

18. Zeeshan Zameer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Brandon King 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Umar Amin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 


A) Multan Sultans (MUL): 

Unavailable: Shimron Hetmeyer (On National Duty)

Probable XI

1) Shan Masood - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 73, 14, 1, 141, 125, 91, 66*, 49, 0, 0, 10, 0

2) Mohammad Rizwan (C/Wk) - RHB
Last 10 - 21, 82*, 29, 21, 45, 91*, 13, 82*, 0, 73*, 0

3) Johnson Charles - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 47, 59, 12, 14, 0, 23, 73*, 26, 76, 8

4) Sohaib Maqsood - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 5, 61, 31, 2, 34*, 61*, 36, 2, 22r 0w, 130

5) Rilee Roussouw - LHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 2, 44, 3, 7, 1*, 14*, 25, 6, 3, 3

6) Khushdil Shah - LHB, LAO 
Last 10 - 20*, 44*, 19r 0w, 6r 0w, 6*, 7r 1w, 15, 12, 7r 0w, 5

7) Imran Khan Sr - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w

8) Blessing Muzarabani - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 3w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w

9) Shahnawaz Dhani - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 4w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w

10) Imran Tahir - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 3w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w

11) Sohail Tanvir - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 14r 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w


BENCH 

12) Shimron Hetmeyer - LHB
Last 10 - 7, 16*, 0*, 53*, 1, 14*, 0*, 12, 0, 20, 113, 67*

13) Mohammad Umar - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 4w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w

14) George Linde - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 3r 0w, 22r 0w, 20r 3w, 6r 0w, 7w, 107r 1w, 22r 0w, 48r 4w, 11r 1w, 37r 2w

15) Usman Qadir - LHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w

16) Sohaibullah - LHB, LM
Last 10 - 8, 10, 0, 3, 0

17) Asif Afridi - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 5w, 14r 2w, 15r 2w, 6r 3w, 8r 1w, 16r 3w, 0w, 13r 1w, 2w, 5r 0w

18) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 3, 18, 9, 87, 13, 14, 17, 26, 47, 15, 4

19) Muhammad Waseem - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 27, 5, 10, 56*, 26, 76, 12, 19

20) Hammad Azam - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 94r 1w, 39r 2w, 30r 0w, 70r 1w, 46r 1w, 36r 0w, 22r 2w, 19, 22r 1w, 45r 4w

21) Sohail Khan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w


Safe C/VC choices
Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood


B) Islamabad United (ISL): 

Probable XI

1) Usman Khawaja(C) - LHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 105*, 12, 0, 18, 23, 64, 25, 50, 6, 42

2) Colin Munro - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 48, 88*, 4, 11, 2, 30, 7, 46*, 5, 82, 34, 50

3) Brandon King - RHB
Last 10 - 46*, 58, 10, 7, 4, 19, 97, 2, 20

4) Muhammad Akhlaq - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 1, 14, 10, 0, 1, 55, 117, 4, 48, 0, 38*, 0

5) Iftikhar Ahmed - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 58r 0w, 49, 16, 0w, 7r 0w, 49r 0w, 1, 20r 0w, 4, 40r 0w, 19r 1w

6) Asif Ali - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 43, 75, 7, 1, 5, 19, 2, 16*, 19, 21*

7) Hussain Talat - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 8, 14, 1*, 22, 42r 1w, 10, 5, 3, 15

8) Hasan Ali - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 14r 2w, 5w, 0w 30r 4w, 5w, 4w, 3w, 1w, 12r 1w, 9r 2w

9) Akif Javed - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 3w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w

10) Fawad Ahmed - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w

11) Zafar Gohar - LHB, LAO 
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 53r 1w, 28r 2w, 24r 3w, 48r 0w, 5r 1w, 7r 3w


BENCH 

12) Mohammad Wasim Jr - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 10r 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 18r 2w, 24r 1w, 7r 0w

13) Zeeshan Zameer - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4r 1w, 2r 0w

14) Musa Khan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w

15) Faheem Ashraf - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 27r 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w

16) Ali Khan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w

17) Rohail Nazir - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 8, 34, 57, 88, 69*, 18, 45, 68

18) Ahmed Saifi Abdullah - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 14r 1w, 3r 0w, 0r 1w, 35r 0w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 13r 0w, 0w, 17r 2w, 4w, 4r 1w, 2w, 1w

19) Shadab Khan - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 5r 2w, 7r 1w, 13r 0w, 33r 0w, 21r 1w, 6r 0w, 0r 0w, 5r 1w, 0r 0w

20) Umar Amin - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 24, 83, 47, 1, 26, 67, 0, 10, 14, 22


Safe C/VC choices
Colin Munro, Usman Khawaja

Differential C/VC choices 

MUL

Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dhani, Imran Tahir
Hit or Miss: Rilee Roussouw, Blessing Muzarabani 

ISL

Hasan Ali, Brandon King, Hussain Talat
Hit or Miss: Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali


NOTE - BOTH TEAMS ARE CHANGING THEIR BATTING ORDER, ESPECIALLY ISLAMABAD UNITED, SO INVEST CAUTIOUSLY. 

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)

Wk - Rizwan
Bat - Khawaja, Munro, Maqsood, Masood, Charles
AR - Talat
Bowl - Tahir, H Ali, Dhani

Options for the 11th player - Asif Ali, Brandon King, Iftikhar Ahmed, Akif Javed

As ISL's batting order has been different in the last 3 games, it's difficult to predict which one to keep.

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Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:42:21 GMT
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Mon, 02 Dec 2024 06:54:56 GMT
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Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:45:17 GMT
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Sun, 01 Dec 2024 15:04:04 GMT
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Sun, 01 Dec 2024 08:03:45 GMT
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Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:13:55 GMT
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Sat, 30 Nov 2024 08:23:47 GMT
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Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:03:47 GMT
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Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:23:22 GMT
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Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:13:40 GMT
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Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:39:08 GMT
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Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:32:12 GMT
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Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:30:47 GMT
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Thu, 28 Nov 2024 03:06:35 GMT
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Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:56:57 GMT
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Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:42:26 GMT
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Wed, 27 Nov 2024 06:44:00 GMT
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Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:12:46 GMT
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Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:03:11 GMT
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Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:12:36 GMT
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Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:34:15 GMT
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Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:17:00 GMT
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Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:26:11 GMT
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Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:43:16 GMT
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Sat, 23 Nov 2024 21:19:55 GMT
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Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:22:25 GMT
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Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:35:33 GMT
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Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:15:02 GMT
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Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:08:48 GMT
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Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:17:50 GMT
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Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:06:26 GMT
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Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:15:08 GMT
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Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:04:37 GMT
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Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:13:46 GMT
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Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:58:14 GMT
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Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:38:54 GMT
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Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:28:09 GMT
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Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:27:24 GMT
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Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:46:30 GMT
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Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:49:13 GMT
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Thu, 14 Nov 2024 04:23:14 GMT
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:34:11 GMT
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:29:42 GMT
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:09:13 GMT
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:09:44 GMT
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Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:56:46 GMT
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Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:03:47 GMT
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Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:09:23 GMT
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Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:59:12 GMT
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Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:47:16 GMT
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Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:48:42 GMT
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Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:47:15 GMT
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Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:12:44 GMT
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Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:08:21 GMT
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Fri, 08 Nov 2024 05:33:02 GMT
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Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:06:22 GMT
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Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:07:18 GMT
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Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:50:59 GMT
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Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:48:25 GMT
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Thu, 07 Nov 2024 06:45:16 GMT
Dhruv Jurel played superbly to make 80 in tricky conditions then the India A quicks made life tough with the new ball
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:03:07 GMT
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Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:28:57 GMT
Dhruv Jurel, meanwhile, is likely to take the keeping gloves from Ishan Kishan
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