Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans, 40th Match, Pakistan Super League 2026 - CommentaryISU vs MS, 40th Match, Pakistan Super League 2026 - Commentary

Islamabad United won by 4 wkts

192/7(20)

ISU

193/6(18.4)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH

That's all from the league stages. Next up are the Playoffs with the Qualifier to be played on Tuesday. It will be Islamabad United taking on Peshawar Zalmi. Until then, it's goodbye!

Shadab | Islamabad United captain: When you win, a lot of flaws are hidden. Our death bowling needs improvement. Also the catching, the catch I dropped. Catches win matches. The pitch was really good. Idea was to take it deep because we have the players who can play cameos. The way Haider played, and Mohsin who debuted in the last game and showed great intent today. We know all about Chapman, all of us in the Pakistan lineup have seen enough of him and know the kind of love he has for us. Obviously the goal is to finish in the top two and we have achieved that. We have the momentum with us.

Turner | Multan Sultans captain: We weren't far off par. But being par means you still need to execute your skills in the second half. Unfortunately we weren't able to do that. Some key missed opportunities cost us the game which is frustrating. But we know we have opportunities lying ahead of us. We played really good cricket in Lahore, particularly our batting unit. We'll enjoy going back there. Need to pick ourselves up. Hopefully our best cricket is ahead of us. Every decision we make in the game is tactical (Minhas not bowling). Mark Chapman plays left-arm orthodox bowling pretty nicely. To be fair to him he played all of our bowlers nicely. It's a matchup thing. We do our due diligence and prepare as best we can. If we held some catches, might've been different.

Chapman | Player of the Match: Enjoying my time here, enjoy coming here. Playing some good cricket. Happy with the lads. These last 4 days we have played 3 games, has been tough on the lads. Obviously Peshawar pose a great threat. Look forward to playing against them. Enjoyed batting with Shadab. Top cricketer, top man.

22:32 Local Time, 17:32 GMT, 23:02 IST: Superb knock of 69 off just 33 balls from Mark Chapman has sealed the deal for Islamabad. The much-coveted top-two finish is theirs and they've earned the right to play the Qualifier. Multan will have to settle with third place and they'll go up against Hyderabad Kingsmen in the Eliminator. The run-chase was in the balance until Chapman arrived and turned it in favour of Islamabad. He was dropped early in his innings by Mohammad Wasim Jnr and never looked back. Stay tuned for the presentations...

18.4

Mohammad Wasim Jr to Mark Chapman, FOUR, Chapman finishes it off! Short ball angled away, he flat-bats it straight down the ground and beats long-on comfortably. Islamabad finish second on the table and will face Zalmi in the Qualifier!

18.3

Mohammad Wasim Jr to Mark Chapman, FOUR, terrible from the fielder! Full and wide, he reaches out, slaps it to deep point who somehow overruns it. Doesn't even get a hand

18.2

Mohammad Wasim Jr to Mark Chapman, 2 runs, slower one angled away, he advances, slices it in the air and gets it over extra

18.1

Mohammad Wasim Jr to Mark Chapman, SIX, that should seal it! Goes across the line and whacks it over midwicket

Mohammad Wasim Jr [2.0-0-24-1] is back into the attack

Over 18

177-6

04W411(10 runs)

Mark Chapman

53 (29)

Chris Green

5 (2)

Peter Siddle

3-0-24-1

Over Summary

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17.6

Peter Siddle to Mark Chapman, 1 run, full and wide, Chapman reaches out and drives wide of extra who makes a diving stop

17.5

Peter Siddle to Chris Green, 1 run, driven to long-off

17.4

Peter Siddle to Chris Green, FOUR, the edge runs away! Back of a length just outside off, Green tries driving off the back foot, gets a thick edge and it beats the diving short third

Chris Green, right handed bat, comes to the crease

17.3

Peter Siddle to Faheem Ashraf, out Caught by Mohammad Imran Randhawa!! Oh that's a superb catch. Slower one angled away, Faheem slices it off the outside half, it threatens to fall short of the sweeper but Randhawa comes charging in and takes it on the move. Faheem Ashraf c Mohammad Imran Randhawa b Peter Siddle 11(9) [4s-2]

Peter Siddle to Faheem Ashraf, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

17.2

Peter Siddle to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR, slower short ball outside off, Faheem tries a ramp, mistimes it in front of short third who goes for the catch but it drops short. He's unable to get his body behind it and the ball runs away. Siddle not happy

17.1

Peter Siddle to Faheem Ashraf, no run, slower one outside off, Faheem cuts it on the bounce to backward point

Peter Siddle [2.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack

Over 17

167-5

0Wd10141(8 runs)

Faheem Ashraf

7 (6)

Mark Chapman

52 (28)

Ashton Turner

2-0-17-0