Islamabad: Shadab khans Islamabad United win HBL PSL9 after defeating Multan Sultans in the final at National Stadium Karachi on Monday.
Multan Sultans after batting first made 159 runs on the board with the help of Usman Khan 57 runs on 40 balls whereas in the last overs Iftikhar Ahmed made 32 runs in 20 balls and reach the total of 159/9 in 20 overs. Imad Wasim bowled superbly and got 5 wickets and conceived only 23 runs which is the best bowling figure among all the finals in PSL so far.
In the reply Islamabad United faced very tight bowling strategy of Sultans and they would not played freely in the first power play . Multan Sultans bowlers kept pressure on the Islamabad batsmen and stopped them to play free shots . Martin Guptill once again played sensible innings and made 50 runs in 32 balls which helped the Islamabad United to achieve the target and Azam Khan also did well and made 30 valuable runs. Imad Wasim got man of the match award while Shadab Khan earned man of the series award.
