Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans, 7th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Islamabad United are flying once again. The defending champions are three out of three and all three have been convincing victories. The batters are in form, the bowlers are picking wickets for fun and the fielding too has been pretty decent, they are already the side to beat. As for Multan Sultans it has been a tough start with back to back defeats but you'd expect Mohammad Rizwan to get his team firing soon. That's all from our coverage. More cricket coming up tomorrow. Join us for all the action. Until next time, goodbye and stay safe..

Shadab Khan: [Translated] When we batted first the pitch was not easy, it was a bit tacky and the ball was not coming on. But Farhan gave us a good start and the finish was good by Haider and Holder. The pitch seemed a typical Rawalpindi pitch in the second innings. I knew I had a good match-up against Rizwan and was happy to win that match-up. Iftikhar's strike rate against left-arm pace is low and that's why Holder went round the wicket. The season has just started, we still have 7 games to go but we are ticking the boxes. Yes, we need to peak at the right moment in such tournaments and hopefully this is the right moment.

Jason Holder | Player of the Match: Just enjoying the game. We were tested in this game but we responded well. We are building nicely and need to keep improving. I took some time to get the pace of the wicket and luckily was able to get one or two away. I just try to stay as low as I possible can while I am batting. I was happy with my plans, was pretty clear with what I wanted to do and happy with the execution.

Mohammad Rizwan: [Translated] They scored more than we wanted. The ball was gripping a bit. We didn’t take the 50-50 chances. They got rhythm and momentum. We are still searching for our best XI. We didn’t capture the key moments. Still early days, things haven’t gone our way with both bat and ball. We hope to improve.

00:23 Local Time, 19:23 GMT, 00:53 IST: A tame surrender from Multan Sultans. They started well even though Shai Hope went in the first over. Rizwan and Usman added a 59-run partnership within the powerplay and set-up the chase. The skipper kept going and at the halfway mark the asking rate was under control while the Sultans still had 7 wickets in hand. But the departure of Rizwan in the 11th over changed the complexion of the game as the Sultans kept losing wickets at regular intervals and could not stitch any partnerships. Iftikhar Ahmed fought a lone battle at one end as there was no support from the other. All the Islamabad bowlers were among the wickets but it was Holder who stood out with figures of 4 for 25. Presentations coming up.. 

Muhammad Shahzad to Iftikhar Ahmed, out Caught by Holder!! That's that. Islamabad United win by 47 runs. Iftikhar perishes while trying to reduce the margin of defeat. Slower back of a length delivery and Iftikhar could not generate enough power on his back foot loft to clear long-off, Holder runs to his right and hangs on to the catch. What a night for him - runs, wickets and catches. Surely has to be the Player of the Match.. Iftikhar Ahmed c Holder b Muhammad Shahzad 32(26) [4s-2 6s-2]

Muhammad Shahzad to Iftikhar Ahmed, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Muhammad Shahzad to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, slower ball outside off, Iftikhar slices it over point and the sweeper tidies up

Muhammad Shahzad to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, another short of length short of length, Iftikhar mistimes the pull to long-on

Muhammad Shahzad to Iftikhar Ahmed, FOUR, short of length delivery, Iftikhar gets under the pull and lifts it over square leg, one bounce and over the ropes

Muhammad Shahzad, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Naseem Shah to Ubaid Shah, no run, very full and close to yorker length, Ubaid clips it to deep mid-wicket and Iftikhar denies the single

Naseem Shah to Ubaid Shah, no run, slower ball angled in, Ubaid does not pick it and is early into the flick, struck on the thigh

Brother v brother. Naseem Shah v Ubaid Shah. This is going to be interesting..

Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, 1 run, full delivery close to off, Iftikhar drills it to long-off and takes the single this time

Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, 141.3ks yorker length on off, Iftikhar digs it back to Naseem

Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, short and wide outside off, Iftikhar cracks it on the bounce to deep backward point and keeps the strike

Naseem Shah to Iftikhar Ahmed, no run, 140.9ks very full delivery around off, Iftikhar squeezes it to sweeper and denies the single

Naseem Shah [3.0-0-33-1] is back into the attack

Ubaid Shah, right handed bat, comes to the crease