Multan Sultans will take on Karachi Kings in Match 3 of PSL 2024 in Multan on Sunday. The match starts at 8 pm IST and is the first match of the season for both teams. The league is in its ninth season and has gained a lot of popularity during the time it has been in operation.
Mohammad Rizwan will lead the Multan Sultans while Shan Masood will lead the Karachi Kings. Both players are top-class national team cricketers and play in all three formats of the national team.
Both teams are previous PSL title winners. Multan Sultans have several renowned foreign cricketers, starting with Reeza Hendricks, Dawid Malan, David Willey, Johnson Charles and Mohammad Shahzad.
The Kings, on the other hand, have Shan Masood as their captain. They also have Kieron Pollard, who is the most capped player in T20 cricket, having played and led in T20 leagues. Another veteran T20 cricketer Shoaib Malik will also play for the Karachi Kings. The two teams have played 11 games, the Kings won six games and the Sultans five.
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Sultans of Multan against kings of Karachi Head-to-head records in PSL
Matches played Karachi Kings Multan Sultans 11 6 5
Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings: Key Statistics
The two teams have played 11 matches, with Multan Sultans winning five and Karachi Kings six. Both are previous PSL title winners. Babar Azam, who led the team in the last few seasons, was transferred to Peshawar Zalmi from Karachi Kings in the last season.
Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings: 5 recent matches
Karachi Kings have lost four of the last five matches against Multan Sultans. Both teams won one game each last season. As said earlier, both teams are previous champions of Pakistan Super League. Karachi Kings won the title in 2020 and Multan Sultans in 2021.
Key moments and standout performances
As said earlier, both teams won one PSL title each. Karachi Kings won the title in 2020 and Multan Sultans in 2021. One of the key moments for Karachi Kings was Babar Azam and Mohammad Amir leaving the franchise and joining a new franchise. Babar was traded to Peshawar Zalmi in 2021. Amir was also with the franchise until 2023 and joined Quetta Gladiator ahead of PSL 2024.
Sultans of Multan against kings of Karachi Head-to-head records in PSL-PSL 2024, match 3
Games played – 11
Kings of Karachi won – 6
Multan Sultans won -5
More runs for Karachi Kings-Babar Azam- 425
Most lands for Karachi kings: Mohammad Amir-9
More runs for Multan Sultans-Shan Masood-240
Most land for Multan sultans: Imran Tahir-9
Trends and patterns
The two teams have played 11 matches to date with Karachi Kings winning six games and Multan Sultans five. The Karachi Kings have lost four of the last five matches against their opponents. Very rarely has either team won consecutive games until the last two seasons. This time, both teams have some new faces with the old core of both teams separated through the PSL draft. Despite losing their last four games in a row, the Kings are still ahead in the head-to-head count 6-5 and are looking to increase the tally this season. The PSL, like any other major T20 league, is played in a round-robin format and the top four teams qualify for the playoffs.
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