Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans Betting Tips 01/02/2022

February 1, 2022 2:19 pm

Zohaib Ahmed, Senior Author

The eighth fixture of the Pakistan Super League 2022 sees Islamabad United take on Multan Sultans at National Stadium Karachi on Feb 1 (Tuesday). The match is to begin at 8 pm IST.

Teams Status

Islamabad United

These are the only two unbeaten teams left in the competition and one of them is going to lose that status tonight.

The only match Islamabad have played so far was against Peshawar Zalmi and they ended up winning easily by nine wickets and 25 balls to spare.

Their local bowling stars namely Hasan Ali, Faheem Ashraf and Shadab Khan aka the Roti Gang did well to restrict Zalmi to just 168 runs. Then, a 112-run opening stand between Paul Stirling and Alex Hales killed the game.

While their front two are absolutely scare, Islamabad’s middle order has a few names that can have reliability issues at times.

Multan Sultans

Three matches and three wins for Multan Sultans means that their title defence could not be going any better. They’ve already opened up a four-point gap up top and again look the best team in the competition.

Their last win, one over Quetta Gladiators, was a close one though. Having set a 175-run target, Quetta needed just eight runs off six balls but a superb final over by David Willey somehow got them the win.

Earlier, Shan Masood had scored 88 to offset a rare failure for Mohammad Rizwan, who was out for a duck. Masood, not considered a T20 batter for the longest period, is now silencing his critics.

What Do the Sportsbooks Say?

Brand	Islamabad United	Multan Sultans
	1.80	1.98
	1.688	2.16
	1.84	1.97

Islamabad are the favourites for this PSL fixture. Parimatch has Islamabad priced at 1.80 and Multan at 1.98. Paripesa has Islamabad available for 1.688 and Multan for 2.16. Lastly, Sportsbet has Islamabad priced at 1.84 and Multan at 1.97.

Tipster’s Angle

Tip: Multan to win @ 2.16

We told you above that we are not very sure about Islamabad United’s middle order. Their number three batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz is a 20-year-old while number four is a year younger. Their number five and six are Azam Khan and Asif Ali – both of whom can be devastating on their day and quiet as a mouse rest of the times. Therefore, in this matchup, we like Multan – even more so as underdogs. The odds have been sourced from Paripesa.

Tip: Mohammad Rizwan to score more than 31.5 runs @ 1.87

The run machine that is Mohammad Rizwan for once malfunctioned in the last game but we’ve seen that when that happens he comes back with an added appetite for runs. Granted that the 31.5-run spread is quite high but we’re not talking about just any batter here. This is the ICC T20I cricket of the year. The odds have been sourced from Parimatch.

Conclusion

This could be a tight game as both the sides are very good but we think Multan have an edge – as slight as it may be.

Zohaib Ahmed

14:19, 1 Feb 2022

Senior Author

Zohaib Ahmed

Senior Author

14:19, 1 Feb 2022

Zohaib Ahmed is a sports journalist whose profession is to report and edit but whose passion is to predict and bet. He’s been in the industry for more than a decade and has worked/written for various bookmakers/tipsters. His expertise is in cricket, football, MMA, boxing and basketball.