Islamabad United qualify for the playoffs

Islamabad turn table-toppers. And in the process now have ensured that Quetta too have made their way to the play-offs along with them. Pollard with his blitz did make it interesting in the middle, keeping the interest lit, but in a tournament that's filled with low scorers, 185 was always going to be a long shot. Surely when Multan stumbled in the powerplay, surely when nobody could stick around for long, surely when the bowling attack as potent as United's. Multan now bank on luck, they've exhausted their quota of games, and with only nine points now need to hope for Peshawar to lose (at least) a game, Lahore to stage upsets or for Karachi to stumble, and stumble badly.