Rawalpindi Pindiz vs Islamabad United — PSL 2026 Match 12 Match Summary

Islamabad United beat Rawalpindi Pindiz by seven wickets with 34 balls still unused in PSL 2026 Match 12 on 4 April 2026 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (listed 20:00 PKT on our schedule). Islamabad won the toss and sent Pindiz in first. Rawalpindi Pindiz made 156 for 7 in 20 overs at 7.80 runs per over. Islamabad United chased 157 and reached 157 for 3 in 14.2 overs at 10.95 per over, so the required rate never climbed out of reach once the top order fired.

We did not borrow sentences from ball-by-ball commentary, TV captions, or syndicated match reports. Batting, bowling, milestones, reviews, and match-flow notes are taken from the ESPNcricinfo full scorecard for this fixture. The same feed lists the game under Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; our site fixture rows this match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, so this recap uses our schedule and venue page for ground naming while numbers follow the published card.

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This Rawalpindi Pindiz vs Islamabad United match summary rests on three bands on the card: Richard Gleeson and Imad Wasim keeping the first ten overs quiet, Sameer Minhas racing to 70 from 36 at 194.44 strike rate, and Dian Forrester’s 44 not out from 19 that pushed Pindiz past 150 without shifting the chase into a steep bracket.

Islamabad began the night second on the ladder in the published match info block and picked up two points, while Pindiz took none. In an eight-team group, that kind of exchange can matter when sides bunch in the middle and net run rate becomes a tie-breaker later.

Pindiz had already shown they can post big totals on other nights in this project’s logs, so 156 at 7.80 reads as a partial recovery after early damage, not a blank powerplay failure across the board. Islamabad’s chase at nearly 11 an over with wickets in hand underlines how quickly Minhas and Mark Chapman (24 not out from 7) closed the gap once Mohammad Amir’s lone breakthrough left the middle order room to swing.

Wet ground note and the powerplay

The match-flow line opens with wet ground before Pindiz scored, which often tightens fields and asks openers to rebuild rather than explode. Through the mandatory powerplay (0.1 to 6.0), the card shows 35 runs for 2 wickets, so Islamabad’s new ball plan worked even without a flood of boundaries.

Yasir Khan fell for 2 from 4 when Mohammad Faiq caught him off Richard Gleeson at 4 for 1 in 1.4 overs. Mohammad Rizwan made 2 from 8 when Gleeson bowled him at 15 for 2 in 3.5 overs. The fall-of-wickets strip matches that order (1-4 then 2-15).

Kamran Ghulam and Daryl Mitchell rebuild

Kamran Ghulam top-scored with 50 from 39 balls (6 fours, 2 sixes, strike rate 128.20). He reached 50 in 37 balls on the milestones, with 30 runs to himself in a 50-run third-wicket stand with Daryl Mitchell that took 35 balls, extras 1.

Mitchell made 19 from 15 (2 fours) when Salman Irshad had Mark Chapman take the catch at 66 for 3 in 9.6 overs. Ghulam was 50 when Faheem Ashraf had Devon Conway accept the edge at 78 for 4 in 11.4 overs.

Middle order, review, and Forrester’s finish

Sam Billings scored 7 from 11 before Imad Wasim pinned him lbw at 96 for 5 in 14.3 overs. Pindiz sent the call upstairs; the feed lists the review struck down, with no bat on UltraEdge and the projected path clipping middle stump. Abdullah Fazal added 23 from 16 (2 sixes) until Irshad had Sameer Minhas take the catch at 117 for 6 in 16.2 overs.

Dian Forrester stayed 44 not out from 19 (2 fours, 4 sixes, strike rate 231.57). Rishad Hossain made 3 from 6 when Faheem had Chris Green take the catch at 135 for 7 in 18.4 overs. Mohammad Amir Khan was 0 not out from 2. Extras 6 (3 leg-byes, 3 wides).

Pindiz passed 100 in 15.1 overs and 150 in 19.4 on the flow log, which shows how Forrester dragged the tail past a soft par line even as Irshad leaked 52 from 4 overs on the bowling table.

Rawalpindi Pindiz batting lines (scorecard)

• Kamran Ghulam: 50 (39)
• Dian Forrester: 44* (19)
• Abdullah Fazal: 23 (16)
• Daryl Mitchell: 19 (15)
• Sam Billings: 7 (11)
• Mohammad Rizwan (c) †: 2 (8)
• Yasir Khan: 2 (4)
• Rishad Hossain: 3 (6)
• Mohammad Amir Khan: 0* (2)

Imad Wasim bowled 4 overs for 15 runs (3.75) with Sam Billings’ lbw. Richard Gleeson took 2 for 21 in 4 (5.25), removing Yasir (caught Faiq) and Rizwan (bowled). Faheem Ashraf returned 2 for 22 in 4 (5.50) with Ghulam and Rishad both falling to him.

Salman Irshad went 2 for 52 in 4 (13.00) but broke the Mitchell and Fazal partnerships when Pindiz tried to lift. Shadab Khan bowled 2 overs for 20 (10.00) without a wicket on the figures, and Chris Green bowled 2 for 23 (11.50) also wicketless on the card.

Islamabad bowling figures (as recorded on ESPNcricinfo)

• Imad Wasim: 1/15 (4)
• Richard Gleeson: 2/21 (4)
• Faheem Ashraf: 2/22 (4)
• Salman Irshad: 2/52 (4)
• Shadab Khan: 0/20 (2)
• Chris Green: 0/23 (2)

Powerplay intent

Islamabad’s mandatory powerplay (0.1 to 6.0) reads 62 runs for 1 wicket, a sharp contrast to Pindiz’s 35 for 2. The card logs 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls), extras 5, with Sameer Minhas contributing 43 of the first 50 alongside Devon Conway’s 6.

Conway made 6 from 11 when Mohammad Amir had Kamran Ghulam take the catch at 58 for 1 in 5.1 overs. Minhas reached 50 in 25 balls (7 fours, 2 sixes to that mark) and finished 70 from 36 (7 fours, 4 sixes) when Jalat Khan had Mitchell take the catch at long on at 92 for 2 in 9.1 overs.

Middle overs and the closing burst

Mohammad Faiq scored 19 from 16 (2 fours) before Rishad Hossain had Mitchell take another catch in the circle at 112 for 3 in 11.3 overs. Haider Ali stayed 26 not out from 16 (3 fours, 1 six), and Mark Chapman made 24 not out from 7 (4 fours, 1 six, strike rate 342.85) so the target vanished with 5.4 overs still in the bank. Extras 12 (4 leg-byes, 8 wides).

Islamabad crossed 100 in 9.5 overs and 150 in 13.5 on the flow strip, with Chapman’s short burst doing most of the late lifting after Minhas had already bent the rate.

Islamabad United batting lines (scorecard)

• Sameer Minhas: 70 (36)
• Haider Ali: 26* (16)
• Mark Chapman: 24* (7)
• Mohammad Faiq: 19 (16)
• Devon Conway †: 6 (11)

Mohammad Amir took 1 for 18 in 3 (6.00) with Conway’s wicket. Jalat Khan returned 1 for 38 in 3 (12.66) when Minhas holed out. Rishad Hossain took 1 for 36 in 3 (12.00) with Faiq’s dismissal.

Mohammad Amir Khan bowled 2 overs for 24 (12.00) without a wicket. Dian Forrester bowled 1.2 overs for 18 (13.50), Kamran Ghulam 1 over for 7 (7.00), and Daryl Mitchell 1 over for 12 (12.00), all wicketless on the printed rows.

Rawalpindi bowling figures (as recorded on ESPNcricinfo)

• Mohammad Amir: 1/18 (3)
• Mohammad Amir Khan: 0/24 (2)
• Jalat Khan: 1/38 (3)
• Rishad Hossain: 1/36 (3)
• Dian Forrester: 0/18 (1.2)
• Kamran Ghulam: 0/7 (1)
• Daryl Mitchell: 0/12 (1)

The par ask for 157 in 20 overs is 7.85 per over. Islamabad averaged 10.95 across 14.2 overs, so they stayed 3.1 runs per over above par for the stretch they needed. After Minhas left, Haider and Chapman still had room to attack because 34 balls remained.

Mitchell held two catches in the ring for Rishad and Jalat, small moments that slowed Islamabad briefly but did not flip control. Faiq’s slip catch off Gleeson in the powerplay belongs in the same bucket: it backed the seam plan Shadab wanted at the start.

This Rawalpindi Pindiz vs Islamabad United match summary keeps the story simple on paper: Islamabad won the first six overs of each innings on the scoreboard bands, then used cleaner middle-over economy from Imad, Gleeson, and Faheem to hold Pindiz under 160 before Minhas made the chase look smaller than the target.

Gleeson and Imad at the top

Imad’s 1 for 15 from 4 overs and Gleeson’s 2 for 21 from 4 overs gave Islamabad control lines Pindiz could not blast through in the first ten. Losing Yasir and Rizwan inside 3.5 overs meant Ghulam batted under scoreboard pressure for much of his 50.

Third-wicket stand then middle-order traffic

Ghulam and Mitchell added 50 runs for the third wicket in 35 balls, which steadied the card but still left Islamabad with mid-off fields and slower balls to play with later. When Mitchell fell at 66 for 3, Pindiz still had to find a higher gear; losing Billings on review at 96 for 5 left that gear hard to find.

Minhas fifty in twenty-five balls

Minhas’s half-century speed meant Islamabad reached 100 before 10 overs despite Conway’s early exit. That single innings shrank the effective target for everyone who followed.

Chapman’s seven-ball twenty-four

At 112 for 3, Pindiz could still have dragged the rate if they had stacked quiet overs. Chapman’s 24 not out from 7 removed that option and lifted United’s net run rate on the night.

The match info awards Islamabad United 2, Rawalpindi Pindiz 0. Use our points table for the live order after other games.

One chase does not prove Islamabad will always clear 150 inside 15 overs, and one 156 does not prove Pindiz lack power hitters. It does show that United’s seam-and-spin mix, plus Minhas in this form, can defend a modest total on paper by keeping the opposition to under eight an over, then attack with intent at eleven an over when they bat.

Rawalpindi Pindiz

Forrester’s 44 not out saved the innings from a sub-140 look after 5 for 96. Ghulam’s 50 was graft as much as flair. Irshad’s 13 economy hurt the overall rate, and Amir’s early wicket did not roll into a cluster once Minhas was set.

Islamabad United

Gleeson and Faheem gave four-over control blocks, Imad held the middle, and Minhas plus Chapman finished with strike rates that match a side hunting a top-two spot. Salman’s expensive spell is the line they will want to tighten when stronger middle orders line up.

156 can look workable on paper until the chase starts at eleven an over with Minhas already 50 in 25 balls and Chapman waiting to cash in. This Rawalpindi Pindiz vs Islamabad United match summary ends on that split: Forrester repaired Pindiz late, while Islamabad led the mandatory powerplay segment on the match-flow read for both innings (62 for 1 chasing versus 35 for 2 batting first), and the points followed that margin.

Numbers were checked against the ESPNcricinfo full scorecard for Match 12. Sentence-level writing is original to PSL Score Live.

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Which side won PSL 2026 Match 12 between Rawalpindi Pindiz and Islamabad United?

Islamabad United won by 7 wickets with 34 balls remaining.

What were the team totals?

Rawalpindi Pindiz scored 156/7 in 20 overs. Islamabad United scored 157/3 in 14.2 overs chasing 157.

Who won the toss?

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field first.

Who was player of the match?

Sameer Minhas was named player of the match (70 runs from 36 balls).

Who took the most wickets for Islamabad United in the first innings?

Richard Gleeson, Faheem Ashraf, and Salman Irshad each took 2 wickets. Gleeson conceded 21 runs in 4 overs.

Who top-scored for Rawalpindi Pindiz?

Kamran Ghulam scored 50 from 39 balls; Dian Forrester made 44 not out from 19.