Kieron Pollard smashed a swashbuckling half century but could not prevent his team Multan Sultans from crashing to a 33 runs loss to Islamabad United in the playoff race in the Pakistan Super League.

Pollard cracked a quick fire 73 off 45 balls, as the sultans chasing 186 runs to win buckled at 152 all out in 19. 1 overs,……… this against Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan and Samit Patel who bagged two wickets each .

Earlier, Islamabad  batting first posted a challenging 185 for 4 off their allotted 50 overs, led by man of the match Lucke Ronchi who raced to 58 off 36 balls, with Alex hales supporting with 44 and Hussaint Talat chipping in with 36.

Bowling for Sultans Umar Gul bagged 2 for 26.

With the win Islamabad go top of the table, and, along with Quetta Gladiators, are guaranteed qualification to the playoffs.

Molten are still in the running, but have to rely on Peshawar Zalmi losing at least one of their remaining two games.