Multan Sultans in 2018
The Multan Sultans is a franchise cricket team that will represent Multan in the Pakistan Super League.[1][2] They are the sixth team to join the league. 2018 was their inaugural season. After the league was started in 2016, this was the first expansion of the league. Tom Moody serves as their coach.[3] They finished as the fifth placed team after the league stage ended and failed to qualify for the playoffs.
| 2018 season | |||
| Coach | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Tom Moody | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain |  Shoaib Malik | ||
| PSL 2018 | 5th | ||
| Most runs |  Kumar Sangakkara (269) | ||
| Most wickets |  Imran Tahir (13) | ||
| |||
Squad
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Bat | Bowl | Contract signed year | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 6 | Saif Badar | |
3 July 1998 | R | R leg break googly | 2018 | ||
| 19 | Ahmed Shehzad | |
23 November 1991 | R | R leg break | 2018 | ||
| 30 | Shan Masood | |
14 October 1989 | L | R medium fast | 2018 | ||
| 46 | Darren Bravo |  |
6 February 1989 | L | R medium | 2018 | Overseas | |
| 92 | Sohaib Maqsood | |
15 April 1987 | R | R off break | 2018 | ||
| 93 | Abdullah Shafique | |
20 November 1999 | R | R off break | 2018 | ||
| 94 | Umar Siddiq | |
30 December 1992 | L | R off break | 2018 | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 55 | Kieron Pollard | |
12 May 1987 | R | R medium fast | 2018 | Overseas | |
| 18 | Shoaib Malik | |
1 February 1982 | R | R off break | 2018 | Captain | |
| 33 | Sohail Tanvir | |
12 December 1984 | L | L medium fast | 2018 | ||
| 44 | Ross Whiteley |  |
13 September 1988 | L | L medium | 2018 | Overseas | |
| 45 | Kashif Bhatti | |
25 July 1986 | L | slow L orthodox | 2018 | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 11 | Kumar Sangakkara | |
27 October 1977 | L | — | 2018 | Overseas | |
| 29 | Nicholas Pooran | |
2 October 1995 | L | — | 2018 | Overseas | |
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 7 | Hardus Viljoen | |
6 March 1989 | R | R fast | 2018 | Overseas | |
| 12 | Junaid Khan | |
24 December 1989 | R | L fast | 2018 | ||
| 26 | Mohammad Abbas | |
10 March 1990 | R | R fast medium | 2018 | ||
| 27 | Mohammad Irfan | |
6 June 1982 | R | L fast | 2018 | ||
| 55 | Umar Gul | |
14 April 1984 | R | R fast medium | 2018 | ||
| 99 | Imran Tahir | |
27 March 1979 | R | leg break | 2018 | Overseas | |
| N/A | Irfan Khan | |
1 August 1989 | R | leg break | 2018 | ||
| N/A | Zahir Khan |  |
20 December 1998 | L | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | 2018 | Overseas | |
Pakistan Super League
This was the inaugural season for Multan Sultans. They finished 5th in the season.
See also
References
- Ali Ahmed (1 August 2017). "Wasim Akram joins PSL's newest baby". Business Recorder. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- Umar Farooq (2 August 2017). "Multan Sultans reunite Wasim, Waqar for PSL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- Faizan Lakhani (22 September 2017). "Tom Moody appointed head coach of Multan Sultans". Geo News. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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