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.

Multan Sultans
2018 season
Coach Tom Moody
Captain Shoaib Malik
PSL 20185th
Most runs Kumar Sangakkara (269)
Most wickets Imran Tahir (13)

Squad

Multan Sultans
No. Name Nat. Birth date Bat Bowl Contract signed year Notes
Batsmen
6 Saif Badar (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 R R leg break googly 2018
19 Ahmed Shehzad (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 R R leg break 2018
30 Shan Masood (1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 L R medium fast 2018
46 Darren Bravo (1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 L R medium 2018 Overseas
92 Sohaib Maqsood (1987-04-15) 15 April 1987 R R off break 2018
93 Abdullah Shafique (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 R R off break 2018
94 Umar Siddiq (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 L R off break 2018
All-rounders
55 Kieron Pollard (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 R R medium fast 2018 Overseas
18 Shoaib Malik (1982-02-01) 1 February 1982 R R off break 2018 Captain
33 Sohail Tanvir (1984-12-12) 12 December 1984 L L medium fast 2018
44 Ross Whiteley (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 L L medium 2018 Overseas
45 Kashif Bhatti (1986-07-25) 25 July 1986 L slow L orthodox 2018
Wicket-keepers
11 Kumar Sangakkara (1977-10-27) 27 October 1977 L 2018 Overseas
29 Nicholas Pooran (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 L 2018 Overseas
Bowlers
7 Hardus Viljoen (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 R R fast 2018 Overseas
12 Junaid Khan (1989-12-24) 24 December 1989 R L fast 2018
26 Mohammad Abbas (1990-03-10) 10 March 1990 R R fast medium 2018
27 Mohammad Irfan (1982-06-06) 6 June 1982 R L fast 2018
55 Umar Gul (1984-04-14) 14 April 1984 R R fast medium 2018
99 Imran Tahir (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979 R leg break 2018 Overseas
N/A Irfan Khan (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 R leg break 2018
N/A Zahir Khan (1998-12-20) 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

    1. Ali Ahmed (1 August 2017). "Wasim Akram joins PSL's newest baby". Business Recorder. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
    2. Umar Farooq (2 August 2017). "Multan Sultans reunite Wasim, Waqar for PSL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
    3. Faizan Lakhani (22 September 2017). "Tom Moody appointed head coach of Multan Sultans". Geo News. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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