Multan Sultans
2022 season
CoachAndy Flower
CaptainMohammad Rizwan
PSL 2022Runner-up
Most runsMohammad Rizwan (546)[1]
Most wicketsShahnawaz Dahani (17)[2]

The Multan Sultans (often abbreviated as MS) is a franchise cricket team which represents the city of Multan in southern Punjab in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team made its PSL debut in 2018 season. [3][4] The team is coached by Andy Flower,[5][6] and remain under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan.[7] The Sultans have previously lifted their maiden PSL title in 2021,[8] making them the defending champions in 2022.

Administration and coaching staff

Name Position
Haider Azhar Manager and COO
Andy Flower Head coach
Abdul Rehman Assistant coach
Mushtaq Ahmed Spin bowling coach
Ottis Gibson Fast bowling coach
Richard Halsall Fielding and strength and conditioning coach
Cliff Deacon Physio
Source:MS Team management Archived 18 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine,[6]

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold
  • Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 27 January 2022
No. Name Nat. Birth date Bat. Bowl. Joined Notes
Batsmen
1 Aamer Azmat  Pakistan 26 November 1998 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022
12 Sohaib Maqsood  Pakistan 15 April 1987 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021
22 Rizwan Hussain  Pakistan 26 April 1996 (aged 25) Left-handed 2022
23 Rilee Rossouw  South Africa 9 October 1989 (aged 32) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2020
25 Johnson Charles  West Indies 14 January 1989 (aged 33) Right-handed Left arm orthodox 2022 Full replacement for Odean Smith
94 Shan Masood  Pakistan 14 October 1989 (aged 32) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2018 Vice-captain
All-rounders
8 Tim David  Singapore 16 March 1996 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm off-break 2022
15 David Willey  England 28 February 1990 (aged 31) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2022
48 Anwar Ali  Pakistan 25 November 1987 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2022
55 Abbas Afridi  Pakistan 5 April 2001 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022
72 Khushdil Shah  Pakistan 7 February 1995 (aged 26) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 2020
Rovman Powell  West Indies 23 July 1993 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2022
Wicket-keepers
16 Mohammad Rizwan  Pakistan 1 June 1992 (aged 29) Right-handed 2021 Captain
Bowlers
5 Ihsanullah  Pakistan 11 October 2002 (aged 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022
7 Rumman Raees  Pakistan 18 October 1991 (aged 30) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2022
11 Shahnawaz Dahani  Pakistan 5 August 1998 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021
17 Imran Khan  Pakistan 15 July 1987 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021
31 Asif Afridi  Pakistan 25 December 1986 (aged 35) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 2021
40 Blessing Muzarabani  Zimbabwe 2 October 1996 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2022
99 Imran Tahir  South Africa 28 March 1979 (aged 42) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Mentor
Dominic Drakes  West Indies 6 February 1998 (aged 23) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2022 Partial replacement for Rovman Powell
Odean Smith  West Indies 1 November 1996 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022
Source: MS squad

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Season standings

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Multan Sultans (R) 10 9 1 0 18 1.253
2 Lahore Qalandars (C) 10 6 4 0 12 0.765
3 Peshawar Zalmi (4th) 10 6 4 0 12 −0.340
4 Islamabad United (3rd) 10 4 6 0 8 −0.069
5 Quetta Gladiators 10 4 6 0 8 −0.708
6 Karachi Kings 10 1 9 0 2 −0.891
Source: ESPNcricinfo
  • The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
  •   advanced to Qualifier
  •   advanced to Eliminator 1

Regular season

Match 1
27 January 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
124/5 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
126/3 (18.2 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 43 (31)
Imran Tahir 3/16 (4 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 52* (47)
Mohammad Nabi 2/17 (3.2 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ihsanullah (Multan Sultans) made his T20 debut.

Match 3
29 January 2022
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
206/5 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
209/5 (19.4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 76 (35)
Khushdil Shah 1/14 (2 overs)
Shan Masood 83 (50)
Shaheen Afridi 3/40 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Shan Masood (Multan Sultan)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

Match 7
31 January 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
174/4 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
168 (19.5 overs)
Shan Masood 88 (58)
Mohammad Hasnain 2/27 (4 overs)
Ben Duckett 47 (32)
Khushdil Shah 3/16 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 6 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Shan Masood (Multan Sultans)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 8
1 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
217/5 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad United
197 (19.4 overs)
Tim David 71 (29)
Mohammad Wasim 1/39 (4 overs)
Shadab Khan 91 (42)
Khushdil Shah 4/35 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 20 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Tim David (Multan Sultans)
  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Match 13
5 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
222/3 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
165/8 (20 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 82 (53)
Shoaib Malik 1/17 (2 overs)
Ben Cutting 52* (31)
Imran Tahir 3/25 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 57 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 16
10 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
182/7 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
140 (19.3 overs)
Shan Masood 68 (49)
Wahab Riaz 2/34 (4 overs)
Salman Irshad 2/34 (4 overs)
Shoaib Malik 44 (31)
Blessing Muzarabani 3/18 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 42 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Shan Masood (Multan Sultans)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 17
11 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
182/4 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
130 (19.3 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 60 (37)
Anwar Ali 1/11 (2 overs)
Sohaib Maqsood 29 (26)
Zaman Khan 3/21 (3.3 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 52 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

Match 23
16 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
174/6 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
176/3 (19.3 overs)
Joe Clarke 40 (29)
Shahnawaz Dahani 2/44 (4 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 76 (56)
Mir Hamza 2/24 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 7 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 25
18 February 2022
14:30 (N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
245/3 (20 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
128 (15.5 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 83* (54)
Mohammad Irfan 1/28 (3.3 overs)
Umar Akmal 50 (23)
Khushdil Shah 2/17 (2.5 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 117 runs.
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
  • As a result of this match, Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi both qualified for the play-offs.[9]

Match 29
20 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
105/7 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
111/4 (17.2 overs)
Muhammad Musa 26* (21)
Imran Tahir 2/8 (4 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 51* (42)
Liam Dawson 3/16 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 6 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans)
  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohammad Huraira (Islamabad United) made his T20 debut.
  • As a result of this match, Islamabad United qualified for the playoffs and Quetta Gladiators were eliminated from the tournament.[10][11]

Playoffs

Qualifier

Match 31
23 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
163/2 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
135/9 (20 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 65* (42)
Mohammad Hafeez 1/16 (4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 63 (45)
Shahnawaz Dahani 3/19 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 28 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Shahnawaz Dahani (Multan Sultans)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Match 34
27 February 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
180/5 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
138 (19.3 overs)
Mohammed Hafeez 69 (46)
Asif Afridi 3/19 (4 overs)
Khushdil Shah 32 (23)
Shaheen Afridi 3/31 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 42 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lahore Qalandars won their maiden HBL PSL title.

References

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  2. "RECORDS / PAKISTAN SUPER LEAGUE, 2021/22 - MULTAN SULTANS / MOST WICKETS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. Ali Ahmed (1 August 2017). "Wasim Akram joins PSL's newest baby". Business Recorder. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. "PSL's newest team is Multan, worth $41.6 million". Dawn. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. "Multan Sultans appoint Andy Flower as Head coach". Daily Times. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Multan Sultans appoint Ottis Gibson as assistant, fast-bowling coach". Cricketpakistan.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. "PSL 2022 team guide: Multan Sultans". The cricketer.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  8. "Multan Sultans complete turnaround title win on back of Sohaib Maqsood, Rilee Rossouw fifties". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  9. "Ruthless Sultans qualify for 23 Feb Qualifier; Qalandars and Zalmi also progress to play-offs". PSLt20.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  10. "Islamabad United joins Sultans, Qalandars, and Zalmi in HBL PSL 7 playoffs". Cricket Pakistan. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  11. "Gladiators suffocate Kings to secure 23-run victory". pslt20.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
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