2018 Multan Sultans season

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Multan Sultans
2018 season
Coach Tom Moody
Captain Shoaib Malik
PSL 2018 5th
Most runs Kumar Sangakkara (269)
Most wickets Imran Tahir (13)

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.

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Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes
Batsmen
6 Saif Badar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3 July 1998 (aged 19)Right-handedRight-arm leg break, googly2018
19 Ahmed Shehzad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 23 November 1991 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018
30 Shan Masood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 14 October 1989 (aged 28)Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018
46 Darren Bravo WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 6 February 1989 (aged 29)Left-handedRight-arm medium2018Overseas
92 Sohaib Maqsood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15 April 1987 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm off break2018
93 Abdullah Shafique Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 20 November 1999 (aged 18)Right-handedRight-arm off break2018
94 Umar Siddiq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 30 December 1992 (aged 25)Left-handedRight-arm off break2018
All-rounders
55 Kieron Pollard WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 12 May 1987 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018Overseas
18 Shoaib Malik Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 February 1982 (aged 36)Right-handedRight-arm off break2018 Captain
33 Sohail Tanvir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 12 December 1984 (aged 33)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2018
44 Ross Whiteley Flag of England.svg  England 13 September 1988 (aged 29)Left-handedLeft-arm medium2018Overseas
45 Kashif Bhatti Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 25 July 1986 (aged 31)Left-handedslow L orthodox2018
Wicket-keepers
11 Kumar Sangakkara Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 27 October 1977 (aged 40)Left-handed2018Overseas
29 Nicholas Pooran WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2 October 1995 (aged 22)Left-handed2018Overseas
Bowlers
7 Hardus Viljoen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6 March 1989 (aged 28)Right-handedRight-arm fast2018Overseas
12 Junaid Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 24 December 1989 (aged 28)Right-handedLeft-arm fast2018
26 Mohammad Abbas Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 March 1990 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018
27 Mohammad Irfan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 6 June 1982 (aged 35)Right-handedLeft-arm fast2018
55 Umar Gul Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 14 April 1984 (aged 33)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018
99 Imran Tahir Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27 March 1979 (aged 38)Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018Overseas
Irfan Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 August 1989 (aged 28)Right-handedleg break2018
Zahir Khan Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 20 December 1998 (aged 19)Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spin2018Overseas

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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.