2020 Multan Sultans season

Multan Sultans

2020 season
Coach	Andy Flower
Captain	Shan Masood
Regular season	1st
PSL Finals	Eliminator (3rd)
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The Multan Sultans is a franchise cricket team that represents Multan, Punjab, Pakistan in the Pakistan Super League. The team was founded in 2017 ^{[1] [2] [3]} and made its PSL debut in the 2018 season. ^{[4] [5]} They were one of the sixth team that competed in 2020 Pakistan Super League. ^[6] The team was coached by Andy Flower, ^[7] and captained by Shan Masood. ^[8]

Squad

• Players with international caps are shown in bold
• Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 20 February 2020

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batsmen
2	Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	(1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	Overseas
14	James Vince	England	(1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2019	Overseas
94	Shan Masood	Pakistan	(1989-10-14)14 October 1989 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018	Captain
72	Khushdil Shah	Pakistan	(1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2020
77	Wayne Madsen	England	(1984-01-02)2 January 1984 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	Overseas. Replacement for Fabian Allen
81	Asad Shafiq	Pakistan	(1986-01-28)28 January 1986 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2020
All-rounders
10	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	(1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2019
18	Moeen Ali	England	(1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	Overseas
25	Ravi Bopara	England	(1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2020	Overseas
33	Sohail Tanvir	Pakistan	(1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 35)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2020
80	Bilawal Bhatti	Pakistan	(1991-09-17)17 September 1991 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020
97	Fabian Allen	West Indies	(1995-05-07)7 May 1995 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2020	Overseas. Partially unavailable
Wicket-keepers
6	Rohail Nazir	Pakistan	(2001-10-10)10 October 2001 (aged 18)	Right-handed	—	2020	Vice-captain
60	Zeeshan Ashraf	Pakistan	(1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018
Bowlers
3	Ali Shafiq	Pakistan	(1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2019
12	Junaid Khan	Pakistan	(1989-12-24)24 December 1989 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2018
27	Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan	(1982-06-06)6 June 1982 (aged 37)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2018
37	Mohammad Ilyas	Pakistan	(1999-03-21)21 March 1999 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2019
91	Usman Qadir	Pakistan	(1993-08-10)10 August 1993 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020
99	Imran Tahir	South Africa	(1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	Overseas

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve branding Pepsi Fatima Group Kurkure Pepsi, Asia Ghee, Shell V-Power

Playing kit

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Multan Sultans (3rd)	10	6	2	2	14	1.031
2	Karachi Kings (C)	10	5	4	1	11	−0.190
3	Lahore Qalandars (R)	10	5	5	0	10	−0.072
4	Peshawar Zalmi (4th)	10	4	5	1	9	−0.055
5	Quetta Gladiators	10	4	5	1	9	−0.722
6	Islamabad United	10	3	6	1	7	0.185

Source: ESPNcricinfo

• The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
•   Advanced to Qualifier
•   Advanced to Eliminator 1

League fixtures and results

21 February 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Lahore Qalandars 138/8 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 142/5 (16.1 overs)
Chris Lynn 39 (19) Moeen Ali 2/13 (2 overs)		Shan Masood 38 (29) David Wiese 1/11 (2 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

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22 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 164/8 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 165/2 (16.4 overs)
Zeeshan Ashraf 50 (29) Amad Butt 4/27 (4 overs)		Luke Ronchi 74 (45) Mohammad Ilyas 1/17 (2.4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

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26 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 123 (18.3 overs)	v	Multan Sultans (H) 124/4 (14.5 overs)
Haider Ali 47 (27) Sohail Tanvir 4/13 (3.3 overs)		Rilee Rossouw 49* (42) Wahab Riaz 2/36 (3.5 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 6 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

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28 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard

(H) Multan Sultans 186/6 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 134 (17 overs)
Moeen Ali 65 (42) Mohammad Amir 2/27 (4 overs)		Alex Hales 29 (21) Imran Tahir 3/28 (3 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 52 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Multan Sultans)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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29 February 2020 14:00 Scorecard

(H) Multan Sultans 199/5 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 169/7 (20 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 100* (44) Mohammad Nawaz 1/16 (3 overs)		Shane Watson 80 (41) Bilawal Bhatti 3/26 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 30 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans) scored the fastest century in the PSL (43 balls). ^[9]

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6 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 102/6 (16.5 overs)	v	Karachi Kings
Shahid Afridi 35* (17) Imad Wasim 2/14 (4 overs)

No result Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

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8 March 2020 14:00 Scorecard

(H) Islamabad United 91/7 (9 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 94/1 (6.4 overs)
Colin Munro 25 (12) Imran Tahir 2/13 (2 overs)		James Vince 61* (24) Shadab Khan 1/30 (2 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 9 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: James Vince (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain.
• Multan Sultans qualified for the play-offs. ^[10]

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11 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators	v	Multan Sultans

Match abandoned Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

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13 March 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 154/6 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 151/7 (20 overs)
Zeeshan Ashraf 52 (39) Rahat Ali 3/24 (4 overs)		Imam-ul-Haq 56 (41) Sohail Tanvir 3/26 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 3 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Zeeshan Ashraf (Multan Sultans)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

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15 March 2020 14:00 Scorecard

Multan Sultans 186/6 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars (H) 191/1 (18.5 overs)
Khushdil Shah 70* (29) Shaheen Afridi 2/23 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 113* (55) Usman Qadir 1/24 (4 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 9 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Lahore Qalandars)

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
• Lahore Qalandars qualified for the semi-finals play-offs. ^{[11] [a] [12]}

Playoffs

Qualifier

14 November 2020 15:00 Scorecard

Multan Sultans 141/7 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 141/8 (20 overs)
Ravi Bopara 40 (31) Arshad Iqbal 2/21 (4 overs)		Babar Azam 65 (53) Sohail Tanvir 3/25 (4 overs)

Match tied (Karachi Kings won the Super Over) National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Super Over: Karachi Kings 13/2 (1 over), Multan Sultans 9/0 (1 over)

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Eliminator 2

15 November 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 182/6 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 157 (19.1 overs)
David Wiese 48* (21) Shahid Afridi 2/18 (4 overs)		Adam Lyth 50 (29) David Wiese 3/27 (4 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 25 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: David Wiese (Lahore Qalandars)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the matches were reduced from 34 to 33 and the playoffs were replaced by knockouts thus shortening the tournament. However, On 2 September 2020, PCB announced the schedule of the remaining fixtures, going back to the playoffs format.

References

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