2023 Multan Sultans season

Multan Sultans

2023 season
Coach	Andy Flower
Captain	Mohammad Rizwan
Ground(s)	Multan Cricket Stadium
PSL 2023	Runner-up
Most runs	Mohammad Rizwan (550)
Most wickets	Abbas Afridi (23)
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Multan Sultans is a franchise cricket team that represents Multan in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They were one of the six teams that competed in the 2023 Pakistan Super League. The team was coached by Andy Flower, ^[1] and captained by Mohammad Rizwan. ^[2]

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
• Ages are given as of 13 February 2023, the date of the first match in the tournament.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batsmen
3	Usman Khan	United Arab Emirates	(1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 27)	Right-handed	—	2023
10	David Miller	South Africa	(1989-06-10)10 June 1989 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2023
25	Johnson Charles	West Indies	(1989-01-14)14 January 1989 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2021	Partial replacement for David Miller in playoffs
45	Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	(1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2020
94	Shan Masood	Pakistan	(1989-10-14)14 October 1989 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018	Vice-captain
All-rounders
7	Wayne Parnell	South Africa	(1989-06-30)30 June 1989 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2023	Full replacement for Adil Rashid
8	Tim David	Australia	(1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2022
26	Carlos Brathwaite	West Indies	(1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2023	Full replacement for Wayne Parnell
37	Amad Butt	Pakistan	(1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2023
48	Anwar Ali	Pakistan	(1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022
55	Kieron Pollard	West Indies	(1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2023
56	Abbas Afridi	Pakistan	(2001-04-05)5 April 2001 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
66	Arafat Minhas	Pakistan	(2005-01-15)15 January 2005 (aged 18)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2023
72	Khushdil Shah	Pakistan	(1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2020
	Mohammad Sarwar	Pakistan	(1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2023
Wicket-keepers
16	Mohammad Rizwan	Pakistan	(1992-06-01)1 June 1992 (aged 30)	Right-handed	—	2021	Captain
Bowlers
11	Shahnawaz Dahani [a]	Pakistan	(1998-08-05)5 August 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2021
14	Sameen Gul	Pakistan	(1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023
19	Izharulhaq Naveed	Afghanistan	(2003-11-10)10 November 2003 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2023	Partial replacement for David Miller in group stage matches
21	Akeal Hosein	West Indies	(1993-04-25)25 April 1993 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2023
24	Usama Mir	Pakistan	(1995-12-23)23 December 1995 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2023
32	Mohammad Ilyas	Pakistan	(1999-03-21)21 March 1999 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2023	Full replacement for Shahnawaz Dahani
50	Ihsanullah	Pakistan	(2002-10-11)11 October 2002 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
82	Josh Little	Ireland	(1999-11-01)1 November 1999 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2023
95	Adil Rashid [b]	England	(1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2023
119	Sheldon Cottrell	West Indies	(1989-08-19)19 August 1989 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2023

• Source: Cricinfo

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2. Rashid withdrew from the tournament due to international duty.

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: Janoobis Archived 18 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve branding AJ Sports [3] Pepsi Fatima Group [4] Wolf777 News Asia Ghee, Shell V-Power, Samaa TV

Home kit

Away kit

Season standings

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Lahore Qalandars (C)	10	7	3	0	14	0.915
2	Multan Sultans (R)	10	6	4	0	12	0.500
3	Islamabad United (4th)	10	6	4	0	12	−0.708
4	Peshawar Zalmi (3rd)	10	5	5	0	10	−0.452
5	Karachi Kings	10	3	7	0	6	0.756
6	Quetta Gladiators	10	3	7	0	6	−1.066

Source: ESPNcricinfo

• The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs.
•   Advances to Qualifier.
•   Advances to Eliminator 1.

Notes:

• C = Champions;
• R = Runner-up;
• (x) = Position at the end of the tournament

Group fixtures

Match 1 13 February 2023 20:30 (N) Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 175/6 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans (H) 174/6 (20 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 66 (42) Usama Mir 2/25 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 75 (50) Hussain Talat 1/16 (2 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 1 run Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Martin Saggers (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
• Mirza Tahir Baig (Lahore Qalandars) made his T20 debut.

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Match 3 15 February 2023 18:00 (N) Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 110 (18.5 overs)	v	Multan Sultans (H) 111/1 (13.3 overs)
Jason Roy 27 (18) Ihsanullah 5/12 (4 overs)		Rilee Rossouw 78* (42) Nuwan Thushara 1/21 (2 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 9 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Ihsanullah (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 5 17 February 2023 18:00 (N) Scorecard

(H) Multan Sultans 210/3 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 154 (18.5 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 75 (36) Salman Irshad 2/38 (4 overs)		Saim Ayub 53 (37) Usama Mir 3/22 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 56 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 7 19 February 2023 14:00 Scorecard

(H) Multan Sultans 190/4 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 138 (17.5 overs)
David Miller 52 (25) Rumman Raees 1/25 (3 overs)		Rassie van der Dussen 49 (32) Abbas Afridi 4/22 (3 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 52 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Abbas Afridi (Multan Sultans)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 11 22 February 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

(H) Multan Sultans 196/2 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 193/5 (20 overs)
Mohammed Rizwan 110* (64) Shoaib Malik 1/29 (4 overs)		James Vince 75 (34) Abbas Afridi 2/55 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 3 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Martin Saggers (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammed Rizwan (Multan Sultans)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 14 26 February 2023 14:00 Scorecard

(H) Karachi Kings 167/3 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 101 (16.3 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 65 (46) Ihsanullah 2/22 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 29 (25) Shoaib Malik 3/16 (3.3 overs)

Karachi Kings won by 66 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Alex Wharf (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Tabraiz Shamsi (Karachi Kings)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 20 4 March 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

(H) Lahore Qalandars 180/9 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 159/7 (20 overs)
Sam Billings 54 (35) Kieron Pollard 2/16 (2 overs)		Kieron Pollard 39 (28) Rashid Khan 3/15 (4 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 21 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Lahore Qalandars)

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
• As a result of this match, Lahore Qalandars qualified for the playoffs. ^[5]

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Match 24 7 March 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 205/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United (H) 209/8 (19.5 overs)
Shan Masood 75 (50) Shadab Khan 2/26 (4 overs)		Faheem Ashraf 51* (26) Anwar Ali 3/33 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 2 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Faheem Ashraf (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 27 10 March 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 242/6 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 244/6 (19.1 overs)
Babar Azam 73 (39) Abbas Afridi 4/39 (4 overs)		Rilee Rossouw 121 (51) Azmatullah Omarzai 2/61 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 4 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the highest run-chase in PSL history. ^[6]
• As a result of this match, Multan Sultans qualified for the playoffs. ^[7]

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Match 28 11 March 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 262/3 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 253/8 (20 overs)
Usman Khan 120 (43) Qais Ahmad 2/77 (4 overs)		Omair Yousuf 67 (36) Abbas Afridi 5/47 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 9 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Alex Wharf (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Abbas Afridi (Multan Sultans)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
• Usman Khan (Multan Sultans) scored the fastest century in terms of balls (36) in PSL history. ^[8]
• This was the highest total scored by a team in PSL history. ^[9]
• As a result of this match, Peshawar Zalmi qualified for the playoffs. ^[10]

Playoffs

Qualifier

Match 31 15 March 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 160/5 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars (H) 76 (14.3 overs)
Kieron Pollard 57 (34) Haris Rauf 3/34 (4 overs)		Sam Billings 19 (27) Sheldon Cottrell 3/20 (3 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 84 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

Main article: 2023 Pakistan Super League Final

Match 34 18 March 2023 19:00 (N) Scorecard

(H) Lahore Qalandars 200/6 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 199/8 (20 overs)
Abdullah Shafique 65 (40) Usama Mir 3/24 (3 overs)		Rilee Rossouw 52 (32) Shaheen Afridi 4/51 (4 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 1 run Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Alex Wharf (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Innings	Runs	High score	50s	100s
Mohammad Rizwan	12	550	110*	4	1
Rilee Rossouw	11	453	121	3	1
Kieron Pollard	10	260	57	2	0
Shan Masood	9	236	75	2	0
Usman Khan	4	167	120	0	1

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Player	Innings	Wickets	Best bowling
Abbas Afridi	11	23	5/47
Ihsanullah	12	22	5/12
Usama Mir	12	17	3/22
Anwar Ali	7	10	3/33
Kieron Pollard	5	3	2/16

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

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2. Bhargav, Dixit (12 February 2023). "PSL captains 2023: PSL teams captains list Season 8". The SportsRush. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
3. https://thesportslite.com/cricket/multan-sultans-sponsors-2022-official-e-commerce-media-partners-and-more/
4. https://www.brecorder.com/news/40224129
5. "PSL 2023: Lahore Qalandars trump Multan Sultans to qualify for playoffs". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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7. "HBL Pakistan Super League: Record-breaking Rossouw lifts Sultans into playoffs". Dawn. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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9. "Usman hits fastest hundred as Multan post highest total in tournament's history". Geo Super. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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