2024 Multan Sultans season

Multan Sultans

2024 season
Coach	Abdul Rehman
Captain	Mohammad Rizwan
Ground(s)	Multan Cricket Stadium
PSL 2024	Runner-up
Most runs	Usman Khan (430) [1]
Most wickets	Usama Mir (24) [2]
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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 competing in the 2024 Pakistan Super League. The team was coached by Abdul Rehman, ^[3] and captained by Mohammad Rizwan. ^[4]

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
• Ages are given as of 17 February 2024, the date of the first match in the tournament.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Category	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batsmen
13	Usman Khan	United Arab Emirates	(1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 28)	Silver	Right-handed	—	2023
17	Reeza Hendricks	South Africa	(1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 34)	Gold	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2024
18	Yasir Khan	Pakistan	(2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 21)	Emerging	Right-handed	—	2024
25	Johnson Charles	West Indies	(1989-01-14) 14 January 1989 (age 36)	Supplementary	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2021
29	Dawid Malan	England	(1987-09-03)3 September 1987 (aged 36)	Diamond	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2024
96	Tayyab Tahir	Pakistan	(1993-07-26)26 July 1993 (aged 30)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2024
All-rounders
23	David Willey	England	(1990-02-28)28 February 1990 (aged 33)	Platinum	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2024	Vice-captain
27	Mohammad Shehzad	Pakistan	(2004-02-05)5 February 2004 (aged 20)	Supplementary	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024
55	Abbas Afridi	Pakistan	(2001-04-05)5 April 2001 (aged 22)	Gold	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
72	Khushdil Shah	Pakistan	(1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 29)	Diamond	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2020
95	Iftikhar Ahmed	Pakistan	(1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 33)	Platinum	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2024
97	Faisal Akram	Pakistan	(2003-08-20)20 August 2003 (aged 20)	Emerging	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox	2024
Wicket-keepers
16	Mohammad Rizwan	Pakistan	(1992-06-01)1 June 1992 (aged 31)	Platinum	Right-handed	—	2021	Captain
Bowlers
5	Ali Majid	Pakistan	(1991-12-29)29 December 1991 (aged 32)	—	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2024	Full replacement for Ihsanullah
14	Mohammad Ali	Pakistan	(1992-11-01)1 November 1992 (aged 31)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024
24	Usama Mir	Pakistan	(1995-12-23)23 December 1995 (aged 28)	Diamond	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2023
26	Olly Stone	England	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 30)	—	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2024	Partial replacement for Reece Topley
28	Shahnawaz Dahani	Pakistan	(1998-08-05)5 August 1998 (aged 25)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2021
34	Chris Jordan	England	(1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 35)	Supplementary	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024
38	Reece Topley	England	(1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 29)	Gold	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2024
39	Richard Ngarava	Zimbabwe	(1997-12-29)29 December 1997 (aged 26)	—	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2024	Full replacement for Olly Stone
50	Ihsanullah	Pakistan	(2002-10-11)11 October 2002 (aged 21)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
83	Aftab Ibrahim	Pakistan	(2004-04-15)15 April 2004 (aged 19)	Supplementary	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Administration and coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Hijab Zahid [5]
Head coach	Abdul Rehman [3]
Assistant and development coach	Mohammad Wasim
Fast bowling coach	Catherine Dalton [6]
Spin bowling coach	David Parsons [7]
Fielding and strength and conditioning coach	Drikus Saaiman [8]
Assistant spin bowling coach	Alex Hartley [9]
Director of Strategy	Nathan Leamon [3]
Physiotherapist	Javed Mughal

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve branding Gym Armour Pepsi Fatima Group Moiz Steel Asia Ghee, KFC

Home kit

Away kit

Season standings

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Multan Sultans (R)	10	7	3	0	14	1.150
2	Peshawar Zalmi (3rd)	10	6	3	1	13	0.147
3	Islamabad United (C)	10	5	4	1	11	0.224
4	Quetta Gladiators (4th)	10	5	4	1	11	−0.921
5	Karachi Kings	10	4	6	0	8	−0.192
6	Lahore Qalandars	10	1	8	1	3	−0.554

Source: ESPNcricinfo

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the Playoffs.
  Advanced to Qualifier
  Advanced to Eliminator 1

Notes

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

Group fixtures

Match 3 18 February 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Multan Sultans 185/2 (20 overs)	v	Karachi Kings 130/8 (20 overs)
Reeza Hendricks 79* (54) Mir Hamza 1/30 (4 overs)		Shoaib Malik 53 (35) Mohammad Ali 3/23 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 55 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Reeza Hendricks (Multan Sultans)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Saad Baig (Karachi Kings) made his T20 debut.

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Match 5 20 February 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Islamabad United 144 (20 overs)	v	(H) Multan Sultans 145/5 (19.5 overs)
Salman Ali Agha 52 (43) Mohammad Ali 3/19 (4 overs)		Reeza Hendricks 58 (46) Naseem Shah 2/27 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Mohammad Ali (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 7 21 February 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 166/5 (20 overs)	v	(H) Multan Sultans 170/5 (19 overs)
Rassie van der Dussen 54 (37) Mohammad Ali 2/28 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 82 (59) Shaheen Afridi 2/25 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat

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Match 9 23 February 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 179/8 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 174 (20 overs)
Haseebullah Khan 37 (18) Mohammad Ali 2/23 (4 overs)		Dawid Malan 52 (25) Arif Yaqoob 3/43 (4 overs)

Peshawar Zalmi won by 5 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Luke Wood (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 11 25 February 2024 14:00 Scorecard

(H) Multan Sultans 180/4 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 167/9 (20 overs)
Reeza Hendricks 72 (47) Mohammad Amir 2/46 (4 overs)		Khawaja Nafay 36 (31) Mohammad Ali 3/19 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 13 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Mohammad Ali (Multan Sultans)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 14 27 February 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 214/4 (20 overs)	v	(H) Lahore Qalandars 154 (17 overs)
Usman Khan 96 (55) Shaheen Afridi 2/39 (4 overs)		Sahibzada Farhan 31 (21) Usama Mir 6/40 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 60 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Usman Khan (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 19 3 March 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 189/3 (20 overs)	v	(H) Karachi Kings 169/7 (20 overs)
Usman Khan 106* (59) Blessing Muzarabani 2/32 (4 overs)		Shoaib Malik 38 (28) Usama Mir 2/29 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 20 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Usman Khan (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
• As a result of this match, Multan Sultans qualified for the playoffs. ^[10]

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Match 21 5 March 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 204/5 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 200/5 (20 overs)
Babar Azam 64 (40) Usama Mir 3/32 (4 overs)		Iftikhar Ahmed 60* (27) Aamer Jamal 2/36 (4 overs)

Peshawar Zalmi won by 4 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 27 10 March 2024 14:00 Scorecard

Multan Sultans 228/4 (20 overs)	v	(H) Islamabad United 232/7 (20 overs)
Usman Khan 100* (50) Faheem Ashraf 2/32 (3 overs)		Colin Munro 84 (40) Abbas Afridi 3/40 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 3 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Mohammad Asif (Pak) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
• As a result of this match, Islamabad United qualified for the playoffs.

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Match 30 12 March 2024 21:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 185/4 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 106 (15.5 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 69 (47) Mohammad Amir 2/40 (4 overs)		Omair Yousuf 37 (25) David Willey 3/22 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 79 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Playoffs

Qualifier

Match 31 14 March 2024 21:00 (N) Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 146/7 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 147/3 (18.3 overs)
Babar Azam 46 (42) Usama Mir 2/16 (4 overs)		Yasir Khan 54 (37) Aamer Jamal 1/23 (3 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Usama Mir (Multan Sultans)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

Main article: 2024 Pakistan Super League final

Match 34 18 March 2024 21:00 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 159/9 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 163/8 (20 overs)
Usman Khan 57 (40) Imad Wasim 5/23 (4 overs)		Martin Guptill 50 (32) Iftikhar Ahmed 2/19 (3 overs)

Islamabad United won by 2 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Imad Wasim (Islamabad United)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
• By winning in the final, Islamabad United became the most successful team in PSL history. ^[11]

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Inns	Runs	Ave	HS	50s	100s
Usman Khan	7	430	107.50	106*	2	2
Mohammad Rizwan	12	407	33.91	82	4	0
Reeza Hendricks	8	304	43.42	79*	3	0
Iftikhar Ahmed	11	259	64.75	60*	1	0
Yasir Khan	7	164	23.42	54	1	0

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Player	Inns	Wkts	Ave	BBI
Usama Mir	12	24	15.87	6/40
Mohammad Ali	12	19	18.63	3/19
David Willey	11	15	20.40	3/22
Abbas Afridi	9	13	19.07	3/33
Chris Jordan	6	6	29.50	2/28

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

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