2018 Multan Sultans season

Multan Sultans
2018 season
CoachTom Moody
CaptainShoaib Malik
PSL 20185th
Most runsKumar Sangakkara (269)
Most wicketsImran 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.

Squad

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  • Players with international caps are shown in bold
  • Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 22 February 2018
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Batsmen
6 Saif Badar  Pakistan (1998-07-03)3 July 1998 (aged 19) Right-handed Right-arm leg break, googly 2018
19 Ahmed Shehzad  Pakistan (1991-11-23)23 November 1991 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018
30 Shan Masood  Pakistan (1989-10-14)14 October 1989 (aged 28) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018
46 Darren Bravo  West Indies (1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 29) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2018 Overseas
92 Sohaib Maqsood  Pakistan (1987-04-15)15 April 1987 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018
93 Abdullah Shafique  Pakistan (1999-11-20)20 November 1999 (aged 18) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018
94 Umar Siddiq  Pakistan (1992-12-30)30 December 1992 (aged 25) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018
All-rounders
55 Kieron Pollard  West Indies (1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 Overseas
18 Shoaib Malik  Pakistan (1982-02-01)1 February 1982 (aged 36) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Captain
33 Sohail Tanvir  Pakistan (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 33) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2018
44 Ross Whiteley  England (1988-09-13)13 September 1988 (aged 29) Left-handed Left-arm medium 2018 Overseas
45 Kashif Bhatti  Pakistan (1986-07-25)25 July 1986 (aged 31) Left-handed slow L orthodox 2018
Wicket-keepers
11 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka (1977-10-27)27 October 1977 (aged 40) Left-handed 2018 Overseas
29 Nicholas Pooran  West Indies (1995-10-02)2 October 1995 (aged 22) Left-handed 2018 Overseas
Bowlers
7 Hardus Viljoen  South Africa (1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 Overseas
12 Junaid Khan  Pakistan (1989-12-24)24 December 1989 (aged 28) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2018
26 Mohammad Abbas  Pakistan (1990-03-10)10 March 1990 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018
27 Mohammad Irfan  Pakistan (1982-06-06)6 June 1982 (aged 35) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2018
55 Umar Gul  Pakistan (1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018
99 Imran Tahir  South Africa (1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 38) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 Overseas
Irfan Khan  Pakistan (1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 28) Right-handed leg break 2018
Zahir Khan  Afghanistan (1998-12-20)20 December 1998 (aged 19) Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin 2018 Overseas

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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References

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  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.