2020 Multan Sultans season

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]

Multan Sultans
2020 season
CoachAndy Flower
CaptainShan Masood
Regular season1st
PSL FinalsEliminator (3rd)
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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
2Rilee Rossouw South Africa (1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 30) Left-handedRight-arm off break2020Overseas
14James Vince England (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 28) Right-handedRight-arm medium2019Overseas
94Shan Masood Pakistan (1989-10-14)14 October 1989 (aged 30) Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2018Captain
72Khushdil Shah Pakistan (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 25) Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox2020
77Wayne Madsen England (1984-01-02)2 January 1984 (aged 36) Right-handedRight-arm off break2020Overseas. Replacement for Fabian Allen
81Asad Shafiq Pakistan (1986-01-28)28 January 1986 (aged 34) Right-handedRight-arm off break2020
All-rounders
10Shahid Afridi Pakistan (1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 40) Right-handedRight-arm leg break2019
18Moeen Ali England (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 32) Left-handedRight-arm off break2020Overseas
25Ravi Bopara England (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 34) Right-handedRight-arm medium2020Overseas
33Sohail Tanvir Pakistan (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 35) Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2020
80Bilawal Bhatti Pakistan (1991-09-17)17 September 1991 (aged 28) Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2020
97Fabian Allen West Indies (1995-05-07)7 May 1995 (aged 24) Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2020Overseas. Partially unavailable
Wicket-keepers
6Rohail Nazir Pakistan (2001-10-10)10 October 2001 (aged 18) Right-handed—2020Vice-captain
60Zeeshan Ashraf Pakistan (1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 27) Left-handedRight-arm off break2018
Bowlers
3Ali Shafiq Pakistan (1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 23) Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019
12Junaid Khan Pakistan (1989-12-24)24 December 1989 (aged 30) Right-handedLeft-arm fast2018
27Mohammad Irfan Pakistan (1982-06-06)6 June 1982 (aged 37) Right-handedLeft-arm fast2018
37Mohammad Ilyas Pakistan (1999-03-21)21 March 1999 (aged 20) Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2019
91Usman Qadir Pakistan (1993-08-10)10 August 1993 (aged 26) Right-handedRight-arm leg break2020
99Imran Tahir South Africa (1979-03-28)28 March 1979 (aged 40) Right-handedRight-arm leg break2020Overseas

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Points table
Pos Team 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
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  •   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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
6 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
102/6 (16.5 overs)
v
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.
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]
11 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
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.
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][lower-alpha 1][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)

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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  9. "Rilee Rossouw smashes fastest-ever century of PSL history". Geo Super. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  10. Tania Atzaz (9 March 2020). "Multan Sultans crush Islamabad United to qualify for PSL play-offs". Daily Times. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  11. "In a first, Lahore Qalandars qualify for PSL 2020 semi-finals". Geo Super. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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