2018 Multan Sultans season

The Multan Sultans is a franchise cricket team that will represent Multan in the Pakistan Super League. 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. They finished as the fifth placed team after the league stage ended and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Squad

• 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

Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve branding Lake City Fatima Group Mughal Steel Inverex, Super Asia

Playing kit

References