2022 Multan Sultans season

Multan Sultans

2022 season
Coach	Andy Flower
Captain	Mohammad Rizwan
PSL 2022	Runner-up
Most runs	Mohammad Rizwan (546)[1]
Most wickets	Shahnawaz Dahani (17)[2]
← 2021 2023 →

The Multan Sultans (often abbreviated as MS) is a franchise cricket team which represents the city of Multan in southern Punjab in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team made its PSL debut in 2018 season.[3][4] The team is coached by Andy Flower,[5][6] and remain under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan.[7] The Sultans have previously lifted their maiden PSL title in 2021,[8] making them the defending champions in 2022.

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:MS Team management Archived 18 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine,[6]

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold
• Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 27 January 2022

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Bat.	Bowl.	Joined	Notes
Batsmen
1	Aamer Azmat	Pakistan	(1998-11-26)26 November 1998 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022
12	Sohaib Maqsood	Pakistan	(1987-04-15)15 April 1987 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021
22	Rizwan Hussain	Pakistan	(1996-04-26)26 April 1996 (aged 25)	Left-handed	—	2022
23	Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	(1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2020
25	Johnson Charles	West Indies	(1989-01-14)14 January 1989 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Left arm orthodox	2022	Full replacement for Odean Smith
94	Shan Masood	Pakistan	(1989-10-14)14 October 1989 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018	Vice-captain
All-rounders
8	Tim David	Singapore	(1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2022
15	David Willey	England	(1990-02-28)28 February 1990 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2022
48	Anwar Ali	Pakistan	(1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022
55	Abbas Afridi	Pakistan	(2001-04-05)5 April 2001 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
72	Khushdil Shah	Pakistan	(1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	2020
	Rovman Powell	West Indies	(1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022
Wicket-keepers
16	Mohammad Rizwan	Pakistan	(1992-06-01)1 June 1992 (aged 29)	Right-handed	—	2021	Captain
Bowlers
5	Ihsanullah	Pakistan	(2002-10-11)11 October 2002 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2022
7	Rumman Raees	Pakistan	(1991-10-18)18 October 1991 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2022
11	Shahnawaz Dahani	Pakistan	(1998-08-05)5 August 1998 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2021
17	Imran Khan	Pakistan	(1987-07-15)15 July 1987 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021
31	Asif Afridi	Pakistan	(1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 35)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	2021
40	Blessing Muzarabani	Zimbabwe	(1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022
99	Imran Tahir	South Africa	(1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 42)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	Mentor
	Dominic Drakes	West Indies	(1998-02-06)6 February 1998 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2022	Partial replacement for Rovman Powell
	Odean Smith	West Indies	(1996-11-01)1 November 1996 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022
Source: MS squad

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Playing kit

Season standings

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Multan Sultans (R)	10	9	1	0	18	1.253
2	Lahore Qalandars (C)	10	6	4	0	12	0.765
3	Peshawar Zalmi (4th)	10	6	4	0	12	−0.340
4	Islamabad United (3rd)	10	4	6	0	8	−0.069
5	Quetta Gladiators	10	4	6	0	8	−0.708
6	Karachi Kings	10	1	9	0	2	−0.891

Source: ESPNcricinfo

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

Regular season

Match 1 27 January 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Karachi Kings 124/5 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 126/3 (18.2 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 43 (31) Imran Tahir 3/16 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 52* (47) Mohammad Nabi 2/17 (3.2 overs)

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

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
• Ihsanullah (Multan Sultans) made his T20 debut.

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Match 3 29 January 2022 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 206/5 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 209/5 (19.4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 76 (35) Khushdil Shah 1/14 (2 overs)		Shan Masood 83 (50) Shaheen Afridi 3/40 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shan Masood (Multan Sultan)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 7 31 January 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 174/4 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 168 (19.5 overs)
Shan Masood 88 (58) Mohammad Hasnain 2/27 (4 overs)		Ben Duckett 47 (32) Khushdil Shah 3/16 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 6 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shan Masood (Multan Sultans)

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 8 1 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 217/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 197 (19.4 overs)
Tim David 71 (29) Mohammad Wasim 1/39 (4 overs)		Shadab Khan 91 (42) Khushdil Shah 4/35 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 20 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Tim David (Multan Sultans)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 13 5 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 222/3 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 165/8 (20 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 82 (53) Shoaib Malik 1/17 (2 overs)		Ben Cutting 52* (31) Imran Tahir 3/25 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 57 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 16 10 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 182/7 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 140 (19.3 overs)
Shan Masood 68 (49) Wahab Riaz 2/34 (4 overs) Salman Irshad 2/34 (4 overs)		Shoaib Malik 44 (31) Blessing Muzarabani 3/18 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 42 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Shan Masood (Multan Sultans)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 17 11 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 182/4 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 130 (19.3 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 60 (37) Anwar Ali 1/11 (2 overs)		Sohaib Maqsood 29 (26) Zaman Khan 3/21 (3.3 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 52 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 23 16 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Karachi Kings 174/6 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 176/3 (19.3 overs)
Joe Clarke 40 (29) Shahnawaz Dahani 2/44 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 76 (56) Mir Hamza 2/24 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 7 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 25 18 February 2022 14:30 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 245/3 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 128 (15.5 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 83* (54) Mohammad Irfan 1/28 (3.3 overs)		Umar Akmal 50 (23) Khushdil Shah 2/17 (2.5 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 117 runs. Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
• As a result of this match, Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi both qualified for the play-offs.[9]

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Match 29 20 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Islamabad United 105/7 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 111/4 (17.2 overs)
Muhammad Musa 26* (21) Imran Tahir 2/8 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 51* (42) Liam Dawson 3/16 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 6 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mohammad Huraira (Islamabad United) made his T20 debut.
• As a result of this match, Islamabad United qualified for the playoffs and Quetta Gladiators were eliminated from the tournament.[10][11]

Playoffs

Qualifier

Match 31 23 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 163/2 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars 135/9 (20 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 65* (42) Mohammad Hafeez 1/16 (4 overs)		Fakhar Zaman 63 (45) Shahnawaz Dahani 3/19 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 28 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Shahnawaz Dahani (Multan Sultans)

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Main article: 2022 Pakistan Super League Final

Match 34 27 February 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 180/5 (20 overs)	v	Multan Sultans 138 (19.3 overs)
Mohammed Hafeez 69 (46) Asif Afridi 3/19 (4 overs)		Khushdil Shah 32 (23) Shaheen Afridi 3/31 (4 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 42 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Lahore Qalandars)

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.
• Lahore Qalandars won their maiden HBL PSL title.

References

1. "RECORDS / PAKISTAN SUPER LEAGUE, 2021/22 - MULTAN SULTANS / MOST RUNS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
2. "RECORDS / PAKISTAN SUPER LEAGUE, 2021/22 - MULTAN SULTANS / MOST WICKETS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
3. Ali Ahmed (1 August 2017). "Wasim Akram joins PSL's newest baby". Business Recorder. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
4. "PSL's newest team is Multan, worth $41.6 million". Dawn. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
5. "Multan Sultans appoint Andy Flower as Head coach". Daily Times. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
6. "Multan Sultans appoint Ottis Gibson as assistant, fast-bowling coach". Cricketpakistan.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
7. "PSL 2022 team guide: Multan Sultans". The cricketer.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
8. "Multan Sultans complete turnaround title win on back of Sohaib Maqsood, Rilee Rossouw fifties". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
9. "Ruthless Sultans qualify for 23 Feb Qualifier; Qalandars and Zalmi also progress to play-offs". PSLt20.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
10. "Islamabad United joins Sultans, Qalandars, and Zalmi in HBL PSL 7 playoffs". Cricket Pakistan. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
11. "Gladiators suffocate Kings to secure 23-run victory". pslt20.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

External links

• Team records in 2022 at ESPNcricinfo