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Multan Sultans(Saraiki language/Urdu: ) are a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team representing Multan, a city in southern Punjab, in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team was established in 2017 as the sixth franchise of the league, added ahead of the third season. The team plays its home matches at the Multan Cricket Stadium.
Initially, the franchise was owned by Schön Properties for US$41.6 million over eight seasons, but the contract was terminated in 2018 after payment defaults. Later that year, a consortium led by Alamgir Tareen and Ali Khan Tareen acquired the team. Alamgir Tareen became the sole owner in 2021, Tareen family managed the franchise until 2025 when Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) refused to renew franchise contract. Franchise is currently managed by the PCB.
Multan Sultans won their first PSL title in the 2021 season by defeating Peshawar Zalmi in the final. The franchise reached the finals in four consecutive seasons between 2021 and 2024, winning once and finishing runners-up three times, establishing itself as one of the PSL’s most consistent sides.
The team is currently coached by Mike Hesson, with Salman Ali Agha serving as captain In 2026.
On 10 November 2018, the PCB announced that the franchise agreement with Schön Properties had been terminated and all rights in respect to the franchise were returned to the board. The termination followed the franchise's failure to pay the annual fee required by the PCB. The PCB temporarily took over the management of all player and coaching contracts while launching a new public tender to sell the repackaged rights for the franchise.
In December 2018, the Multan Consortium, led by Alamgir Tareen and Ali Khan Tareen, won the bid for the team. In 2021, Alamgir Khan Tareen became the sole owner of the franchise and remained in that role until his death in 2023. The franchise was then managed by the Tareen family group.
In 2025, the franchise became involved in a public dispute with the PCB regarding the Pakistan Super League's financial and operational structure. In April, franchise owner Tareen criticised the board's approach to the league's expansion and revenue model, arguing that the upcoming season lacked meaningful innovation despite being promoted as the "biggest ever." Later that month, reports indicated that the franchise might seek fresh bidding terms due to the PCB's new requirement of a 25% increase in annual franchise fees. On 23 October 2025, the PCB issued a suspension and termination notice to the Multan Sultans over alleged contractual breaches, warning that the team's rights could be revoked if the issue was not resolved.
On 25 November 2025, owner Ali Tareen announced via social media that he would no longer be the owner of Multan Sultans after failing to reach an agreement with the PCB for a renewal of his ownership of the franchise. Cricinfo. 2025-11-25. Retrieved 2025-11-25. Samaa TV. 2025-11-25. Retrieved 2025-11-25. PCB decided to keep the franchise for 2026 season and seek new buyers after it.
Multan Sultan is available for auction ahead of the PSL 2026 season 11 as the Pakistan Cricket Board invites the bidders for the Team Franchise Rights. The deadline for the technical proposal to bid is January 30, 2026. The expected base price for the Multan Sultans is 180 crores as PCB is confident about its worth crossing Rs. 200 crore in auction process.
The side won its first match, defeating defending champions Peshawar Zalmi by seven wickets but finished fifth in the league table, winning four matches and losing five with one no result. They did not make the playoffs.
The Sultans started their season against Karachi Kings with a close defeat and went on to win only three matches, again finishing fifth and failing to make the playoffs. Captain Shoaib Malik was the leading run scorer with 266 runs, while Shahid Afridi took 10 wickets to be the team's leading wicket taker for the season.
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| 2019 | Pepsi | Afsaneh | Lay's | OLX, Asia Ghee Mill F.C. | |
| 2020 | Fatima Group | Kurkure | Pepsi, Asia Ghee, Shell V-Power | ||
| 2021 | G.F.C Fans | Snack Video, Asia Ghee | |||
| 2022 | Wolf777 News | Asia Ghee, Shell V-Power, Nishan-E-Haider Builders and Developers | |||
| 2023 | AJ Sports | Asia Ghee, Shell V-Power, Samaa TV | |||
| 2024 | Gym Armour | Moiz Steel | Asia Ghee, KFC | ||
| 2025 | Audionic, KFC Asia Ghee |
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| Manager | Hijab Zahid |
| Head coach | Abdul Rehman |
| Assistant and development coach | Bilawal Bhatti |
| Fast bowling coach | Catherine Dalton |
| Spin bowling coach | David Parsons |
| Fielding Coach | Will Lintern |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Drikus Saaiman |
| Assistant spin bowling coach | Alex Hartley |
| Director of Strategy | Nathan Leamon |
| Director of Franchise Development | Asser Malik |
| Physiotherapist | Javed Mughal |
| 2018 | Shoaib Malik | 2019 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.84 |
| 2020 | Shan Masood | 2020 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 65.00 |
| 2021 | Mohammad Rizwan | 2025 | 58 | 33 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.89 |
| 2026 | Salman Ali Agha | 2026 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Source: ESPNcricinfo. Last updated: 26 March 2024
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, Last updated: 26 March 2024
| Mohammad Rizwan | 2021–present | 71 | 3443 | 110Not out |
| Shan Masood | 2019–2023 | 42 | 1,318 | 88 |
| Rilee Rossouw | 2020–2023 | 41 | 1,117 | 121 |
| Sohaib Maqsood | 2018–2022 | 28 | 771 | 85Not out |
| Khushdil Shah | 2020–2024 | 45 | 680 | 70Not out |
| Imran Tahir | 2018–2022 | 37 | 53 | 3/7 |
| Usama Mir | 2023–present | 24 | 41 | 6/40 |
| Abbas Afridi | 2022–2024 | 25 | 39 | 5/47 |
| Shahnawaz Dahani | 2021–2024 | 27 | 39 | 4/5 |
| David Willey | 2022; 2024–present | 19 | 28 | 3/22 |
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