# 2024 Multan Sultans season

Multan Sultans is a franchise cricket team that represents Multan in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They were one of the six teams competing in the 2024 Pakistan Super League. The team was coached by Abdul Rehman, and captained by Mohammad Rizwan.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Ages are given as of 17 February 2024, the date of the first match in the tournament.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Category | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 13 | Usman Khan | United Arab Emirates | (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 28) | Silver | Right-handed | — | 2023 | |
| 17 | Reeza Hendricks | South Africa | (1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 34) | Gold | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | |
| 18 | Yasir Khan | Pakistan | (2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 21) | Emerging | Right-handed | — | 2024 | |
| 25 | Johnson Charles | West Indies | (1989-01-14) 14 January 1989 (age 36) | Supplementary | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | |
| 29 | Dawid Malan | England | (1987-09-03)3 September 1987 (aged 36) | Diamond | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2024 | |
| 96 | Tayyab Tahir | Pakistan | (1993-07-26)26 July 1993 (aged 30) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2024 | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 23 | David Willey | England | (1990-02-28)28 February 1990 (aged 33) | Platinum | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2024 | Vice-captain |
| 27 | Mohammad Shehzad | Pakistan | (2004-02-05)5 February 2004 (aged 20) | Supplementary | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | |
| 55 | Abbas Afridi | Pakistan | (2001-04-05)5 April 2001 (aged 22) | Gold | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 72 | Khushdil Shah | Pakistan | (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 29) | Diamond | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2020 | |
| 95 | Iftikhar Ahmed | Pakistan | (1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 33) | Platinum | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | |
| 97 | Faisal Akram | Pakistan | (2003-08-20)20 August 2003 (aged 20) | Emerging | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox | 2024 | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 16 | Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | (1992-06-01)1 June 1992 (aged 31) | Platinum | Right-handed | — | 2021 | Captain |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 5 | Ali Majid | Pakistan | (1991-12-29)29 December 1991 (aged 32) | — | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | Full replacement for Ihsanullah |
| 14 | Mohammad Ali | Pakistan | (1992-11-01)1 November 1992 (aged 31) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | |
| 24 | Usama Mir | Pakistan | (1995-12-23)23 December 1995 (aged 28) | Diamond | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | |
| 26 | Olly Stone | England | (1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 30) | — | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2024 | Partial replacement for Reece Topley |
| 28 | Shahnawaz Dahani | Pakistan | (1998-08-05)5 August 1998 (aged 25) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| 34 | Chris Jordan | England | (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 35) | Supplementary | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2024 | |
| 38 | Reece Topley | England | (1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 29) | Gold | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2024 | |
| 39 | Richard Ngarava | Zimbabwe | (1997-12-29)29 December 1997 (aged 26) | — | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2024 | Full replacement for Olly Stone |
| 50 | Ihsanullah | Pakistan | (2002-10-11)11 October 2002 (aged 21) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2022 | |
| 83 | Aftab Ibrahim | Pakistan | (2004-04-15)15 April 2004 (aged 19) | Supplementary | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2024 | |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Administration and coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Hijab Zahid |
| Head coach | Abdul Rehman |
| Assistant and development coach | Mohammad Wasim |
| Fast bowling coach | Catherine Dalton |
| Spin bowling coach | David Parsons |
| Fielding and strength and conditioning coach | Drikus Saaiman |
| Assistant spin bowling coach | Alex Hartley |
| Director of Strategy | Nathan Leamon |
| Physiotherapist | Javed Mughal |

## Season standings
### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Multan Sultans (R) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1.150 |
| 2 | Peshawar Zalmi (3rd) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0.147 |
| 3 | Islamabad United (C) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0.224 |
| 4 | Quetta Gladiators (4th) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −0.921 |
| 5 | Karachi Kings | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −0.192 |
| 6 | Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | −0.554 |
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the Playoffs.  Advanced to Qualifier
 Advanced to Eliminator 1

#### Notes

* C = Champions;
* R = Runner-up;
* (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;

## Group fixtures

* Match 3 18 February 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Multan Sultans 185/2 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 130/8 (20 overs) |
| Reeza Hendricks 79* (54) Mir Hamza 1/30 (4 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 53 (35) Mohammad Ali 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 55 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Reeza Hendricks (Multan Sultans)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Saad Baig (Karachi Kings) made his T20 debut.
* Match 5 20 February 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Islamabad United 144 (20 overs) | v | (H) Multan Sultans 145/5 (19.5 overs) |
| Salman Ali Agha 52 (43) Mohammad Ali 3/19 (4 overs) | | Reeza Hendricks 58 (46) Naseem Shah 2/27 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Mohammad Ali (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 7 21 February 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 166/5 (20 overs) | v | (H) Multan Sultans 170/5 (19 overs) |
| Rassie van der Dussen 54 (37) Mohammad Ali 2/28 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Rizwan 82 (59) Shaheen Afridi 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat
* Match 9 23 February 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 179/8 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 174 (20 overs) |
| Haseebullah Khan 37 (18) Mohammad Ali 2/23 (4 overs) | | Dawid Malan 52 (25) Arif Yaqoob 3/43 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 5 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Luke Wood (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 11 25 February 2024 14:00 Scorecard
| (H) Multan Sultans 180/4 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 167/9 (20 overs) |
| Reeza Hendricks 72 (47) Mohammad Amir 2/46 (4 overs) | | Khawaja Nafay 36 (31) Mohammad Ali 3/19 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 13 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Mohammad Ali (Multan Sultans)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 14 27 February 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 214/4 (20 overs) | v | (H) Lahore Qalandars 154 (17 overs) |
| Usman Khan 96 (55) Shaheen Afridi 2/39 (4 overs) | | Sahibzada Farhan 31 (21) Usama Mir 6/40 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 60 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Usman Khan (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 19 3 March 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 189/3 (20 overs) | v | (H) Karachi Kings 169/7 (20 overs) |
| Usman Khan 106* (59) Blessing Muzarabani 2/32 (4 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 38 (28) Usama Mir 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 20 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Usman Khan (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
* As a result of this match, Multan Sultans qualified for the playoffs.
* Match 21 5 March 2024 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 204/5 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 200/5 (20 overs) |
| Babar Azam 64 (40) Usama Mir 3/32 (4 overs) | | Iftikhar Ahmed 60* (27) Aamer Jamal 2/36 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Zalmi won by 4 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 27 10 March 2024 14:00 Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 228/4 (20 overs) | v | (H) Islamabad United 232/7 (20 overs) |
| Usman Khan 100* (50) Faheem Ashraf 2/32 (3 overs) | | Colin Munro 84 (40) Abbas Afridi 3/40 (4 overs) |
* Islamabad United won by 3 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Mohammad Asif (Pak) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)
* Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
* As a result of this match, Islamabad United qualified for the playoffs.
* Match 30 12 March 2024 21:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 185/4 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 106 (15.5 overs) |
| Mohammad Rizwan 69 (47) Mohammad Amir 2/40 (4 overs) | | Omair Yousuf 37 (25) David Willey 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 79 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)
* Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

## Playoffs
### Qualifier

* Match 31 14 March 2024 21:00 (N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 146/7 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 147/3 (18.3 overs) |
| Babar Azam 46 (42) Usama Mir 2/16 (4 overs) | | Yasir Khan 54 (37) Aamer Jamal 1/23 (3 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Usama Mir (Multan Sultans)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* Match 34 18 March 2024 21:00 (N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 159/9 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 163/8 (20 overs) |
| Usman Khan 57 (40) Imad Wasim 5/23 (4 overs) | | Martin Guptill 50 (32) Iftikhar Ahmed 2/19 (3 overs) |
* Islamabad United won by 2 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Imad Wasim (Islamabad United)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
* By winning in the final, Islamabad United became the most successful team in PSL history.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | HS | 50s | 100s |
| Usman Khan | 7 | 430 | 107.50 | 106* | 2 | 2 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 12 | 407 | 33.91 | 82 | 4 | 0 |
| Reeza Hendricks | 8 | 304 | 43.42 | 79* | 3 | 0 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 11 | 259 | 64.75 | 60* | 1 | 0 |
| Yasir Khan | 7 | 164 | 23.42 | 54 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Inns | Wkts | Ave | BBI |
| Usama Mir | 12 | 24 | 15.87 | 6/40 |
| Mohammad Ali | 12 | 19 | 18.63 | 3/19 |
| David Willey | 11 | 15 | 20.40 | 3/22 |
| Abbas Afridi | 9 | 13 | 19.07 | 3/33 |
| Chris Jordan | 6 | 6 | 29.50 | 2/28 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo