# 2022 Multan Sultans season

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. The team is coached by Andy Flower, and remain under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan. The Sultans have previously lifted their maiden PSL title in 2021, 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, ||

## 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 ||||||||

## Season standings
### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

## 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

* 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.