# 2020 Multan Sultans season

The Multan Sultans is a franchise cricket team that represents Multan, Punjab, Pakistan in the Pakistan Super League. The team was founded in 2017 and made its PSL debut in the 2018 season. They were one of the sixth team that competed in 2020 Pakistan Super League. The team was coached by Andy Flower, and captained by Shan Masood.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are shown in bold
* Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 20 February 2020
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen ||||||||
| 2 | Rilee Rossouw | South Africa | (1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | Overseas |
| 14 | James Vince | England | (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | Overseas |
| 94 | Shan Masood | Pakistan | (1989-10-14)14 October 1989 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | Captain |
| 72 | Khushdil Shah | Pakistan | (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2020 | |
| 77 | Wayne Madsen | England | (1984-01-02)2 January 1984 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | Overseas. Replacement for Fabian Allen |
| 81 | Asad Shafiq | Pakistan | (1986-01-28)28 January 1986 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | |
| All-rounders ||||||||
| 10 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | (1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2019 | |
| 18 | Moeen Ali | England | (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 32) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | Overseas |
| 25 | Ravi Bopara | England | (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Overseas |
| 33 | Sohail Tanvir | Pakistan | (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 35) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2020 | |
| 80 | Bilawal Bhatti | Pakistan | (1991-09-17)17 September 1991 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | |
| 97 | Fabian Allen | West Indies | (1995-05-07)7 May 1995 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | Overseas. Partially unavailable |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||
| 6 | Rohail Nazir | Pakistan | (2001-10-10)10 October 2001 (aged 18) | Right-handed | — | 2020 | Vice-captain |
| 60 | Zeeshan Ashraf | Pakistan | (1992-05-11)11 May 1992 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | |
| Bowlers ||||||||
| 3 | Ali Shafiq | Pakistan | (1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | |
| 12 | Junaid Khan | Pakistan | (1989-12-24)24 December 1989 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2018 | |
| 27 | Mohammad Irfan | Pakistan | (1982-06-06)6 June 1982 (aged 37) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2018 | |
| 37 | Mohammad Ilyas | Pakistan | (1999-03-21)21 March 1999 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2019 | |
| 91 | Usman Qadir | Pakistan | (1993-08-10)10 August 1993 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | |
| 99 | Imran Tahir | South Africa | (1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | Overseas |

## Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Multan Sultans (3rd) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1.031 |
| 2 | Karachi Kings (C) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −0.190 |
| 3 | Lahore Qalandars (R) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.072 |
| 4 | Peshawar Zalmi (4th) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.055 |
| 5 | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.722 |
| 6 | Islamabad United | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.185 |
* The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
* Advanced to Qualifier
* Advanced to Eliminator 1

## League fixtures and results

* 21 February 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Lahore Qalandars 138/8 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 142/5 (16.1 overs) |
| Chris Lynn 39 (19) Moeen Ali 2/13 (2 overs) | | Shan Masood 38 (29) David Wiese 1/11 (2 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
* 22 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 164/8 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 165/2 (16.4 overs) |
| Zeeshan Ashraf 50 (29) Amad Butt 4/27 (4 overs) | | Luke Ronchi 74 (45) Mohammad Ilyas 1/17 (2.4 overs) |
* Islamabad United won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)
* Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
* 26 February 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Zalmi 123 (18.3 overs) | v | Multan Sultans (H) 124/4 (14.5 overs) |
| Haider Ali 47 (27) Sohail Tanvir 4/13 (3.3 overs) | | Rilee Rossouw 49* (42) Wahab Riaz 2/36 (3.5 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 6 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
* 28 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard
| (H) Multan Sultans 186/6 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 134 (17 overs) |
| Moeen Ali 65 (42) Mohammad Amir 2/27 (4 overs) | | Alex Hales 29 (21) Imran Tahir 3/28 (3 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 52 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Multan Sultans)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* 29 February 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| (H) Multan Sultans 199/5 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 169/7 (20 overs) |
| Rilee Rossouw 100* (44) Mohammad Nawaz 1/16 (3 overs) | | Shane Watson 80 (41) Bilawal Bhatti 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 30 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rilee Rossouw (Multan Sultans) scored the fastest century in the PSL (43 balls).
* 6 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 102/6 (16.5 overs) | v | Karachi Kings |
| Shahid Afridi 35* (17) Imad Wasim 2/14 (4 overs) | | |
* No result Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to rain.
* 8 March 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| (H) Islamabad United 91/7 (9 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 94/1 (6.4 overs) |
| Colin Munro 25 (12) Imran Tahir 2/13 (2 overs) | | James Vince 61* (24) Shadab Khan 1/30 (2 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 9 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak) Player of the match: James Vince (Multan Sultans)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain.
* Multan Sultans qualified for the play-offs.
* 11 March 2020 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Quetta Gladiators | v | Multan Sultans |
* Match abandoned Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* 13 March 2020 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 154/6 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 151/7 (20 overs) |
| Zeeshan Ashraf 52 (39) Rahat Ali 3/24 (4 overs) | | Imam-ul-Haq 56 (41) Sohail Tanvir 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Multan Sultans won by 3 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Zeeshan Ashraf (Multan Sultans)
* Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 March 2020 14:00 Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 186/6 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars (H) 191/1 (18.5 overs) |
| Khushdil Shah 70* (29) Shaheen Afridi 2/23 (4 overs) | | Chris Lynn 113* (55) Usman Qadir 1/24 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 9 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Lahore Qalandars)
* Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
* Lahore Qalandars qualified for the semi-finals play-offs.

## Playoffs
### Qualifier

* 14 November 2020
* 15:00 Scorecard
| Multan Sultans 141/7 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 141/8 (20 overs) |
| Ravi Bopara 40 (31) Arshad Iqbal 2/21 (4 overs) | | Babar Azam 65 (53) Sohail Tanvir 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Match tied (Karachi Kings won the Super Over) National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
* Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Super Over: Karachi Kings 13/2 (1 over), Multan Sultans 9/0 (1 over)

### Eliminator 2

* 15 November 2020
* 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Qalandars 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 157 (19.1 overs) |
| David Wiese 48* (21) Shahid Afridi 2/18 (4 overs) | | Adam Lyth 50 (29) David Wiese 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Qalandars won by 25 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: David Wiese (Lahore Qalandars)
* Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.