2018 Multan Sultans season

{{Infobox cricket club season

| club = Multan Sultans

| season = 2018

| coach = Tom Moody

| captain = Shoaib Malik

| ground =

| comp1 = PSL 2018

| comp1 result = 5th

| comp2 =

| comp2 result =

| most runs = Kumar Sangakkara (269)

| most wickets = Imran Tahir (13)

| nextseason = 2019

}}

The Multan Sultans is a franchise cricket team that will represent Multan in the Pakistan Super League.{{cite news|url=http://www.brecorder.com/2017/08/01/362493/wasim-akram-joins-psls-newest-baby|title=Wasim Akram joins PSL's newest baby|work=Business Recorder|date=1 August 2017|author=Ali Ahmed|accessdate=3 August 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1114789.html|title=Multan Sultans reunite Wasim, Waqar for PSL|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=2 August 2017|author=Umar Farooq|accessdate=6 August 2017}} They are the sixth team to join the league. 2018 was their inaugural season. After the league was started in 2016, this was the first expansion of the league. Tom Moody serves as their coach.{{cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/159351-tom-moody-appointed-head-coach-of-multan-sultans|author=Faizan Lakhani|title=Tom Moody appointed head coach of Multan Sultans|date=22 September 2017|accessdate=22 September 2017|publisher=Geo News}} They finished as the fifth placed team after the league stage ended and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Squad

Players with international caps are shown in bold
Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 22 February 2018

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No. !Name !Nationality !Birth date !Batting style !Bowling style !Year signed !Notes
colspan="8"\| Batsmen
6 \|Saif Badar \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1998\|7\|3\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm leg break, googly \|2018 \|
19 \|Ahmed Shehzad \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1991\|11\|23\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm leg break \|2018 \|
30 \|Shan Masood \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1989\|10\|14\|df=y}} \|Left-handed \|Right-arm medium-fast \|2018 \|
46 \|Darren Bravo \|{{cr\|WIN}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1989\|2\|6\|df=y}} \|Left-handed \|Right-arm medium \|2018 \|Overseas
92 \|Sohaib Maqsood \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1987\|4\|15\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm off break \|2018 \|
93 \|Abdullah Shafique \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1999\|11\|20\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm off break \|2018 \|
94 \|Umar Siddiq \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1992\|12\|30\|df=y}} \|Left-handed \|Right-arm off break \|2018 \|
colspan="8"\| All-rounders
55 \|Kieron Pollard \|{{cr\|WIN}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1987\|5\|12\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm medium-fast \|2018 \|Overseas
18 \|Shoaib Malik \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1982\|2\|1\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm off break \|2018 \|Captain
33 \|Sohail Tanvir \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1984\|12\|12\|df=y}} \|Left-handed \|Left-arm medium-fast \|2018 \|
44 \|Ross Whiteley \|{{cr\|ENG}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1988\|9\|13\|df=y}} \|Left-handed \|Left-arm medium \|2018 \|Overseas
45 \|Kashif Bhatti \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1986\|7\|25\|df=y}} \|Left-handed \|slow L orthodox \|2018 \|
colspan="8"\| Wicket-keepers
11 \|Kumar Sangakkara \|{{cr\|Sri Lanka}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1977\|10\|27\|df=y}} \|Left-handed \|— \|2018 \|Overseas
29 \|Nicholas Pooran \|{{cr\|WIN}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1995\|10\|2\|df=y}} \|Left-handed \|— \|2018 \|Overseas
colspan="9"\| Bowlers
7 \|Hardus Viljoen \|{{cr\|South Africa}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1989\|3\|6\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm fast \|2018 \|Overseas
12 \|Junaid Khan \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1989\|12\|24\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Left-arm fast \|2018 \|
26 \|Mohammad Abbas \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1990\|3\|10\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm fast-medium \|2018 \|
27 \|Mohammad Irfan \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1982\|6\|6\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Left-arm fast \|2018 \|
55 \|Umar Gul \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1984\|4\|14\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm fast-medium \|2018 \|
99 \|Imran Tahir \|{{cr\|South Africa}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1979\|3\|27\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|Right-arm leg break \|2018 \|Overseas
\|Irfan Khan \|{{cr\|PAK}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1989\|8\|1\|df=y}} \|Right-handed \|leg break \|2018 \|
\|Zahir Khan \|{{cr\|AFG\|2013}} \|{{birth date and age2\|2018\|02\|22\|1998\|12\|20\|df=y}} \|Left-handed \|Slow left-arm wrist-spin \|2018 \|Overseas

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No.

!Name

!Nationality

!Birth date

!Batting style

!Bowling style

!Year signed

!Notes

colspan="8"| Batsmen

|Saif Badar

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1998|7|3|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm leg break, googly

|2018

|Ahmed Shehzad

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1991|11|23|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm leg break

|2018

|Shan Masood

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1989|10|14|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|Right-arm medium-fast

|2018

|Darren Bravo

|{{cr|WIN}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1989|2|6|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|Right-arm medium

|2018

|Overseas

|Sohaib Maqsood

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1987|4|15|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off break

|2018

|Abdullah Shafique

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1999|11|20|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off break

|2018

|Umar Siddiq

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1992|12|30|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|Right-arm off break

|2018

colspan="8"| All-rounders

|Kieron Pollard

|{{cr|WIN}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1987|5|12|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm medium-fast

|2018

|Overseas

|Shoaib Malik

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1982|2|1|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm off break

|2018

|Captain

|Sohail Tanvir

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1984|12|12|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|Left-arm medium-fast

|2018

|Ross Whiteley

|{{cr|ENG}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1988|9|13|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|Left-arm medium

|2018

|Overseas

|Kashif Bhatti

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1986|7|25|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|slow L orthodox

|2018

colspan="8"| Wicket-keepers

|Kumar Sangakkara

|{{cr|Sri Lanka}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1977|10|27|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|—

|2018

|Overseas

|Nicholas Pooran

|{{cr|WIN}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1995|10|2|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|—

|2018

|Overseas

colspan="9"| Bowlers

|Hardus Viljoen

|{{cr|South Africa}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1989|3|6|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm fast

|2018

|Overseas

|Junaid Khan

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1989|12|24|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Left-arm fast

|2018

|Mohammad Abbas

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1990|3|10|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm fast-medium

|2018

|Mohammad Irfan

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1982|6|6|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Left-arm fast

|2018

|Umar Gul

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1984|4|14|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm fast-medium

|2018

|Imran Tahir

|{{cr|South Africa}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1979|3|27|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|Right-arm leg break

|2018

|Overseas

|Irfan Khan

|{{cr|PAK}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1989|8|1|df=y}}

|Right-handed

|leg break

|2018

|Zahir Khan

|{{cr|AFG|2013}}

|{{birth date and age2|2018|02|22|1998|12|20|df=y}}

|Left-handed

|Slow left-arm wrist-spin

|2018

|Overseas

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Shirt sponsor (chest) ! Shirt sponsor (back) ! Chest branding ! Sleeve branding
Lake City \|Fatima Group \|Mughal Steel \|Inverex, Super Asia

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Shirt sponsor (chest)

! Shirt sponsor (back)

! Chest branding

! Sleeve branding

Lake City

|Fatima Group

|Mughal Steel

|Inverex, Super Asia

|{{Cricket uniform

| pattern_la = _goldborder

| pattern_b = _ms18