Multan Sultans
Multan Sultans is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team representing the city of Multan in southern Punjab in the Pakistan Super League. The team was formed in 2017. Multan Cricket Stadium is the team's home ground with a capacity of 35,000. Shan Masood is the current captain of the team.
Schön Properties who bought the team in 2017 failed to pay their annual fee of and thus their contract was expired. Ali Khan Tareen and Taimoor Malik of Multan Consortium became the new owners of the team, who won the rights of the team on 20 December 2018 for, they decided not to change the name of the team.
In their inaugural season, the team was captained by Shoaib Malik. Tom Moody and Wasim Akram were appointed as team's head coach and director respectively. Haider Azhar was the GM- Cricket Operations while Nadeem Khan was the team's manager. Ahead of 2019 season, Johan Botha, who was serving as assistant coach of the team in 2018 season was appointed as head coach, replacing Tom Moody, who withdrew from his role due to domestic commitments.
Ahead of the 2020 PSL, Former England cricket team's Head coach Andy Flower was appointed as the Head Coach.
Shoaib Malik and Junaid Khan are team's leading run-scorer and leading wicket-taker respectively.
Franchise history
In April 2017, a few weeks after the conclusion of PSL 2, PSL chairman Najam Sethi announced that there would be a sixth team in the third season of PSL. Pakistan Cricket Board short-listed five regions for the sixth team.On 1 June 2017, from those five regions, Multan was bought by Schön Properties after winning a bid of per year for an eight-year contract against 10 contesting bidders. The total contract was worth. Thus, the Sultans becoming the most expensive team of the PSL replacing Karachi Kings then.
On 10 November 2018, PCB announced that the agreement which gave franchise rights of the Sultans has been terminated. A joint statement issued by Schön Properties and the PCB said that all rights in respect to the team have returned to the board. The termination was brought about due to the franchise failing to pay their annual fee of.
The PCB took responsibility of all player and coach contracts while the public tender process took place to grant the repackaged rights of the team. The new franchise could choose a new name and a new city. Until then the team was known as The Sixth Team, Ali Tareen and Taimoor Malik of Multan consortium, won the bid for the team for US$6.2 million and selected the name for the sixth team again as Multan Sultans.
2018 season
The Sultans began their inaugural campaign on a winning note as they defeated defending champions, Peshawar Zalmi, by 7 wickets in the chase of 152 runs. In the following game, they beat Lahore Qalandars by 43 runs owing to a massive batting collapse induced by the Sultans' bowlers Junaid Khan and Imran Tahir. The former registered a hattrick as the duo reduced the Qalandars from 132-4 to 136 all-out. However, the team's winning run came to an end in the next fixture as they lost to Islamabad United by 5 wickets in the defense of a below-par target of 114.As the league progressed to Sharjah, Sultans' game against Karachi Kings was washed out due to persistent rain. In the next game, the Sultans comfortable beat Quetta Gladiators by 9 wickets in the chase of a low target of 103. The target was made possible by a batting collapse induced by the Sultans, as the Gladiators lost their last 5 wickets for just 1 run. This included a hat-trick from the legspinner, Imran Tahir.
With the tournament moving back to Dubai, the Sultans had two back-to-back games against Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators, respectively. In the game against Peshawar, the team amassed the highest team total in this year's PSL, 183 runs, which was made possible by Sohaib Maqsood's belligerent innings of 85*. In reply, the Zalmis fell short by 19 runs. Against the Gladiators, however, the team lost by 2 wickets in the defense of a 153-run target. The game was closely fought as Sultan's fast bowler, Umer Gul, secured 6 wickets for 24 runs, the best bowling figures this season, before the Gladiators prevailed off a penultimate-ball six.
2019 season
Multan Sultans started their season against Karachi Kings with a close defeat by just 7 runs. In the next game against Islamabad United they registered their first win after restricting the opponents to only 125 runs and managing to chase the target pretty easily. After their first five games, they lost 4 and won only once. They had their chance against Lahore Qalandars where they posted the highest total batting first of the tournament, but bad bowling in last few overs costed them the match, resulting in losing the match on the last ball. They won their second match of the season against Islamabad United by 6 wickets. Team's bad performance continued as they suffer three more loses, resulting in them being the first team to be eliminated from the season.After playing ten matches, they managed to get over the line in three matches with the 3rd win coming against Lahore Qalandars in their final game of the season, played at National Stadium. As a result, They finished 5th on the points table for the second consecutive year.
Skipper Shoaib Malik was team's leading runs-scorer with 266 runs, while Shahid Afridi with 10 wickets in 8 matches was team's leading wicket-taker for the season.
2020 season
Ahead of 2020 season, Shan Masood was named team captain.Team identity
On 1 August 2017, it was announced that Wasim Akram would switch his occupied position as the Director of Cricketing Operations from Islamabad United to the Multan Sultans franchise for the 2018 PSL. Earlier, it was rumoured that Waqar Younis will unite with Akram to join the team Multan Sultans, though he replaced Akram's position at Islamabad United on 14 September.Team's logo and kit was revealed in a ceremony, held on 22 September 2017. Owner Asher Schon said, "It is great to see everyone welcoming Multan Sultans, the love and enthusiasm is surreal and makes us feel very proud on making the right choice of the team". Team director Wasim Akram stated that the third season of PSL will be a treat for the crowd which will now get to see more home games.
It was also announced that former Australian cricketer Tom Moody has been appointed as a coach of the team.
Team's anthem Hum Hain Multan kay Sultans for 2018 season was sung by singer Waqar Ehsin.
Pakistan film stars Momal Sheikh, Javed Sheikh, Ahsan Khan, Neelam Munir and actress Sadia Khan were the team's star ambassadors in 2018 season.
| Year | Kit Manufacturer | Front Branding | Back Branding | Chest Branding | Sleeve Branding |
| 2018 | Mughal Steel | , | |||
| 2019 | Pepsi | Afsaneh | Lay's | OLX, Asia Ghee Mill F.C. | |
| 2020 | Pepsi | Kurkure | Pepsi, Asia Ghee, Shell V-Power |
Philanthropy
In 2019, team owners invited 11 young cancer patients from SKMH to watch matches of the team live from the ground. They also spent a day with the team and celebrated team's victory against Islamabad United.Current squad
Multan Sultans- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season
Management and coaching staff
| Name | Position |
 Ali Khan Tareen & Alamgir Khan Tareen | Owner |
 Andy Flower | Head Coach |
| Azhar Mehmood | Fast Bowling Coach |
 Mushtaq Ahmed | Assistant Coach & Spin Bowling Coach |
 Richard Halsall | Fielding Coach |
| Nathon Leamon | Director |
 Cliffe Deacon | Physiotherapist |
| Haider Azhar | General Manager |
| Talha Ejaz | Analyst |