Multan Sultans PSL 7 Discussion

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In their seven retentions, defending champions Multan Sultanshave kept faith in Mohammad Rizwan and Rilee Rossouw (both Platinum), Imran Tahir (Diamond, Mentor), Sohaib Maqsood (Diamond), Khushdil Shah (Gold, Brand Ambassador), Shahnawaz Dahani and Shan Masood (both Gold). They are expected to be led by Mohammad Rizwan, whose stellar performances have earned him a promotion to the Platinum category.

Player retention list (each side were allowed to retain a maximum of eight players from the last event):

Multan Sultans (7) - Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw (both Platinum), Imran Tahir (Diamond, Mentor), Sohaib Maqsood (Diamond), Khushdil Shah (Gold, Brand Ambassador), Shahnawaz Dahani and Shan Masood (both Gold)

Final squad:

 

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[TeymurBlake]

Besides retaining Shan Masood, this was pretty good retaining from Multan Sultans. Still surprised with Rilee Rossouw retained as he has been inconsistent.

 

[Barragan]

Such a poor decision retaining rilee rossouw!

Certainly not worth it as a platinum.

 

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Final squad in OP.

 

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Rizwan
Masood
Maqsood
Rossow
Khushdil
David
Smith
Asif Afridi
Abbas Afridi
Dahani
Tahir

 

[arehaan]

Masood, Rossow could have been easily replaced with better talent available.

Would have looked at Roy, Banton or Gurbaaz at the top for explosive starts.

Masood is not a T20 player and could have easily been upgraded with better local talent like Sahibzada Farhan or Tayyab Tahir.

Rest they look fine and have very good coaching setup

 

[TeymurBlake]

Forgot about Multan Sultans

1. Mohammad Rizwan (C & WK)
2. Rilee Rossouw (F)
3. Aamer Azmat
4. Tim David (F)
5. Sohaib Maqsood
6. Rovman Powell (F)
7. Khushdil Shah
8. Abbas Afridi (E)
9. Shahnawaz Dhani
10. Imran Tahir (F)
11. Imran Khan Snr/Rumman Raees

Would love to see Odean Smith & Blessing Muzarabani play. Shan Masood, Anwar Ali and sorry but Sohaib Maqsood could all been avoided. Picking Sahibzada Farhan, Tayyab Tahir, Ali Imran, Agha Salman or Imran Randhawa would have been better.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Am surprised tht people are writing off Shaan Massod. i think he will be in the team of the tournament ... and shld be at par with BabRiz on runs ...

 

[shamaan]

Rizwan
Shan Masood
Shaoib Maqsood
Rassow F
Tim David F
Khushdil
Odean Smith F
Asif Afridi E
Tahir F
Raees
Dahani

They will need Rizwan and Maqsood to fire will be hard for them to make Semi.

 

[shamaan]

Forgot about Multan Sultans

1. Mohammad Rizwan (C & WK)
2. Rilee Rossouw (F)
3. Aamer Azmat
4. Tim David (F)
5. Sohaib Maqsood
6. Rovman Powell (F)
7. Khushdil Shah
8. Abbas Afridi (E)
9. Shahnawaz Dhani
10. Imran Tahir (F)
11. Imran Khan Snr/Rumman Raees

Would love to see Odean Smith & Blessing Muzarabani play. Shan Masood, Anwar Ali and sorry but Sohaib Maqsood could all been avoided. Picking Sahibzada Farhan, Tayyab Tahir, Ali Imran, Agha Salman or Imran Randhawa would have been better.

Maqsood is good enough for this team.

 

[arehaan]

This team wont be easy to get away especially during middle overs. Imran Tahir and Asif Afridi with all their experience will make things very tough.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Maqsood is good enough for this team.

I'm not saying he's good enough or not. But having seen some of these batters play, it would be foolish not to give them a chance in the team. For example Tayyab Tahir playing instead of Maqsood, opening and doing well, would help Pakistan in the long run rather than giving those chances to players like Masood or Maqsood.

Sahibzada Farhan and Tayyab Tahir playing and showing some signs of being good batters on a bigger stage than NationalT20 Cup such as PSL would help Pakistan and help the Pakistan team, as both these guys could be in the squad for the next T20I series.

 

[shamaan]

I'm not saying he's good enough or not. But having seen some of these batters play, it would be foolish not to give them a chance in the team. For example Tayyab Tahir playing instead of Maqsood, opening and doing well, would help Pakistan in the long run rather than giving those chances to players like Masood or Maqsood.

Sahibzada Farhan and Tayyab Tahir playing and showing some signs of being good batters on a bigger stage than NationalT20 Cup such as PSL would help Pakistan and help the Pakistan team, as both these guys could be in the squad for the next T20I series.

I agree they should have been in the squad azwell but thier should be two emerging players in the xi instead of 1.

 

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PSL 7 Preview : Multan Sultans – The Sultans look to show their 2021 win wasn’t a fluke

Many thanks to [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION] for this write up.

The defending champions Multan Sultans are once again coached by the highly rated and respected Andy Flower who was with the side in 2021 and also recently coached St Lucia Kings to the finals of CPL 2021.

They are captained by the indomitable Mohammad Rizwan who has recently been named the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year. His credentials as captain are impeccable with wins in domestic competitions as well as in PSL 6 and will be expected.

The wicket-keeper batter has won every single T20 competition he has captained in last couple of years and given his red-hot form will surely be the mainstay of Multan’s batting. They also have highly rated spin bowling coach in Pakistan’s former leggy Mushtaq Ahmed and assistant coach in Abdul Rehman who coached KPK this year to 2 domestic titles so far.

Whilst Sultan’s were dealt a blow with the news that the fast-bowling coach Azhar Mahmood had moved onto Islamabad United to take on the Head Coach Role, Multan have been lucky to acquire the services of the vastly experienced Ottis Gibson.

In its initial few years what Multan Sultans seemed to be lacking was somewhat of an identity and which is crucial for building a fan-base and can bring success on the field too.

In that regard, Multan are lucky in having a leader in Mohammad Rizwan but equally fortunate to have found the charismatic Shahnawaz Dahani who could well define brand Multan Sultans for years to come.

Despite not being filled up with a lot of all-rounders, Multan Sultans have some solid specialist batsmen as well as bowlers making them a quality combination. Their latest recruitment David Willey can be a fine addition with the ability to possibly cover that No. 7 all-rounder position as well as providing them with a stable start with the new ball. Tim David is another solid recent recruitment who has already demonstrated his ability to hit the ball which he did with some effectiveness for Lahore Qalandars last year.

Key players: Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, Riley Rossouw, David Willey, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tim David, Imran Tahir.

Strength: Solid leadership and backroom staff

Weakness: Only two full time spinners in the entire squad

Full Squad:

Mohammad Rizwan, Rilee Rossouw, Sohaib Maqsood, Imran Tahir, Shan Masood, Khushdil Shah, Shahnawaz Dhani, Tim David, Odean Smith, Rumman Raees, Asif Afridi, Anwar Ali, Rovman Powell, Imran Khan Sr., Abbas Afridi, Amir Azmat, Blessing Muzarabani, Ihsanullah

Supplementary round: David Willey, Rizwan Hussain

Partial replacements: Johnson Charles, Dominic Drakes

 

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Wonder if Rumman Raees will rediscover his role in the bowling attack? Working with Ottis could do wonders for him as well.

 

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Reports:

Three West Indian players drop out to attend national duties.
Powell, Smith, Drakes will not play for Multan Sultans.
The franchise will now request a replacement player.

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Problems for Multan Sultans as Dominic Drakes, Odean Smith and Rovman Powell will be unavailable for the PSL after being named in West Indies T20 squad against India <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL7?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1487849070685270018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Multan Sultans 4 matches in 6 days:<br><br>Won all 4 matches<br>Won 2 matches bowling first<br>Won 2 matches batting first<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL7?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL7</a> <a href="https://t.co/1NeXxCxrtg">pic.twitter.com/1NeXxCxrtg</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1488577164198957069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Multan Sultans head coach Andy Flower has left the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) midway and has travelled to India for the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction.

Former Zimbabwe captain will take part in the auction as a head coach of new IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants.

Flower will be available virtually and will return to Pakistan on February 13.

Sultans will be without Flower for at least 10 days. He will head Lucknow Super Giants in the mega auction scheduled in Bangalore on February 12 and 13. Travelling to India this early is to form strategies ahead of the auction.

Flower will be part of the side before the match against Karachi Kings on February 16.

Mushtaq Ahmed and other coaches will guide the squad in his absence.

 

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Pictures (courtesy of MS Media) of Multan Sultans practice

 

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Multan Sultans head coach Andy Flower has left the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) midway and has travelled to India for the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction.

Former Zimbabwe captain will take part in the auction as a head coach of new IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants.

Flower will be available virtually and will return to Pakistan on February 13.

Sultans will be without Flower for at least 10 days. He will head Lucknow Super Giants in the mega auction scheduled in Bangalore on February 12 and 13. Travelling to India this early is to form strategies ahead of the auction.

Flower will be part of the side before the match against Karachi Kings on February 16.

Mushtaq Ahmed and other coaches will guide the squad in his absence.

This is a reality of dealing with any international coach of repute. They will demand to be released for the IPL

 

[tired1]

He should be fired or simply let go , he leaves the team in the middle of a competition to attend another league auction.

 

[shamaan]

Should be fired this is not good enough.

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shahnawaz Dahani "Multan Sultans motto is to work hard, win games, enjoy the game and enjoy each other’s company as well" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL7?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1489880424168005636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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I don´t think that I´m unveiling much of a secret here in saying Islamabad look like a dream team in terms of possessing batting firepower and highly capable hitters suited to the T20 format, but where Multan have the edge over them is in terms of being more balanced and having a better all-round team. Their bowling looks better and more versatile and somehow they manage to control the opposition better. Two clear favourites in the tournament, no doubt. I would love to see a final between these two, although things don´t run all that ideally in sports.

 

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Multan Sultans - Mohammad Rizwan: “I am really proud of my players and support staff who have succeeded in sustaining the momentum that we gained in Abu Dhabi last season. As title defenders I really could not have asked for anything more from my team and they have been simply outstanding as reflected with our unbeaten record in the Karachi-leg.

“I have simply asked my players to keep doing what they did in Karachi and avoid any complacent thoughts as we know that all our opponents have enough firepower in their ranks to catch us off guard any day of the tournament.

“We are very excited to play the Multan Sultans’ brand of cricket in Lahore and entertain the fans there who would be seeing HBL PSL action at their own venue for the first time in nearly two years.”

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Multan Sultans last 8 matches across PSL6 and PSL7:<br><br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<br>Won<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1491845342714859522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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I was thinking IU had this tournament in the bag at the beginning. But I've fallen in love with Multan. Awesome bowling, awesome personalities and team unity.

 

[ZaidTR]

Hopefully this year is multan sultans year

 

[BunnyRabbit]

They can still improve their lineup by including Willey over Muzarabani and Rumman ahead of Afridi or Anwar.

A very likeable team. But Dhani acts quite annoying at times.