That Multan
Home of the Multan Sultans...have crashed out of Pakistain Super League 2019; that they were easily the worst team and that their gaudy roster was not built to shine was there for all who wanted to see.
With one more outing left, the expansion franchise has managed to win just two of their nine matches ‐ both of those victories coming against defending champions Islamabad United by five and six-wicket margins.
The question is: where did it all go wrong for a team that boasted the star power of Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Andre Russell, Mohammad Irfan and Junaid Khan? And the answer is: a combo of player acquisition, shockingly sub-par captaincy and bad luck derailed the Multans' sophomore PSL campaign.
Composition wise, the Sultans were just relying too heavily on foreign stars in the batting department and did not have enough quality locals to complement them.
Apart from captain Shoaib Malik (44.33) and opener Umar Siddiq (26), no local player had a T20 average of over 25 for Sultans, which is why the team had a hard time in posting decent totals and chasing steep targets.