Multan Sultans gamers have fun a wicket throughout their PSL 10 match towards Lahore Qalandars on the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan on April 22, 2025. — PCB
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has formally issued an commercial inviting bids for the sale of franchise workforce rights of Multan Sultans.
In response to the PCB’s invitation for bids, Multan Sultans, which entered the PSL in its third version in 2018, has constructed a longtime fan base and presence throughout the competitors. The board stated the franchise now presents a “compelling opportunity” for brand new homeowners to construct on its legacy and take the workforce to “unprecedented heights” within the PSL.
An image of the PCB advert in a newspaper. — Reporter
Beneath the bidding course of, events wishing to take part should get hold of the bid paperwork from the PCB. The deadline for submission of technical proposals has been set for January 30, 2026, at 3pm, with the proposals to be opened the identical day.
“Only technically qualified bidders will be allowed to proceed to the next stage of the process,” the PCB stated within the discover.
The transfer comes towards the backdrop of latest remarks by PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who has publicly taken on the problem of turning Multan Sultans right into a worthwhile franchise earlier than its sale for the subsequent season.
Addressing a high-profile ceremony held for the public sale of the league’s seventh and eighth groups final week, Naqvi stated Multan Sultan had been labelled a “loss-hit” franchise on social media, however he was decided to show in any other case.
“I took a challenge, and that is that there were a lot of claims on social media that the team was in losses,” Naqvi stated. “So I, and all of the team, decided that we would show you how much profit this business offers, publish the numbers before going for the auction.”
Naqvi confirmed that the PCB will proceed to run Multan Sultans throughout the upcoming PSL 11 season earlier than providing it to new homeowners. He revealed that there had been solutions to public sale Multan alongside the 2 new franchises offered this week, however he selected as an alternative to function the workforce for an additional 12 months to exhibit its industrial potential.
The commercial for Multan’s franchise rights additionally comes at a time of fast enlargement for the PSL.
Hyderabad and Sialkot have been formally confirmed because the league’s seventh and eighth franchises following the completion of the enlargement public sale, taking the competitors to eight groups for the primary time.
The eleventh version of the PSL is ready to run from March 26 to Could 3, 2026, with the expanded format anticipated to supply followers throughout Pakistan and past with one other prolonged interval of aggressive T20 cricket.
