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Key Takeaways
- 1đź“Š Multan Sultans set for sale as PCB eyes top valuations
- 2🏆 Hyderabad and Sialkot’s high auction prices reset PSL market
- 3đź’ˇ PCB wants deal done as soon as legally possible before PSL 11
- 4🔮 New ownership could reshape Multan’s strategy for PSL 2026
"The bosses are understood to have been buoyed by the high prices at which the two new PSL teams - Hyderabad and Sialkot - were sold at the auction"
The PCB is moving swiftly to cash in on the Pakistan T20 boom, actively working to sell Multan Sultans as soon as it is legally feasible, rather than waiting until after the upcoming 11th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Buoyed by soaring franchise valuations, the board senses a rare window to maximise returns.
PSL Valuations Spark Urgency Around Multan
The game-changer has been the stunning prices fetched by the two new PSL outfits, Hyderabad and Sialkot, at the recent franchise auction. Those blockbuster deals have effectively reset the league’s financial ceiling, showing just how valuable PSL spots have become in a market obsessed with T20 leagues.
For Indian fans used to the mega-money world of the IPL, this feels like a familiar script: once a league proves its commercial muscle, every existing slot suddenly looks underpriced. That is exactly the situation Multan Sultans find themselves in now – a well-established brand in a league whose worth is clearly climbing.
Senior PCB and PSL officials are understood to be aligned on pushing the sale through quickly, with the final go-ahead resting with chairman Mohsin Naqvi. The key phrase here is “as soon as legally possible” – the board must navigate existing contracts, ownership structures and regulatory checks before a deal can be rubber-stamped.
For the PSL ecosystem, a big-money Multan sale would be a powerful signal: franchise cricket in Pakistan is entering a new financial era. For fans across the border who track league economics as closely as strike-rates, this is another reminder that the T20 franchise model, born in India with the IPL, is now reshaping cricket economies everywhere.
If the sale is completed before the next PSL ball is bowled, Multan could walk into the season with new owners, fresh investment and potentially a more aggressive approach to player recruitment – setting up intriguing subplots for the 2026 T20 calendar that Indian fans will keenly follow.
