On November 25, 2025, Ali Tareen the owner of Multan Sultans decides to end PSL franchise contract with Pakistan Cricket Board. Multan Sultan owner, Ali Tareen made this announcement through his own social media account and through the official social media accounts of Multan Sultans as well. Apart from the owner of Multan Sultans, rest of the owners of five PSL franchises has renewed their respective PSL franchise contract with Pakistan Cricket Board for next 10 years from 2026-2035.
Some thoughts from Ali Khan Tareen’s Tweet on X (formerly known as Tweeter), “Being part of the franchise has been one of the greatest honors of my life. I love the fans, this team and love being able to represent South Punjab. Something my late uncle Alamgir Khan Tareen was especially proud of. I would rather lose this team while standing on my feet than run it from my knees. So, this is goodbye and Owner of Multan Sultans Decides to End PSL Franchise Contract”.
Conflicts and Reasons to End MS Contract
Reportedly, there were multiple issues Ali Tareen had conflicts on with the authorities of PSL and PCB. Financial lose is the major reason for opting out from the contract for which Ali Tareen was fighting with Pakistan Cricket Board and with the management of Pakistan Super League since earlier this year.
Ali Tareen also had the issues over the venue of PSL-10 2025 player draft. He also shown his disapproval on the selection of artist for the official anthem of 10th edition of Pakistan Super League stating the singer a “same middle-aged dude”. Ali Khan Tareen later implied he would consider making a fresh bid for the Multan Sultans franchise after the landmark 10th edition instead of renewing the existing contract, and eventually disputed the PCB’s claim that the10th edition of Pakistan Super League was the league’s ‘best ever edition.
Following the recent comments and remarks from Ali Tareen, the PCB sent the franchise a notice, accusing it of violating several clauses in its 10-year agreement. Some sources indicated that the Multan Sultans could lose its PSL contract, and its owner might even be blacklisted, if the response failed to meet the expectations of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
In reply, the Multan Sultans released a public statement alleging that the Pakistan Cricket Board had instructed the owner Ali Tareen to “take back his recent critical remarks and issue a public apology to the management of PSL.” Hours later, Ali Tareen issued a deliberately mocking video message, taking aim at the management of PSL while appearing to comply with the apology demand. The video ended with Ali Tareen tearing up the legal notice sent by PCB to show his defiance, and he ended by saying, ‘So, I hope you like my apology video’.
Journey of Multan Sultans
The sixth franchise of Pakistan Super League, Multan Sultans, represents Multan the southern Punjab, makes debut in third PSL edition in 2018, initially owned by Schon Properties. Later that year, Alamgir Khan Tareen and Ali Khan Tareen acquired the Multan Sultan franchise. Since 2023, Multan Sultans was running by Ali Khan Tareen after the death of co-owner and uncle Alamgir Khan Tareen.
Multan Sultans is one of the most consistent performers of Pakistan Super League as they reached the finals of the Pakistan Super League for 4 times out of their 8 appearances in the history of the tournament. Multan Sultans have won their PSL title once in 2021 PSL edition under the captaincy of Muhammad Rizwan. Multan Sultans have played a total of 89 matches in the Pakistan Super League, won 46 matches, lost 40 matches with 01 match had tied and 02 matches ended up with no result.
Future of Multan Sultans
As the existing owner of Multan Sultans, Ali Khan Tareen, has not extended the PSL franchise contract with the PCB, the Multan’s franchise is now expected to change its name ahead of the 11th edition of the Pakistan Super League in 2026. Moreover, the franchise of Multan Sultans in now available to acquire for new invertors ahead of the next season of the league.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has also confirmed that the two new franchises will also be taking part in the upcoming 11th edition of Pakistan Super League. Six cities of Pakistan including Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Gilgit, Hyderabad and Muzaffarabad are short listed from which the two new franchise names will be chosen from the successful bidders. So there will be eight teams fighting together for the title from the next season of PSL. The 11th season of Pakistan Super League is expected to start in March or April 2026.