LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has formally issued an commercial inviting bids for the sale of franchise group rights of Multan Sultans.
In an commercial launched in newspapers on Wednesday, the PCB invited “ events” to accumulate the franchise rights of the Multan group within the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL), describing it as a chance for buyers to be a part of what it known as a “new period” of the league.
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 inside the competitors. The board mentioned the franchise now presents a “compelling alternative” for brand spanking new house owners to construct on its legacy and take the group to “unprecedented heights” within the PSL.
Underneath 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.
“Solely technically certified bidders might be allowed to proceed to the subsequent stage of the method,” the PCB mentioned within the discover.
Additional data could be sought from the PCB by means of the official e-mail tackle: [email protected], with the board cautioning that any data from different sources is not going to be deemed official.
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 mentioned 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 problem, and that’s that there have been plenty of claims on social media that the group was in losses,” Naqvi mentioned. “So I, and the entire group, determined that we might present you the way a lot revenue this enterprise gives, publish the numbers earlier than going for the public sale.”
Naqvi confirmed that the PCB will proceed to run Multan Sultans throughout the upcoming PSL 11 season earlier than providing it to new house owners. He revealed that there had been strategies to public sale Multan alongside the 2 new franchises bought this week, however he selected as a substitute to function the group for an additional yr to display its business potential.
The commercial for Multan’s franchise rights additionally comes at a time of speedy growth for the PSL.
Hyderabad and Sialkot had been formally confirmed because the league’s seventh and eighth franchises following the completion of the growth public sale, taking the competitors to eight groups for the primary time.
The eleventh version of the PSL is about 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.
