PCB invites bids for rights to PSL’s sixth team

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has invited bids from interested parties for the rights to the sixth franchise of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

The sixth team, formerly known as Multan Sultans, had its franchise agreement terminated by the PCB after it failed to meet its financial obligations. Following the termination of the contract, all rights in respect of the team were reverted back to the cricket board.

Interested parties have until December 14 to obtain bid documents from the PCB. Information obtained from any other source shall not be deemed official, the board stated in its official invite.

Technical and financial proposals have to reach the PCB office in Lahore by 11:00am on December 18.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen’s son Ali Khan Tareen on Thursday said he will bid for the sixth franchise. “If we win the rights to the sixth team we will continue with the name Multan,” he said while speaking to the media.

“I want to buy the team for the fourth edition of PSL,” Tareen told a TV channel, adding that he has already had two meetings with PCB officials in Lahore.

Jahangir Tareen, Ali Tareen’s father, is a close aide of Prime Minister Imran Khan.