{"id":89077,"date":"2025-10-23T13:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=89077"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:59:04","slug":"pcb-suspends-multan-sultans-over-breach-of-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pcb-suspends-multan-sultans-over-breach-of-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB suspends Multan Sultans over breach of contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a suspension notice to the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multan Sultans,<\/a> over an\u00a0<\/span>alleged breach of contract.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the cricket board has also sent a formal notice for termination of the franchise\u2019s contract after completing all necessary legal procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Sources revealed that the decision reportedly follows repeated public statements by Sultans&#8217; owner Ali Tareen, who allegedly criticised the PCB and PSL management and policies.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, in April, he posted a podcast clip questioning the PCB\u2019s readiness for PSL 10.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, &#8220;How is PSL 10 bigger and better? Same games, same teams \u2013 what\u2019s new? Fed up with hollow words. PCB had time to plan innovations, but we\u2019re repeating last year. Our biggest brand deserves more. Explain the vision!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A few days later, he issued a clarification after backlash, saying, &#8220;I love PSL \u2013 it\u2019s a MADE-IN-PAKISTAN success story we all benefit from. My words were about promoting genuine growth, not negativity. Salman Naseer &amp; the PCB team are giving their all. Let\u2019s unite as owners to back them and elevate the league. No more stagnation!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a suspension notice to the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise,\u00a0Multan Sultans, over an\u00a0alleged breach of contract. According to sources, the cricket board has also sent a formal notice for termination of the franchise\u2019s contract after completing all necessary legal procedures. Sources revealed that the decision reportedly follows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":89081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2833,364],"class_list":["post-89077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-multan-sultans","tag-pcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89082,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89077\/revisions\/89082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}