Multan Cricket Stadium holds about 30,000 spectators, opened in 2001 and is the home ground of Multan Sultans. It has hosted PSL matches in 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025, a total of 16 by our count of the season pages, and none has been a playoff match. Its first PSL match was Multan Sultans against Peshawar Zalmi on 26 February 2020.
Last checked 27 October 2026.
How many PSL matches has Multan hosted?
| Season | Matches at Multan | Context |
|---|---|---|
| PSL 5 (2020) | 3 | First PSL matches at the ground; the PCB said the three matches drew nearly 80,000 people |
| PSL 7 (2022) | 0 | Only Karachi and Lahore were used |
| PSL 8 (2023) | 5 | The PSL 8 opening ceremony was planned for Multan on 13 February |
| PSL 9 (2024) | 5 | Four venues were used |
| PSL 10 (2025) | 3 | One Multan home match was moved to Lahore and another league match was moved from Multan to Rawalpindi |
| PSL 11 (2026) | 0 | Matches were staged in Lahore and Karachi |
Our total of 16 adds 3, 5, 5 and 3. The PSL 10 count is from the Wikipedia season article and the 2020 crowd figure is from a PCB press release reported by Geo Super, which gave no single-match attendances. The sources do not say how many of the matches were Multan Sultans home games, so we do not claim a home record.
What is the ground like?
| Detail | Figure |
|---|---|
| Opened | 2001, replacing Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
| First day/night match | India v Pakistan, 16 February 2006 (not a PSL match) |
| Home team | Multan Sultans (PSL champions in 2021; captain Ashton Turner in PSL 11) |
| PSL playoff matches | None so far |
Multan Sultans won the title in 2021 in Abu Dhabi and lost the finals of 2022, 2023 and 2024 in Lahore, Lahore and Karachi, so none of their finals has been played at their home ground. Read Multan Sultans for the full record, PSL venues for the other grounds and Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium for the other city that shared the load.
Why has Multan hosted so few matches?
| Question | What the sources say |
|---|---|
| Why was Multan absent in 2022 and 2026? | PSL 7 was limited to Lahore and Karachi because of COVID-19 restrictions, and PSL 11 was staged in Lahore and Karachi after a venue change. |
| How full was the ground in 2020? | The PCB said nearly 80,000 people attended the three matches, about 26,000 a match by our arithmetic, against a capacity of 30,000. |
| What happened in 2025? | One Multan home match was moved to Lahore and another league match was moved from Multan to Rawalpindi, leaving three matches at the ground. |
The 2020 average is our division of a rounded PCB figure, so treat it as approximate. The reasons for the 2025 moves are described on the PSL 10 page, and the PSL 11 venue story is on the venue change page.
Sources: Wikipedia articles on the stadium and the seasons, Geo Super for the 2020 attendance, and Cricket Pakistan. Method: methodology and data sources.