Karachi: Veteran Pakistan cricketer Mushtaq Ahmed on Friday insisted that the table-toppers Multan Sultans should be declared winners of the suspended Pakistan Super League (PSL). Ahmed also advocated that hosting knockout matches later will affect the new season.
Mushtaq, who was on the coaching panel of the Multan Sultans along with England's Andy Flower and local coach Abdul Rehman, said it was important to close the fifth edition.
"The PSL five has to have a proper closure and that can be done by taking into count the top team on the points table at the end of the league stage and declaring them winners," he said.
Mushtaq, 49, who played 52 Tests and 144 one-day internationals and has also worked as bowling coach of the national team and spin bowling coach of the England team, was a key part of Multan Sultans' support staff.
"If the PCB doesn't close the PSL 5 and tries to organise the remaining four or five matches including the final later this year or before the PSL 6 it will dent the hype and spoil the momentum of the next edition," he said.
