{"id":89570,"date":"2023-09-07T05:30:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T00:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=89570"},"modified":"2023-09-07T21:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:38:07","slug":"multan-sultans-name-new-coach-after-andy-flower-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/cricket-news\/multan-sultans-name-new-coach-after-andy-flower-steps-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Multan Sultans name new coach after Andy Flower steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad SEPTEMBER 06 (Online):  Ali Tareen, Managing Director of Multan Sultans, lauded Flower&#8217;s contribution<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans announced on Wednesday that Andy Flower has stepped down as their head coach.<br \/>\nIn a press release, the team also announced that assistant coach Abdul Rehman has succeeded Flower, who joined in 2020, as the head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Rehman served as assistant coach for five years, after joining Sultans in 2018, and was a key part of Flower\u2019s team. The coaching duo won the franchise its first Pakistan Super League trophy in 2021, while also playing consecutive finals.<\/p>\n<p>Rehman concurrently serves as assistant coach of Pakistan men&#8217;s national cricket team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The past five years have been a great journey for the Multan Sultans and I am privileged to have been a part of it. When I agreed to join the Sultans, my first request was for Abdul Rehman to be my assistant coach. <\/p>\n<p>He is an exceptional coach and a consummate professional, and I am confident the team will benefit with him at the helm,&#8221; said Flower on Abdul Rehman&#8217;s elevation to head coach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hold my time at Multan Sultans in great esteem and I know there is a lot more to come at the franchise,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Tareen, Managing Director of Multan Sultans, lauded Andy Flower&#8217;s contribution saying, &#8220;We are indebted to Andy Flower for his services to Multan Sultans. From the start, our aim was to empower local coaches under the mentorship of international veterans. The Andy-Abdul partnership was instrumental in taking us where we are, and has enabled us today, to appoint Abdul Rehman as head coach, ready to take us forward into a new era of exciting cricket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his appointment as head coach of Multan Sultans, Rehman said: &#8220;It is an honour to be carrying forward Andy Flower&#8217;s legacy at the Multan Sultans. Together with our leadership team. our coaching and support teams. we look forward to taking Multan Sultans forward with passion and innovation&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad SEPTEMBER 06 (Online): Ali Tareen, Managing Director of Multan Sultans, lauded Flower&#8217;s contribution The Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans announced on Wednesday that Andy Flower has stepped down as their head coach. 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