Multan Sultans owner and CD Ventures CEO Gohar Shah has revealed that he was once selected in the Lahore Qalandars trial programme, but lost his chance due to injury. 

 

Shah revealed the story during a recent television programme, recounting how he was on the verge of a professional cricket breakthrough before an injury that changed his path.

 

He said he attended the Lahore Qalandars trials in 2016 or 2017 at Qaddafi Stadium. “I attended the Lahore trial in 2017… I think in 2016 or 2017… at Qaddafi Stadium. They used to hold trials in every city. So, I went to the one in Lahore and I think I bowled four or five balls.”

 

Shah said one of his deliveries was clocked at 84 mph and he was immediately selected.

 

However, he said he could not continue because he suffered an injury just days before the tournament started.

 

“All selected boys went to Muzaffarabad for the tournament. Unfortunately, I got injured a couple of days before it and that’s when Salman Irshad and Maz Khan, who also later got picked by Lahore Qalandars, emerged.”

 

Shah said the situation could have been different had he gone on to play, but was practically out of cricket in Pakistan due to said injury.

 

Gohar Shah, who is now the majority stakeholder in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans, has shifted from dreaming of becoming a professional cricket to owning and leading a top T20 team ahead of the PSL 2026 season. 

 

CD Ventures successfully requested the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to rename the newly established Sialkot Stallionz franchise as Multan Sultans after acquiring the majority stake, bringing the Multan identity back into the league. 

 

The rebranding was confirmed by PCB and PSL officials, and the franchise’s annual value has increased following the ownership change.