{"id":18159,"date":"2025-04-14T03:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T03:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18159\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T03:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T03:01:18","slug":"did-ali-tareen-just-troll-his-own-captain-after-multans-first-hbl-psl-x-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18159\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Ali Tareen just troll his own captain after Multan\u2019s first HBL PSL X loss?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                    Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article<\/p>\n<p>Multan Sultans owner Ali Tareen poked fun at his own captain Muhammad Rizwan after the team suffered its first defeat in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2025 season, losing a high-scoring thriller to Karachi Kings.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a blistering 105* off 61 balls from Rizwan \u2014 featuring nine fours and five sixes \u2014 Multan failed to defend a target of 235 at the National Bank Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Karachi opener James Vince stole the spotlight with a counterattacking 101 off 43 deliveries, supported by Khushdil Shah, guiding Kings to victory.<\/p>\n<p>Following the loss, Tareen posted a tongue-in-cheek message on social media platform X, saying, \u201cLearned a lot \u2013 especially from Vince and Khushdil!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/copy-of-untitled-101744527318-0.png\" style=\"height:undefinedpx; width:undefinedpx\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up post, he joked about the team\u2019s defensive efforts: \u201cAt least we fielded, I guess!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tareen\u2019s tweets quickly went viral, drawing mixed reactions from fans. Some appreciated the humour, while others criticised him over past controversial remarks about the PSL franchise model.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Tareen publicly criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board\u2019s (PCB) franchise ownership model, likening it to a rental arrangement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest social media activity reignited debate around Tareen\u2019s views, with fans questioning the credibility of owners making strong public statements amid on-field setbacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article Multan Sultans owner Ali Tareen poked fun at his own captain Muhammad Rizwan after the team suffered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[12109,1406,4935,12115,12110,5936,6164,5955,5925,12111,12114,12113,12112,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-18159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-ali-tareen","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-cricket-pakistan","11":"tag-franchise-rights","12":"tag-jason-vince","13":"tag-karachi-kings","14":"tag-mohammad-rizwan","15":"tag-multan-sultans","16":"tag-psl-2025","17":"tag-psl-controversy","18":"tag-psl-media","19":"tag-psl-ownership","20":"tag-social-media-trolling","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114334091576367891","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}