Lahore Qalandars Cricket Team (2025)

Lahore Qalandars are one of the six teams participating in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They represent Lahore, the capital of Punjab in the PSL and play their home games at the Gaddafi Stadium.

They were one of the five teams founded by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015 before the inaugural season of the PSL in 2016. The team is owned by Fawad Rana. Lahore Qalandars have won the PSL twice and are the only team to defend their title. At present, Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi is their captain while Russell Domingo is the head coach.

Lahore Qalandars Bio and Team Details:

Full Name

Lahore Qalanadars

Captain

Shaheen Afridi

Head Coach

Russell Domingo

Team Owner

Fawad Rana

Lahore Qalanadars Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/LahoreQalandars/

Lahore Qalanadars Twitter (X)

@lahoreqalandars

Lahore Qalanadars Instagram

@lahoreqalandars

Lahore Qalanadars Website

https://lahoreqalandars.com/

Lahore Qalandars - Season-wise Performance:

Lahore Qalandars' PSL journey began in a disastrous fashion. In the first four seasons, they were arguably the worst performing team in the PSL as they finished at the bottom of the points table in each season.

In the inaugural season, they managed to win only two of their eight league games and finished at the bottom. Their only positive from the season was Umar Akmal's performance. Despite playing only seven games, the former Pakistan batsman finished the tournament as the highest run-scorer.

After the disappointing campaign in 2016, Lahore Qalandars made a number of changes to their squad. They traded their icon player Chris Gayle for Sohail Tanvir of the Karachi Kings during the off-season trade window. They also traded Sohaib Maqsood for Aamer Yamin of Peshawar Zalmi.

However, Lahore Qalandars' fortunes did not change as they finished at the bottom of the table once again. They finished at the bottom in the third and fourth seasons as well.

Lahore Qalandars finally progressed ahead of the league stage for the first time in 2020. In the playoffs,  Lahore Qalandars beat Peshawar Zalmi by five wickets in the Eliminator before defeating Multan Sultans in the second qualifier. In the final, Lahore Qalandars lost to Karachi Kings.

Lahore Qalandars could not build on the runners-up finish as they had a disappointing campaign in 2021 as well. The Lahore-based outfit failed to advance ahead of the league stage after managing five wins and as many defeats.

Lahore Qalandars finally laid their hands on the PSL trophy in 2022 under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi. With six wins from 10 games, they finished the league stage at the second spot in the points table. In the playoffs, Lahore lost against Multan Sultans in the qualifier before beating Islamabad United in the second Eliminator to advance to the final.

In the final, Lahore Qalandars beat Multan by 42 runs to win the tournament. In 2023, Lahore Qalandars scripted history by becoming the first team to defend the PSL title. They faced Multan Sultans in the final once again and won the game by 1 run. In 2024, Lahore Qalandars failed to progress ahead of the league stage.

Year

Position

Summary

2016

5/5

League Stage

2017

5/5

League Stage

2018

6/6

League Stage

2019

6/6

League Stage

2020

2/6

Runners-up

2021

5/6

League Stage

2022

2/6

Champions

2023

1/6

Champions

2024

6/6

League Stage

Lahore Qalandars Management and Support Staff:

Position

Name

Head Coach

Russell Domingo

Assistant Team Manager

Farooq Anwar

Batting Coach

Mansoor Rana

Bowling Coach

Waqas Ahmed

Fielding Coach

Shehzad Butt

Power-hitting Coach

Timroy Allen

Physiotherapist

Hiten Maisuria

Data Analyst

Nabeel Edgar Pace

Masseur

Malang Ali

COMPLETED / Final / Gaddafi Stadium

204/4 (19.5 ov)

Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets

COMPLETED / Qualifier 2 / Gaddafi Stadium

202/8 (20 ov)

Lahore Qalandars won by 95 runs

COMPLETED / Eliminator 1 / Gaddafi Stadium

190/8 (20 ov)

Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets

COMPLETED / Match 29 / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

149/8 (13 ov)

Lahore Qalandars won by 26 runs

COMPLETED / Match 28 / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Match Abandoned

COMPLETED / Match 24 / Gaddafi Stadium

168/6 (14.3 ov)

Karachi Kings won by 4 wickets (DLS method)

COMPLETED / Match 21 / Gaddafi Stadium

Match Abandoned

COMPLETED / Match 19 / Gaddafi Stadium

121/10 (16.5 ov)

Lahore Qalandars won by 88 runs

COMPLETED / Match 16 / Gaddafi Stadium

185/3 (20 ov)

Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets

COMPLETED / Match 14 / Gaddafi Stadium

133/3 (16.4 ov)

Peshawar Zalmi won by 7 wickets

COMPLETED / Match 12 / Multan Cricket Stadium

195/9 (20 ov)

Multan Sultans won by 33 runs

COMPLETED / Match 6 / National Stadium

201/6 (20 ov)

Lahore Qalandars won by 65 runs

COMPLETED / Match 4 / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

219/6 (20 ov)

Lahore Qalandars won by 79 runs

COMPLETED / Match 1 / Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

139/10 (19.2 ov)

Islamabad United won by 8 wickets

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Lahore Qalandars Stats

Most Run Scores
bat
13

Matches

439

Runs

13

Matches

390

Runs

3
Muhammad Naeem
Muhammad Naeem
12

Matches

314

Runs

Most Wickets Takers
13

Matches

19

Wickets

13

Matches

17

Wickets

7

Matches

13

Wickets

Lahore Qalandars Players

wk

Muhammad Akhlaq

Wicket-Keeper

wk

Sam Billings

Wicket-Keeper

bat

Fakhar Zaman

Batter

bat

Kusal Perera

Batter

all

Muhammad Naeem

All Rounder

bat

Asif Ali

Batter

Sikandar Raza
all

Sikandar Raza

All Rounder

all

David Wiese

All Rounder

Lahore Qalandars Cricket Team FAQs

Lahore Qalandars have won the PSL twice.

Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi is the captain of Lahore Qalandars.

Fawad Rana is the owner of the Lahore Qalandars.
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