Lahore Qalandars

Country: Pakistan
Code: LQ
History
Fixtures
Players
Venues

Lahore Qalandars, one of the franchises from the Pakistan Super League (PSL), came into existence in 2015 as part of the tournament's founding batch. Based in the vibrant city of Lahore, this team quickly garnered attention both locally and internationally, thanks to its lively spirit and passionate fan base. Despite a slow start in the early seasons, where their performances were often inconsistent, the Qalandars have become an integral part of the PSL narrative, embodying resilience and enthusiasm.

In terms of achievements, Lahore Qalandars finally clinched their first PSL title in the 2022 season, after years of near misses and disappointing performances. This victory marked a significant turnaround for the team, which had earlier faced criticism for languishing near the bottom of the table in the initial seasons. The 2022 triumph was a culmination of strategic investments in promising talents and a commitment to building a balanced squad.

Key players have indeed played critical roles in shaping the journey of Lahore Qalandars. Pakistani sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi, known for his piercing fast bowling, emerged as a match-winner, contributing immensely to the team’s success. Another notable figure is Fakhar Zaman, a batsman whose explosive style at the top of the order often sets the tone for the team. The inclusion of international stars like AB de Villiers at one time also added a flavour of global cricketing expertise, although his participation was short-lived.

Over the years, the team's rivalry with Karachi Kings has become one of the most anticipated clashes in the PSL, encapsulating the historic Lahore-Karachi contest that resonates across various domains in Pakistan. These matches are not just about cricket; they reflect the cultural and competitive spirit of the two major cities.

Lahore Qalandars are known for showcasing aggression in their playstyle, often relying on a robust bowling attack to dismantle opponents. The team's strategy generally revolves around suffocating other sides with pace and bounce, while their batting lineup looks to capitalise on quick starts.

The Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore serves as their home ground, a place known for its electrifying atmosphere, particularly when the Qalandars take the field. The fanbase is incredibly passionate, often filling the stadium with sounds of traditional dhols and vibrant chants, bringing a unique energy that makes watching their matches a delightful experience.

Unique to the Qalandars is their emphasis on nurturing local talent, hosting talent hunts across Pakistan to unearth new stars. It’s a testament to their commitment to cricket development, going beyond just winning trophies to contributing significantly to the broader cricketing landscape in Pakistan.

Play Offs, Final, Pakistan Super League - May 25, 2025
Quetta Gladiators
201/9 (20)
Lahore Qalandars
204/4 (19.5)
Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Player of the Match
Kusal Perera
Play Offs, Eliminator 2, Pakistan Super League - May 23, 2025
Lahore Qalandars
202/8 (20)
Islamabad United
107/10 (15.1)
Lahore Qalandars won by 95 runs
Player of the Match
Salman Mirza
Play Offs, Eliminator 1, Pakistan Super League - May 22, 2025
Lahore Qalandars
191/4 (18.4)
Karachi Kings
190/8 (20)
Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
Player of the Match
Abdullah Shafique
Regular Season, 29th Match, Pakistan Super League - May 18, 2025
Peshawar Zalmi
123/8 (13)
Lahore Qalandars
149/8 (13)
Lahore Qalandars won by 26 runs
Player of the Match
Salman Mirza
Regular Season, 24th Match, Pakistan Super League - May 4, 2025
Lahore Qalandars
160/8 (15)
Karachi Kings
168/6 (14.3)
Karachi Kings won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Player of the Match
Irfan Khan
Regular Season, 21st Match, Pakistan Super League - May 1, 2025
Lahore Qalandars
111/3 (11.3)
Quetta Gladiators
No result
Regular Season, 19th Match, Pakistan Super League - April 30, 2025
Lahore Qalandars
209/6 (20)
Islamabad United
121/10 (16.5)
Lahore Qalandars won by 88 runs
Player of the Match
Sikandar Raza
Regular Season, 16th Match, Pakistan Super League - April 26, 2025
Lahore Qalandars
186/5 (19)
Multan Sultans
185/3 (20)
Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Player of the Match
Daryl Mitchell
Regular Season, 14th Match, Pakistan Super League - April 24, 2025
Lahore Qalandars
129/10 (19.2)
Peshawar Zalmi
133/3 (16.4)
Peshawar Zalmi won by 7 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
Player of the Match
Alzarri Joseph
Regular Season, 12th Match, Pakistan Super League - April 22, 2025
Multan Sultans
228/5 (20)
Lahore Qalandars
195/9 (20)
Multan Sultans won by 33 runs
Player of the Match
Yasir Khan
Dwayne Bravo
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 41
Chris Gayle
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 45
Kevon Cooper
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36
Azhar Ali
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 40
Zia ul Haq
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30
Zafar Gohar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 30
Zohaib Khan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 41
Mohammad Rizwan
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 33
Sohaib Maqsood
Position: Middle Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 38
Cameron Delport
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36
Naved Yasin
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 37
Ajantha Mendis
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 40
Umar Akmal
Position: Middle Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 35
Hammad Azam
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34
Adnan Rasool
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 44
Ehsan Adil
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32
Brendon McCullum
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 43
Sohail Tanvir
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 40
Grant Elliott
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 46
Sunil Narine
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 37
Jason Roy
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 34
Yasir Shah
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 39
Bilawal Bhatti
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33
Fakhar Zaman
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 35
Mohammad Irfan Jr.
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30
Aamer Yamin
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34
Ghulam Mudassar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25
Raza Hasan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 32
Mustafizur Rahman
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29
Shaheen Afridi
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25
Sohail Akhtar
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39
Gulraiz Sadaf
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 35
Denesh Ramdin
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 40
Sohail Khan
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 41
Salman Agha
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 31
Salman Irshad
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29
Anton Devcich
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 39
Imran Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36
Mitchell McClenaghan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38
Kyle Abbott
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37
Bilal Asif
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 39
Mohammad Hafeez
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 44
AB de Villiers
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 41
Brendan Taylor
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 39
Carlos Brathwaite
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36
Haris Rauf
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 31
Rahat Ali
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36
Hasan Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 26
Hardus Viljoen
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 36
Salman Butt
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 40
Sandeep Lamichhane
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 24
David Wiese
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39
Corey Anderson
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34
Gauhar Ali
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 36
Haris Sohail
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 36
Aizaz Cheema
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 45
Umair Masood
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 27
Ryan ten Doeschate
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 44
Riki Wessels
Position: Middle Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 39
Asela Gunaratne
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39
Saad Ali
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31
Chris Lynn
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 35
Ben Dunk
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 38
Usman Shinwari
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31
Dilbar Hussain
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32
Dane Vilas
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 39
Samit Patel
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 40
Faizan Khan
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 32
Maaz Khan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 24
Seekkuge Prasanna
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 39
Muhammad Faizan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28
Raja Farzan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 30
Tamim Iqbal
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 36
Rashid Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 26
Ahmed Daniyal
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25
Salman Mirza
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31
Joe Denly
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 39
Zeeshan Ashraf
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 33
Tim David
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29
James Faulkner
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35
Abdullah Shafique
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 25
Kamran Ghulam
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 29
Zaman Khan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 23
Dean Foxcroft
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 27
Philip Salt
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 28
Harry Brook
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26
Fawad Ahmed
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 43
Shai Hope
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 31
Mirza Tahir Baig
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 26
Hussain Talat
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29
Sikandar Raza
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 39
Liam Dawson
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 35
Sam Billings
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 33
Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 27
Shawaiz Irfan
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 21
Shane Dadswell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 27
Rassie van der Dussen
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 36
Lorcan Tucker
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 28
Sahibzada Farhan
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 29
Jahandad Khan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 21
Salman Fayyaz
Position: Bowler
Age: 27
George Linde
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 33
Mohammad Imran Khan
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37
Tayyab Abbas
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30
Mohammad Naeem
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26
Daryl Mitchell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34
Asif Afridi
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 38
Rishad Hossain
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 22
Asif Ali
Position: Middle Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 33
Mohammad Azab
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25
Tom Curran
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30
Kusal Perera
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 34
Shakib Al Hasan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 38
Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

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