Lahore Qalandars

Pakistan Super League will be entering into its fourth edition in February 2019 and with each passing year; it keeps on garnering more and more attention and viewers. With the addition of another team in the mix, Multan Sultan and teams a blend of new and old faces comprising of both young and budding domestic players and experienced international ones, Lahore Qalandars has managed to take the competition up a notch.

Lahore Qalandars Squad for PSL 5 2020

Find the list of Lahore Qalandars players for Pakistan Super League 5th edition.

Pakistani Players

Mohammad Hafeez

Fakhar Zaman

Shaheen Shah Afridi

Usman Shinwari

Sohail Akhtar

Haris Rauf

Salman Butt

Farzan Raja

Jaahid Ali

Muhammad Faizan

Dilbar Hussain

Foreign Players

Ben Dunk

Chris Lynn

David Wiese

Samit Patel

Seekkuge Prasanna

Lendl Simmons

Team History, Details and Identity

The franchise of Lahore Qalandars was launched on December 12, 2015 by Fawad Rana. ‘Q‘ in Qalandars represent the term Qatar and QALCO. Also the term ‘Qalandars’ was added to the franchise name to represent the Sufi culture and prevalent Sufism of Pakistan.

Qatar Lubricants Company purchased the franchise of Lahore Qalandars for an amount of US $25.1 Million for ten years. Qalandars is the second most expensive team in the Pakistan Super League. In order to pick the best talent, the franchise organized a trial series “Jazz Rising Stars” under The Players Development Program. These trials took place in eight cities across Pakistan.

The kit was comprised of red and black colors in 2016 for the first season of PSL. Later on for the second season, the red was replaced with green. This green and black combination is continued till the last season in 2019.

Logo

The logo depicts the traditional Sufi swaying with three stumps and two bails on right side and a cricket ball at the bottom.

Anthem

The first anthem for Lahore Qalandars franchise “Dama Dam Mast” was released in 2016. It was released in two different versions, one by Nabeel Shaukat Ali and other by the singer Asrar. The second anthem, and the official song “Dama Dam Mast Lahore Qalandars” was released by Shafqat Amanat Ali in 2017.

Sponsors

Major Sponsors of Lahore Qalandars are Geo News, Jazz, Gree, Ecostar, Mughal Steel, Al Karam Textiles, QALCO, Huawei, Mobilink, Bank of Punjab, Royal Palm, Lays and ZXMCO.

Ambassadors

Famous Pakistani Filmstar Shaan is the brand ambassador of the Lahore franchise.

Coaching/Management Staff

Owner : Fawad Rana (QALCO)

: Fawad Rana (QALCO) COO & Manager : Rana Sameen

: Rana Sameen Head Coach/Director : Aqib Javed

: Aqib Javed Mentor: Haroon Lorgat

Haroon Lorgat Bowling Mentor: Shoaib Akhtar

Website:

www.lahoreqalandars.com

PSL Performance History

Year Played Won Lost NR Tied Position 2016 10 7 3 0 0 Runners-up 2017 10 5 4 1 0 Runners-up 2018 11 5 6 0 0 Play-offs 2019 12 9 3 0 0 Champions 2020 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Total 43 26 16 1 0 -

Players’ Stats

Batting/Most Runs

Nationality Player From To Matches Innings Runs Average Highest 100 50 Pakistan Fakhar Zaman 2017 present 25 25 637 25.48 94 0 4 South Africa Cameron Delport 2016 2018 14 13 327 27.25 78 0 3 New Zealand Brendon McCullum 2017 2018 18 17 311 20.73 44 0 0 Pakistan Mohammad Rizwan 2016 2017 16 12 233 25.88 50* 0 1

Data Source: ESPNCricInfo

Bowling/Most Wickets

Nationality Player From To Matches Wickets Average 4w 5w Trinidad and Tobago Sunil Narine 2017 2018 17 20 20.55 0 0 Pakistan Yasir Shah 2017 present 18 20 22.2 1 0 Pakistan Sohail Tanvir 2017 2017 8 10 25.1 0 0 Pakistan Sohail Khan 2018 2018 7 8 28.25 0 0 Pakistan [[Waseem Tareen] 2016 2016 5 7 14.57 1 0

Data Source: ESPNCricInfo