Club: | Lahore Qalandars |
Season: | 2020 |
Coach: | Aaqib Javed |
Captain: | Sohail Akhtar |
Comp1: | PSL 2020 |
Comp1 Result: | Runners-up |
Most Runs: | Chris Lynn (284) [1] |
Most Wickets: | Shaheen Afridi (13)[2] |
Prevseason: | 2019 |
Nextseason: | 2021 |
The Lahore Qalandars cricket team is one of six teams that competed in the 2020 Pakistan Super League, representing Lahore.
Qalandars was captained by Sohail Akhtar throughout the season, the top scorer was Chris Lynn with 284 runs, but the batsman with highest average was Australian cricketer Ben Dunk,[3] whereas the leading wicket-taker was Shaheen Afridi. For the first time in PSL history, Lahore Qalandars qualified for the play-offs after winning five of their ten group-stage matches, and finishing at third position on the points table.[4]
The playoff stage of the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] On 2 July 2020, PCB announced that they are looking forward to complete the season in November 2020.[6] On 2 September 2020, the PCB confirmed the fixtures for the remaining matches.[7] The matches were previously scheduled to be held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, on 14 and 15 November, with the final scheduled to be played on 17 of November.[7] On 24 October 2020, PCB announced that the playoffs and final of the season are relocated to National Stadium, Karachi due to poor air quality and heavy chances of smog in Lahore.[8] [9]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes | |
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Batsmen | ||||||||
01 | Salman Butt | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2019 | ||||
39 | Fakhar Zaman | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2017 | ||||
50 | Chris Lynn | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | Overseas | |||
54 | Lendl Simmons | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | Overseas. Unavailable for season. | |||
All-rounders | ||||||||
05 | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ||||
6 | Muhammad Faizan | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | ||||
8 | Mohammad Hafeez | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2019 | ||||
11 | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | Captain | ||||
29 | Samit Patel | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | Overseas | |||
41 | Seekkuge Prasanna | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | Overseas | |||
96 | David Wiese | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2019 | Overseas | ||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
33 | Dane Vilas | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | – | 2020 | Overseas. Replacement for Lendl Simmons | ||
43 | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | |||||
51 | Ben Dunk | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2020 | Overseas | |||
Bowlers | ||||||||
10 | Shaheen Afridi | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2018 | ||||
14 | Usman Shinwari | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | ||||
55 | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | |||||
90 | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | |||||
99 | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | Replacement for Haris Rauf for 3 matches | ||||
150 | Haris Rauf | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2019 |