2021 Lahore Qalandars season

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Lahore Qalandars
2021 season
Coach Aaqib Javed
Captain Sohail Akhtar
PSL 2021 League stage (5th)

The Lahore Qalandars (often abbreviated as LQ) is a franchise cricket team based in Lahore, Punjab in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) that competed in 2020 Pakistan Super League. They are one of the six team that competed in Pakistan Super League. [1] The team was coached by Aaqib Javed [2] [3] [4] and captained by Sohail Akhtar. [2] [5] [6]

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Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Season standings

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Islamabad United (3rd)10820160.859
2 Multan Sultans (C)10550101.050
3 Peshawar Zalmi (R)10550100.586
4 Karachi Kings (4th)1055010−0.115
5 Lahore Qalandars 1055010−0.589
6 Quetta Gladiators 102804−1.786
Source: ESPNcricinfo

League stage

Match 2
21 February 2021
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
140/6 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
143/6 (18.3 overs)
Ravi Bopara 50 (44)
Shaheen Afridi 3/14 (4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 33* (26)
Saqib Mahmood 2/22 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 4 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

Match 4
22 February 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
178/6 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
179/1 (18.2 overs)
Chris Gayle 68 (40)
Haris Rauf 3/38 (4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 82* (52)
Zahid Mahmood 1/28 (3 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 9 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

Match 7
26 February 2021
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
157/6 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
159/3 (16.2 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 60 (35)
Carlos Brathwaite 2/20 (4 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 76 (49)
Shaheen Afridi 2/29 (4 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

Match 11
28 February 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Karachi Kings
186/9 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
189/4 (19.2 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 64 (39)
Shaheen Afridi 3/27 (4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 83 (54)
Waqas Maqsood 1/34 (3 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

Match 15
9 June 2021
21:00 (N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
143/9 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
144/5 (20 overs)
Faheem Ashraf 27 (24)
James Faulkner 3/32 (4 overs)
Sohail Akhtar 40 (30)
Hasan Ali 2/27 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

Match 17
10 June 2021
23:00 (N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
170/8 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
160/8 (20 overs)
Tim David 64* (36)
Fabian Allen 2/36 (3 overs)
Shoaib Malik 73 (48)
Rashid Khan 5/20 (4 overs)
Lahore Qalandars won by 10 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Lahore Qalandars)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 20
13 June 2021
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
152/7 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
124 (18.2 overs)
Asif Ali 75 (43)
James Faulkner 3/19 (4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 44 (37)
Muhammad Musa 3/18 (3 overs)
Islamabad United won by 28 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Asif Ali (Islamabad United)
  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 23
15 June 2021
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
158/5 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
140 (18 overs)
Jake Weatherald 48 (41)
James Faulkner 3/25 (4 overs)
Tim David 46 (27)
Khurram Shahzad 3/14 (3 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 18 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Usman Shinwari (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

Match 27
17 June 2021
23:00 (N)
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
176/5 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
169/7 (20 overs)
Babar Azam 54 (44)
Rashid Khan 2/25 (4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 36 (36)
Noor Ahmad 2/19 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 7 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Noor Ahmad (Karachi Kings)
  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 28
18 June 2021
21:00 (N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
169/8 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Qalandars
89 (15.1 overs)
Sohaib Maqsood 60 (40)
Shaheen Afridi 3/23 (4 overs)
James Faulkner 22 (11)
Shahnawaz Dahani 4/5 (3.1 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 80 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Shahnawaz Dahani (Multan Sultans)
  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

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