The Lahore Qalandars cricket team is one of six teams that competed in the 2018 Pakistan Super League, representing Lahore, Punjab.
Team management retained Brendon McCullum as their captain. They finished sixth in the season after winning only three of their ten matches, and as a result, were eliminated in the group stage for the third consecutive year.
Squad Players with international caps shown in bold Ages given as of the first match of the season, 22 February 2018 No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Batsmen12Cameron DelportLeft-handedRight-arm medium2018Overseas39Fakhar ZamanLeft-handedLeft-arm orthodox spin2018Vice-captain42Brendon McCullumRight-handedRight-arm medium2018Captain; Overseas50Chris LynnRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018Overseas100Sohail AkhtarRight-handedRight-arm medium2018 All-rounders24Agha SalmanRight-handedRight-arm off break201829Anton DevcichLeft-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018Overseas31Bilal AsifRight-handedRight-arm off break201835Aamer YaminRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast201751Bilawal BhattiRight-handedRight-arm fast201866Angelo MathewsRight-handedRight-arm medium2018Overseas75Sunil NarineLeft-handedRight-arm off spin2018Overseas Wicket-keepers15Gulraiz SadafRight-handed—201833Denesh RamdinRight-handed—2018Overseas96Umar AkmalRight-handedRight-arm off spin2018 Bowlers10Shaheen AfridiLeft-handedLeft-arm fast201814 Sohail KhanRight-handedRight-arm fast201821Ghulam MudassarRight-handedLeft-arm fast-medium201857Kyle AbbottRight-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018Overseas64Imran KhanRight-handedLeft-arm medium-fast201881Mitchell McClenaghanLeft-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2018Overseas86Yasir ShahRight-handedRight-arm leg spin201890Mustafizur RahmanLeft-handedLeft-arm fast2018Overseas99Salman IrshadRight-handedRight-arm fast2018888Raza HasanRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
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Season standings Points table
Season summary Before, 2018 PSL players draft, team management had to retain maximum of ten players in their squad, and they retained Sunil Narine, Umar Akmal, Brendon McCullum, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti and previous season's leading runs-scorer for the team Fakhar Zaman. Ghulam Mudassar was retained as team's emerging player.
At the players draft, held in Lahore, they managed to picked some good local and International players in their squad. Australia's Explosive opener, Chris Lynn was their first pick of the night, along with Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan and Mustafizur Rahman and Pakistani players like Shaheen Afridi and Bilal Asif were also picked. However, few days before the season started, it was announced that Chris Lynn has suffered a shoulder injury, therefore, he was unavailable for the entire season. He was replaced by South Africa's Kyle Abbott.
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