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, 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.
Impact of COVID-19 The playoff stage of the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 2 July 2020, PCB announced that they are looking forward to complete the season in November 2020. On 2 September 2020, the PCB confirmed the fixtures for the remaining matches. 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. 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.
Squad Players with international caps are shown in bold Ages are given as of the first match of the season, 20 February 2020 No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Batsmen01 Salman Butt Left-handed Right-arm off spin 2019 39 Fakhar Zaman Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2017 50 Chris Lynn Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 Overseas54 Lendl Simmons Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2020 Overseas. Unavailable for season. All-rounders05 Raja Farzan Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 6 Muhammad Faizan Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 8Mohammad Hafeez Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 11 Sohail Akhtar Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Captain29 Samit Patel Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 Overseas41Seekkuge Prasanna Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Overseas96 David Wiese Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2019 Overseas Wicket-keepers33 Dane Vilas Right-handed – 2020 Overseas. Replacement for Lendl Simmons43 Jaahid Ali Right-handed Right-arm off break 2020 51 Ben Dunk Left-handed Right-arm off break 2020 Overseas Bowlers10 Shaheen Afridi Left-handed Left-arm fast 2018 14 Usman Shinwari Right-handed Left-arm fast 2020 55 Maaz Khan Right-handed Right-arm leg spin 2020 90Dilbar Hussain Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2020 99 Salman Irshad Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2020 Replacement for Haris Rauf for 3 matches150 Haris Rauf Right-handed Right-arm fast 2019
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