Guarding champions, Lahore Qalandars, will become the first team in Pakistan Super League (PSL) history to hold their title. They could become only the second team in the record to beat the PSL title over and over.
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Lahore Qalandars, under the association of Pakistan’s virtuoso pacer, Shaheen Shah Afridi, choked the cricketing scene in PSL 7 as they brought back the title first time in history. They showed up for the final match only once, as they lost to manager rivals Karachi Kings in 2021.
PSL 8 Lahore Qalander Squad for 2023
Lahore’s affiliation has gotten regions for in the PSL 2023 draft, which has the fixings to bring back the title again.
Here is the 18-man squad for the team:
| Shaheen Afridi (c) | Fakhar Zaman | Rashid Khan |
| Haris Rauf | David Wiese | Sikandar Raza |
| Hussain Talat | Liam Dawson | Abdullah Shafique |
| Harry Stream | Dilbar Hussain | Mirza Tahir Baig |
| Ahmed Daniyal | Kamran Ghulam | Shawaiz Irfan (wk) |
| Zaman Khan | Jordan Cox (wk) | Jalat Khan |
Strengths
Lahore qalandar has strong batting and bowling unit that could give them the title for victory.
Solid bowling unit
Lahore Qalandars’ power is in their first-rate bowling unit.
Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Rashid Khan structure one of the most dangerous bowling mixes in world cricket and add to that the chance of young pacer Zaman Khan, and the experienced trio Sikandar Raza, David Wiese, and Liam Dawson, Qalandars has the best bowling attack in the opposition.
Solid Batting Unit
Pakistan’s hitter, Fakhar Zaman, was Lahore’s headliner as he finished the obstruction as the central run-scorer.
The introduction of Harry Stream in the middle mentioned was a particular benefit for Lahore as Stream confounded PSL.
They have added any likeness to Sikandar Raza, who has been in excellent condition in 2022, Hussain Talat, and Liam Dawson to add further quality to the batting unit.
It contained any equivalence to Kamran Ghulam, Abdullah Shafique, and David Wiese.
Weaknesses
There are also some weaknesses in the team.
Wicket-keeping decisions
Lahore skipped a trick by missing a spread-out wicket-gatekeeper in the team.
They had to select young Pakistan Junior League (PJL) star Shawaiz Irfan and inexperienced searing English wicket-escort Jordan Cox in their squad.
Bench Strength
While Lahore’s starting eleven is one of the most grounded in the league, they come up short of the same quality on the bench. It could turn out to be fundamental in the obstruction.
Ahmed Daniyal and Dilbar Hussain have displayed regions for being players all through the significant length, yet Lahore’s decision to pick inexperienced players like Mirza Tahir Baig, Shawaiz Irfan, and Jalat Khan could turn out to be restricting.
X-factor
Lahore Qalandars have various superstars in their squad with any likeness to Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi, Rashid Khan, and Fakhar Zaman open to them in any event latest attestation of Sikandar Raza has outfitted their squad with extra power.
Raza has been in exceptional arrangement all through 2022 and was named in the overview of chances for ICC ODI, T20I, and player of the year awards.
