Lahore Qalandars is a Pakistani cricket franchise team that plays in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team symbolizes the people and spirit of Lahore, a major urban city in Pakistan. It was founded in 2015, and Qatar Lubricants Company Limited ate the team owner. The team's home ground is Gaddafi Stadium. Though they have not won any PSL title, they have been able to qualify for the group stages in all three seasons. They were also a participant in the Abu Dhabi trophy in 2018. In this, they defeated the South African franchise Titans to win the 2018 trophy. The team has around 500k followers on Twitter and about half a million followers on Facebook.
Let us look at the top ten players in Lahore Qalandars who have scored most runs in PSL.
1. Fakhar Zaman
Fakhar Zaman is a left-hand opening batsman from Pakistan. He started his PSL career with Lahore Qalandars in 2017 and is currently playing with the same team. Fakhar has played 63 games and scored 1939 runs in 63 innings with an average of 31.27 and a strike rate of 138.79. He has scored 16 fifties and one century with 73 sixes.
2. Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez is a right-handed allrounder from Pakistan. He played 38 games and scored 925 runs in 37 innings with an average of 33.03 and a strike rate of 130.28. He has scored five fifties and 34 sixes.
3. Sohail Akhtar
Sohail Akhtar is a Pakistani right-handed allrounder. He joined Lahore Qalandars in 2018 and is currently associated with the same team. He has scored 808 runs in 44 games playing 42 innings with an average of 24.48 and a strike rate of 123.17 with three fifties and 32 sixes.
4. Umar Akmal
Umar Akmal is a right hand middle order wicketkeeper batsman from Pakistan. He played with Lahore Qalandars from 2016 to 2018. During this time, he played 20 games and scored 556 runs in 20 innings with an average of 32.70 and a strike rate of 138.30 with five fifties and 26 sixes.
5. David Wiese
David Wiese is an ex-South African and current Namibian right-handed allrounder. He joined Lahore Qalandars in 2019 and is playing with the same team. David scored 479 runs in 35 matches. Playing 28 innings, he has an average of 34.21 and a strike rate of 171.07. He has scored 34 sixes.
6. Ben Robert Dunk
Ben Robert Dunk is an Australian left-hand wicketkeeper-batsman. He started playing with Lahore Qalandars in 2020 and played 23 games scoring 472 runs in 20 innings with an average of 27.76 and a strike rate of 148.89. He has scored three fifties and 30 sixes.
7. Cameron Scott Delport
Cameron Scott Delport is a South African top-order left-hand batsman. He played with Lahore Qalandars from 2016 to 2018. Scott played 14 games and scored 327 runs in 13 innings with an average of 27.25 and a strike rate of 128.74. He has scored three fifties and 13 sixes.
8. Brendon Barrie McCullum
Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand-based right-hand wicketkeeper-batsman. He played with Lahore Qalandars from 2017 to 2018 and played 18 games and scored 311 runs in 17 innings with an average of 20.73 and a strike rate of 114.33 with 15 sixes.
9. Kamran Ghulam
Kamran Ghulam is a right-handed allrounder from Pakistan who joined Lahore Qalandars in 2022. He played 13 games and scored 299 runs in 13 innings with an average of 24.91 and a strike rate of 117.25 with one fifty and nine sixes.
10. Christopher Austin Lynn
Christopher Austin Lynn is a right-hand top-order batsman from Australia. He played for Lahore Qalandars in 2020 and scored 284 runs in eight games with an average of 40.57 and a strike rate of 179.74 with one fifty and one century. He has scored 16 sixes.
