# 2021 Lahore Qalandars season

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. The team was coached by Aaqib Javed and captained by Sohail Akhtar.

## Season standings
### Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Islamabad United (3rd) | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.859 |
| 2 | Multan Sultans (C) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1.050 |
| 3 | Peshawar Zalmi (R) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0.586 |
| 4 | Karachi Kings (4th) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.115 |
| 5 | Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.589 |
| 6 | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | −1.786 |
* The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
* advanced to Qualifier
* advanced to Eliminator 1

## 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
| 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.