It was about pride for the Lahore Qalandars. For the defending champions’ persona that represents passion and expression, getting battered by Karachi Kings in a box office HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) fixture was too much to take. The Qalandars walked into the field marshalled by their captain Shaheen Shah Afridi, whose family watched on from the gallery, with the stands at Karachi’s National Stadium sparsely filled on a breezy Tuesday evening.
The lanky left-armer would go on to terrorise the Quetta batters with his trademark first spell and take three wickets, equalled by Lahore’s fan favourite David Wiese to get their campaign back on track with a 63-run victory, but not before their batsmen’s joint effort of posting a mammoth 198-6 on the board.
Sunday, April 19, 2026
