Lahore Qalandars Predicted Playing XI vs Peshawar Zalmi, PSL 2026, Match 19

Lahore Qalandars' Predicted XI vs Peshawar Zalmi [Source: AP]

The Lahore Qalandars are set to face the high-flying Peshawar Zalmi in the afternoon fixture of the Saturday double-header at the National Stadium, Karachi. The Match 19 on April 11 will begin at 3 PM (IST).

The Lahore Qalandars are coming off a crushing defeat at the hands of Islamabad United on Thursday afternoon, where they got bowled out for just 100 runs, and the target was chased by the United in only 10.2 overs. So far in PSL 2026, they have won two and lost two and sit just outside the top-4 at 5 on the points table.

Their opponent, Peshawar Zalmi, have remained unbeaten under Babar Azam's captaincy so far and is second on the table with three wins and a no result in four matches of PSL 2026. Their net run rate is the best among the eight teams at +2.877 at the back of their whopping 159-run triumph over the Karachi Kings.

As the two sides collide on Saturday afternoon, we explore the predicted XI for the Lahore Qalandars.

Lahore Qalandars' Likely XI vs Peshawar Zalmi- PSL 2026, Match 19

Top Order: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Naeem, Abdullah Shafique

The star Lahore Qalandars opener Fakhar Zaman is set to return to the playing XI following the two-match ban after the ball tampering issue earlier in the season. He will replace the Bangladesh international, Parvez Hossain Emon, at the top. Fakhar has already scored a 53 (39) earlier in the tournament.

Lahore Qalandars' top run scorer in PSL 2026, Mohammad Naeem, will continue to open the innings after scoring 103 runs in 4 innings at a strike rate of 171.66 alongside the high score of 60 (28) to his name. The duo will be followed by Abduallah Shafique, who has also scored at a quick rate of 145.45 in PSL 2026 for his 80 runs so far.

Middle Order and All-Rounders: Parvez Hossain Emon, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl, Shaheen Afridi (c)

Parvez Hossain Emon will return to the middle order and replace Rubin Hermann at the position, having scored 71 runs in 3 innings at a healthy strike rate of 161.36. So far in PSL 2026, with 7 sixes, he is their leading six-hitter after 4 innings. Wicketkeeper Haseebullah Khan — their second-highest scorer for them with 87 runs in 3 innings will bat at 5.

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The Zimbabwe all-rounder pair of Sikandar Raza and Ryan Burl will be the two finishers at 6 and 7, who can also bat as floaters up the order. Raza has gotten 81 runs in 4 innings at 140, while Burl only played one match for 2(6); however, he is coming off two consecutive List A hundreds for Mid West Rhinos late in March and is in good batting form.

Raza and Burl will also chip in for the Lahore Qalandars with the ball in the middle overs with their off-spin and leg-spin, respectively.

Captain Shaheen Afridi will cap off the long batting lineup after already playing a cameo of 12* (2) in their win earlier in the season. He is also the leading wicket-taker for them in the tournament with 7 scalps, i.e., only one behind the leading wicket-taker in PSL 2026.

Bowlers: Haris Rauf, Ubaid Shah, Mustafizur Rahman

The frontline pace-attack to join Shaheen Afridi will be Haris Rauf, Ubaid Shah and Mustafizur Rahman to bring different angles and dimensions to the bowling lineup. Courtesy of the two spin-bowling all-rounders, they have an option to go with four pacers in the team.

Mustafizur, with his variations and death bowling, is their second-highest wicket-taker with four wickets in four games at just 7.07 runs per over. Haris Rauf has picked 3 wickets in four innings, with the best figures of 2/22 to his name. The 20-year-old Ubaid Shah, with his right-arm pace, has gotten 3 wickets at an economy rate of a miserly 7.16 in PSL 2026.

Lahore Qalandars' Playing XI vs Peshawar Zalmi: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Naeem, Abdullah Shafique, Parvez Hossain Emon, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl, Shaheen Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Ubaid Shah, Mustafizur Rahman.

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