Pick your best team now from ISL vs LAH Fantasy 11 Prediction, Cricket Tips, Probable Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for PSL 2025 Match 1. Islamabad United (ISL) will take on Lahore Qalandars (LAH) in the opening match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). This is the 10th edition of the tournament. 34 matches will be played throughout the tournament, including the Final. The tournament will be played in a double round-robin format, with each team facing the other teams twice during the league stages. The teams that finish in the top 2 after the league stages will automatically play the Qualifier Match. The third and fourth-placed teams will play against each other in the Eliminator. The loser of Qualifier and the winner of Eliminator will then play against each other in Eliminator 2. The winner of this game will go on to play the winner of the Qualifier Match in the Final.
Islamabad United will be led by Shadab Khan and they are the defending champions from the previous year and have made their squad even stronger for this edition, and will be the favourites to life the title once again. On the other hand, Lahore Qalandars will be led by Shaheen Afridi. They are the only team to have defended a PSL title when they did it a few seasons back. The core of the squad remains unchanged, and they will be keen to do well.
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Match Information
Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars, Match 1
Pakistan Super League, 11 Apr 2025, Fri, 8:30 PM IST, Rawalpindi
Probable Playing XI
Islamabad United
Haider Ali, C Munro, Agha Salman, MW Short, IM Wasim, SH Khan(C), Jason Holder, Azam Khan, Hunain Shah, Naseem Shah, Ben Dwarshuis
Bench: AGS Gous, HE van der Dussen, Mohammad Nawaz, Saad Masood, Salman Irshad, Riley Meredith, Rumman Raees, Sahibzada Farhan, and Muhammad Shehzad.
Lahore Qalandars
FK Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Asif Ali, J Khan, DJ Mitchell, Sikandar Raza, D Wiese, K Perera, S Afridi(C), Haris Rauf, Z Khan
Bench: Muhammad Akhlaq, Sam Billings, M Naeem, Rishad Hossain, TK Curran, Asif Afridi, Momin Qamar, Md Azab, and Salman Mirza.
Injury News- Rassie van der Dussen will miss some matches for ISLU due to personal reasons.
Pitch Report
Captains
Shadab Khan ISL | all- 8.5
Shadab Khan is a quality all-rounder and will give points from both departments. He is expected to bat at No 4 and will also bowl leg-spin.
Daryl Mitchell LAH | all- 8.5
Daryl Mitchell will be playing PSL for the first time, and his form has been excellent, and he has done well in these conditions. He will be a good captain pick.
Top
Naseem Shah ISL | BOWL- 8.5
Naseem Shah will spearhead the bowling attack for Islamabad and picked up 15 wickets in 11 matches last season.
Shaheen Afridi LAH | BOWL- 9
Shaheen Afridi is a quality bowler and scalped 14 wickets last season. He can also be handy with the bat, which makes him a top pick.
Budget
Colin Munro ISL | bat- 9
Colin Munro did well in the previous season, scoring 326 runs in ten matches. Back him to do well in this match.
Imad Wasim ISL | all- 7.5
Imad Wasim picked up 12 wickets in 12 matches and also contributed well with the bat last season. He will be a budget pick.
Andries Gous- 9
ISL | WK
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