Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United Dream11 Team Prediction PSL 2024 Match 1

LAH vs ISL Match Preview

Champions Lahore Qalandars will kick-off their campaign against Islamabad United in the 1st match of the PSL 2024. The match is scheduled to take place at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 17th February 2024.

Lahore Qalandars pulled off one of the closest victories of PSL finals in 2023 at the same venue. They defeated Multan Sultans by 1 run to lift the PSL trophy for the 2nd time in a row. The team will be led by pacer Shaheen Afridi once again and after his successful stint as captain at the Qalandars camp, he has also been elevated to the captaincy of Pakistan T20I team.

Islamabad United is another most successful PSL team along with Lahore, with 2 title wins so far. In the 2023 edition, they reached the playoffs but got eliminated by Peshawar Zalmi in the 1st eliminator match. Spin all-rounder Shadab Khan will lead the team again in 2024.

Let’s take a look at the dream11 team prediction as LAH and ISL face each other in the season opener match of the PSL 2024.

LAH vs ISL Match Pitch Report and Weather Report

Pitch Report

The pitch at Gaddafi Stadium offers a good batting track with par score of around 200. It is good for fast bowlers as they have picked 48 out of 67 wickets here while spinners have taken just 19. The toss winners will opt to bat first in the evening match.

Weather Report

The weather report predicts a clear day in Lahore on Saturday. The temperature will hover around 20°C in the evening, dropping down to around 14-15°C in the night.

LAH vs ISL Probable Playing 11

Lahore Qalandars Playing 11

Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Rassie van der Dussen, Shai Hope (wk), Mirza Baig, Sahibzada Farhan, David Wiese, Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan, Syed Faridoun

Islamabad United Playing 11

Colin Munro, Azam Khan (wk), Qasim Akram, Agha Salman, Imad Wasim, Hunain Shah, Shadab Khan (c), Faheem Ashraf, Tymal Mills, Naseem Shah, Rumman Raees

LAH vs ISL Team News

The spin hero of last season, Rashid Khan is not available for the Lahore Qalandars as he is still recovering from injury.

This is the best possible playing 11 according to our analysis.

LAH vs ISL Head to Head Records

Islamabad United has the slight edge over Lahore Qalandars with 9 wins in 17 face-offs while the latter has won on 8 occasions. Lahore can equal this head to head record by winning the upcoming clash.

LAH vs ISL Dream11 Best Team Prediction

Top Fantasy Picks - All Rounders, Batsman, Bowlers, Wicket Keepers

Top Batsman Picks - LAH vs ISL Dream11

• Azam Khan - Azam Khan will be in confident form after a good performance in the ILT20 where he smashed 159 runs in 7 innings at a strike rate of 176.66.
• Fakhar Zaman - Fakhar Zaman scored 429 runs in the last season of the PSL and he has been in good form recently. We are backing him to go big in this season as well starting from the match.
• Colin Munro - Colin Munro has also played ILT20 where he scored 189 runs in 10 games at an average of 113.85. We are expecting a big knock from him in the opening match of PSL. In the last season, Munro scored 298 runs in 11 matches.

Top Bowler Picks - LAH vs ISL Dream11

• Shaheen Afridi - Champion skipper Shaheen Afridi picked 19 wickets in the last edition and he will be an important pacer in this match as well. He will be a must-pick player for the fantasy teams. He has been in good form in the ILT20 where played 5 games and before that he played against New Zealand where he was brilliant.
• Imad Wasim - Imad Wasim picked 11 wickets in 10 games in the ILT20 lately. He looks in confident form with the ball. On this fast bowling track he might get some pace to his bowling which can be deadly.
• Haris Rauf - Rauf last played T20 against New Zealand in January where he picked 7 wickets in 4 matches. He looks in good touch and we are expecting some wickets from him on this Gaddafi Stadium track.

Top Picks for Captain and Vice Captain - LAH vs ISL Dream11

• Dream11 Captain Options - Colin Munro, Naseem Shah

• Dream11 Vice Captain Options - Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Afridi

Players To Avoid - LAH vs ISL Dream11

• Syed Faridoun - Young bowler in Lahore Qalandars has not played many T20s lately. He last played a BBL match for Melbourne Stars where he went wicket-less. We can avoid him in the fantasy team for this match to check his form first.
• Rumman Raees - Raees played in the Abu Dhabi T10 in December 2023 where he was in average form. He has not played any competitive match after that. We can leave him out of the fantasy team in this match.

LAH vs ISL Dream11 Team Prediction