ISL vs LAH Dream11 Prediction, Match 1, PSL Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for PSL 2025

IU won the title previous season.

By CricTracker Staff

Updated - 11 Apr 2025, 19:43 IST

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Preview

Islamabad United (ISL) will take on Lahore Qalandars (LAH) in the opening match of the PSL 2025. 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 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, 9:00 PM IST ,Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Live Stream

Fancode

Weather Report

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Clear

27.4°C

32% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Islamabad United

W
W
W
W
W

Lahore Qalandars

L
W
W
L
L

Players Stats in current Series

131 Runs

2 Matches

103 Runs

2 Matches

3

Colin Munro

ISL - bat

99 Runs

2 Matches

4

Agha Salman

ISL - bat

71 Runs

2 Matches

5

Fakhar Zaman

LAH - bat

68 Runs

2 Matches

6

Sam Billings

LAH - wk

50 Runs

2 Matches

1

Ben Dwarshuis

ISL - bowl

300.00

1 Match

2

Sam Billings

LAH - wk

227.27

2 Matches

3

Jason Holder

ISL - all

181.82

2 Matches

4

Azam Khan

ISL - wk

177.78

2 Matches

174.58

2 Matches

172.37

2 Matches

1

Jason Holder

ISL - all

4 Wkts

2 Matches

2

Asif Afridi

LAH - all

3 Wkts

2 Matches

3

Shadab Khan

ISL - all

3 Wkts

2 Matches

4

Rishad Hossain

LAH - bowl

3 Wkts

1 Match

5

Imad Wasim

ISL - all

2 Wkts

2 Matches

6

Sikandar Raza

LAH - all

2 Wkts

2 Matches

1

Imad Wasim

ISL - all

5.17

2 Matches

2

Sikandar Raza

LAH - all

5.40

2 Matches

3

Asif Afridi

LAH - all

5.53

2 Matches

4

Jason Holder

ISL - all

6.50

2 Matches

5

Riley Meredith

ISL - bowl

6.50

1 Match

6

Shaheen Afridi

LAH - bowl

7.33

2 Matches

Probable Playing XI

Islamabad United

Haider Ali, C Munro, Azam Khan (wk), MW Short, Agha Salman, IM Wasim, SH Khan (C), Jason Holder, 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, Muhammad Shehzad

Lahore Qalandars

FK Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, DJ Mitchell, K Perera (wk), Sikandar Raza, Asif Ali, D Wiese, J Khan, S Afridi (C), Haris Rauf, Z Khan

Bench : Muhammad Akhlaq, Sam Billings, M Naeem, Rishad Hossain, TK Curran, Asif Afridi, Momin Qamar, Md Azab, Salman Mirza

Injury and availability news

Rassie van der Dussen, will miss some matches for ISLU due to personal reasons.

Pitch Report

The surface here will be a balanced one with good help for both pacers and spinners. Both teams will prefer chasing at this venue.

50%

Pace Bowling

50%

Spin Bowling

55%

Batting Pitch

171

Average Score

45%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

8.5
C

Shadab Khan ISL | ALL

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.

8.5
C

Daryl Mitchell LAH | ALL

Daryl Mitchell will be playing PSL for the first time and his form has been excellent and he has done well in these conditons. He will be a good captaincy pick.

8.5

Naseem Shah ISL | BOWL

Naseem Shah will spearhead the bowling attack for Islamabad and picked up 15 wickets in 11 matches last season.

9

Shaheen Afridi LAH | BOWL

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.

9

Colin Munro ISL | BAT

Colin Munro did well in the previous season scoring 326 runs in ten matches. Back him to do well in this match.

7.5

Imad Wasim ISL | ALL

Imad Wasim picked up 12 wickets in 12 matches and also contributed well with the bat last season. He will be a budget pick.

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9

Andries Gous

ISL | WK

8

Hunain Shah

ISL | BOWL

Last Updated On - Apr 11 2025 7:43 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

ISL

6 : 5

LAH

Credits Left
6.5/100

Head To Head
Azam Khan

8

Agha Salman

9

Fakhar Zaman
VC

9

Abdullah Shafique

8

Matthew Short

9

Imad Wasim

7.5

Shadab Khan
C

8.5

Daryl Mitchell

8.5

Naseem Shah

8.5

Shaheen Afridi

9

Haris Rauf

8.5

Players
11/11

Team 1

ISL

6 : 5

LAH

Credits Left
6.5/100

Mega League
Azam Khan

8

Haider Ali

8

Colin Munro

9

Fakhar Zaman

9

Matthew Short

9

Imad Wasim
VC

7.5

Daryl Mitchell
C

8.5

Sikandar Raza

9

Ben Dwarshuis

8

Shaheen Afridi

9

Haris Rauf

8.5

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