Proud to have a captain like Brendon McCullum: Lahore Qalandars

The third edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) hasn’t been on the expected lines for the Brendon McCullum led Lahore Qalandars. With six losses in as many games, they were almost out of contention from making any further progress in the competition. Eventually, they claimed their maiden win beating Multan Sultans by six wickets at the Dubai International Stadium on Friday. The victory came in more as a relief for the team.

With Qalandars reeling at the bottom of the table, the win against Sultans has given them a glimmer of hope with an outside chance to excel towards the business end of the tournament. Following a series of defeats the captain McCullum was under scrutiny but the team management continues their faith in his leadership and has backed him with yet another vote of trust.

Proud to have Brendon as the captain

After the loss to the Islamabad United, there were speculations that McCullum might resign but the team manager Rana Sameen quashed aside all the talks and clarified that “McCullum is very committed to Qalandars. He plays for the team. He was disappointed after the match against Islamabad as we knew had we won that we were still in the tournament.”

Sameen was quick to add that it was solely the captain’s call to try someone else while there was no added pressure from their side. “It was Brendon’s thought and not the teams. We have 100 per cent faith in Brendon. His captaincy and commitment is priceless to Qalandars, ” he was further quoted as saying by KhaleejTimes. “We are proud to have him as our captain.”

Still an outside chance to qualify

The win against Multan would certainly give the team a boost going forward in the tournament as they are still in the reckoning for the playoffs. As per the team manager, “More than happiness there is a sense of relief because this team is very united. There are a lot of emotions attached to it. I think all these difficult challenges have tested our resolve,” he added.

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