Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United Head to Head in the PSL

Lahore vs Islamabad: two long runs that cancel out

The equal record hides two very different eras. Islamabad United dominated the early years, sweeping 2016, 2019 and 2020 and taking one win and a tie from 2018. Lahore’s only early sweep was 2017.

From 2022 the tables turned. Lahore Qalandars won all five meetings across 2022 and 2023, and three of those wins were huge: 119 runs at Rawalpindi on 9 Mar 2023, 110 runs at Lahore on 27 Feb 2023 and, later, 95 runs at Lahore on 23 May 2025. Islamabad’s biggest wins are by wickets rather than runs, by 9 wickets in Apr 2026 and twice by 8 wickets.

Home ground has helped Lahore. Islamabad have played eight times at the Gaddafi Stadium in this fixture and lost five, while Islamabad lead 3 to 1 in Dubai. Teams batting first have averaged 177. Club-by-club numbers sit on the Lahore Qalandars PSL records and the Islamabad United PSL records.

Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United players to know

Lahore’s Fakhar Zaman has collected 555 from 19 trips to the crease, the most in the fixture, his best a 57-ball 115 in Mar 2023. Shadab Khan of Islamabad United is second with 352 runs, and he leads the wicket takers too, with 27 at 18.19. On match awards he is level with Lahore’s D Wiese, two each.

Faheem Ashraf has been Islamabad’s other weapon: 20 wickets, plus the fixture’s finest analysis of 6/19 in Mar 2019. For Lahore, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi each have 20 wickets. Rashid Khan’s 10 wickets for Lahore cost under five an over, at 4.96, far cheaper than anyone else on the list.

Highest and lowest totals in LQ vs IU

One night in Karachi holds three records. On 9 Mar 2019 Islamabad United piled up 238/3, still the top total in this matchup, with CS Delport hitting 117* off 60 balls, the top score, and Faheem’s 6/19 came in the same game.

Lahore’s peak, 226/5, came at Rawalpindi in Mar 2023, the night of their 119-run win. Lahore have four of the five highest totals overall. The lowest total is Islamabad’s 90 all out in 13.5 overs at Lahore on 27 Feb 2023, while Lahore’s lowest is 100 at the National Stadium Karachi in the most recent game.