The ‘Lahore Lions’ is a Pakistani domestic cricket team who won the 2013–14 Faysal Bank T20 Cup Pakistan (domestic T20 league of Pakistan). Wee, they are the three times champions of Faysal Bank T20 Cup but this is their first appearance in Champions League T20, due to some political issues between India and Pakistan they didn’t take part in the CL T20 before. Lahore Lions also played the qualifying round of the last edition of CL T20, but they failed to make it to the main fixture. They will have to play the qualifying round of Champions League T20 2014 too. Mohammad Hafeez and Mohsin Kamal are the present coach and captain of the team respectively.
Key Players
- Mohammad Hafeez: Hafeez is the former captain of Pakistan national cricket team, he is one of the finest opening batsmen that cricket world has now, he is also the present skipper of Lahore Lions. Mohammad Hafeez can also be useful when it comes to spin bowling, overall, he is an aid to his team.
- Umar Akmal: Umar Akmal is a genuine T20 specialist and also a regular player of Pakistan National cricket team. His destructive style of batting can be very practicable for the team.
- Ahmed Shehzad: Ahmed Shehzad is another right-handed opening batsman of Pakistan national cricket team and most probably he will open the batting with Mohammad Hafeez for the Lahore Lions. He is the young talented lad of Pakistan cricket with a batting average of 45.50 in test cricket, which is quite astonishing at the 22 years of age.
Conclusion:
Most of the Pakistan national cricket team players play for the Lahore Lions, which is definitely a plus point for them in CL T20 2014 and they are the 3 times champions of their domestic T20 league. Despite they have failed to qualify in the last edition of Champions League T20, they have enough chance to make it to the main fixture this year.