SAMEEN RANA on Buying Lahore Qalandars, Finding Haris Rauf & Building Shaheen Afridi | EP 23

In this episode, we talk to Sameen Rana, the COO of Lahore Qalandars. On Sameen Rana’s first podcast appearance, he shares interesting insights and stories about the Lahore Qalandars, winning back-to-back PSL titles, finding Haris Rauf, and giving Shaheen Afridi captaincy.

0:00 - Sameen Bhai on his time in Canada

1:43 - The story behind how Sameen & Atif bhai bought Lahore Qalandars

9:43 - How the name "Qalandars" came about and the emotions involved

18:37 - How Sameen Bhai dealt with the criticism after consistent failures?

24:23 - The Haris Rauf story

45:53 - The decision of making Shaheen Afridi captain

51:50 - Shaheen Afridi's captaincy & batting in 2023 PSL Final

55:52 - Qalandars branching out to other leagues and their business model

59:45 - Qalandars role in Global T20 League

1:01:38 - Local coaches & Pakistani's mindset

1:03:17 - How to own a PSL team and how important passion is. Connect: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/backwardpointpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/point_backward Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/2lNbQxjAxGwKKswH54v40R?si=59292c7431124275 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/backwardpointpod