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SAMEEN RANA on Buying Lahore Qalandars, Finding Haris Rauf & Building Shaheen Afridi | EP 23
Season 1 Episode 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
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