2020 Islamabad United season

The Islamabad United is a franchise cricket team that represents Islamabad in the Pakistan Super League. They were one of the six teams that had competed in the 2020 season.

Islamabad United
2020 season
CoachMisbah-ul-Haq
CaptainShadab Khan
PSL 20206th (eliminated)
Most runsLuke Ronchi (247)[1]
Most wicketsShadab Khan (8)[2]

The team was captained by Shadab Khan, coached by Misbah-ul-Haq. Luke Ronchi was the team leading run-scorer[1] while Shadab Khan was leading wicket-taker.[2]

The team won three of its ten fixtures and were eliminated for the first time in group stage.[3]

Squad

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  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  • Ages are given as of the date of the first match in the tournament, 20 February 2020.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Batsmen
6 Saif Badar   Pakistan (1998-07-03)3 July 1998 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020
22 Rizwan Hussain   Pakistan (1996-04-26)26 April 1996 (aged 23) Left-handed 2019
29 Dawid Malan   England (1987-09-03)3 September 1987 (aged 32) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Overseas, Replacement for Rassie Van Der Dussen
38 Colin Ingram   South Africa (1985-07-03)3 July 1985 (aged 34) Left-handed Right-arm leg spin 2020 Overseas
45 Asif Ali   Pakistan (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016
82 Colin Munro   New Zealand (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 32) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas
Rassie van der Dussen   South Africa (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Overseas, Unavailable
All-rounders
7 Shadab Khan   Pakistan (1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2017 Captain
9 Amad Butt   Pakistan (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2016
17 Zafar Gohar   Pakistan (1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020
18 Hussain Talat   Pakistan (1996-02-12)12 February 1996 (aged 24) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016
41 Faheem Ashraf   Pakistan (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 26) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018
Wicket-keepers
28 Phil Salt   England (1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas
54 Luke Ronchi   New Zealand (1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 38) Right-handed 2018 Overseas
Bowlers
3 Ahmed Safi Abdullah   Pakistan (1998-03-01)1 March 1998 (aged 21) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020
8 Dale Steyn   South Africa (1983-06-27)27 June 1983 (aged 36) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Overseas
11 Rumman Raees   Pakistan (1991-10-18)18 October 1991 (aged 28) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2020
14 Musa Khan   Pakistan (2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 19) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018
88 Akif Javed   Pakistan (2000-10-10)10 October 2000 (aged 19) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2020

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Season summary

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Islamabad United started their campaign with a defeat against the defending champions, Quetta Gladiators in the opening game of the tournament.[4] They won their next two matches against Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalanders[5] respectively. In their fourth match, Quetta Gladiators again defeated Islamabad.[6] Their next match against Peshawar Zalmi was washed out due to rain. They lost their next match against Karachi Kings by 5 wickets.[7] Islamabad defeated Lahore Qalanders convincingly in their next match by 71 runs which was the highest winning margin in PSL.[8] It marked their last win in the tournament as they faced defeat in their remaining three matches.

The side finished last in the group and were knocked-out of the tournament.[3]

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Multan Sultans (3rd) 10 6 2 2 14 1.031
2 Karachi Kings (C) 10 5 4 1 11 −0.190
3 Lahore Qalandars (R) 10 5 5 0 10 −0.072
4 Peshawar Zalmi (4th) 10 4 5 1 9 −0.055
5 Quetta Gladiators 10 4 5 1 9 −0.722
6 Islamabad United 10 3 6 1 7 0.185
Source: ESPNcricinfo
  • The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
  •   Advanced to Qualifier
  •   Advanced to Eliminator 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b "PSL 2020: Karachi seal qualification, Islamabad crash out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Quetta Gladiators defeat Islamabad United by three wickets". Samaa News. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Islamabad United beat Lahore Qalandars by 1 wicket in nail-biting contest". Dawn. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Quetta beat Islamabad to go on top of PSL points table". The Nation. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. ^ "PSL 2020: Karachi Kings topple Islamabad United by 5 wickets". Geo News. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Islamabad gets record PSL win, beats Lahore by 71 runs". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 18 March 2020.