Islamabad United in 2020

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 a competition in the 2020 season.

Islamabad United
2020 season
Coach Misbah-ul-Haq
Captain Shadab Khan
PSL 20206th (eliminated)
Most runs Luke Ronchi (247)[1]
Most wickets Shadab Khan (8)[2]
← 2019

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
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  Unavailable
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Notes
Batsmen
22Rizwan Hussain (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996Left-handed—2019
29Dawid Malan (1987-09-03) 3 September 1987Left-handedRight-arm Leg break2020Overseas, Replacement for Rassie Van Der Dussen
38Colin Ingram (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985Left-handedRight-arm leg spin2020Overseas
45Asif Ali (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991Right-handedRight-arm off break2016
82Colin Munro (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987Left-handedRight-arm Medium2020Overseas R1K
6Saif Badar (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998Right-handedRight-arm leg break 2020
N/ARassie van der Dussen (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg break2020Overseas, Unavailable
All-rounders
7Shadab Khan (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998Right-handedRight-arm leg break2017Captain
9Amad Butt (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995Right-handedRight-arm fast2016
17Zafar Gohar (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995Left-handedslow left-arm orthodox2020
18Hussain Talat (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996Left-handedRight-arm medium2016
41Faheem Ashraf (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994Left-handedRight-arm fast medium2018
Wicket-keepers
28Phil Salt (1996-08-28) 28 August 1996Right-handedRight-arm Medium2020Overseas
54Luke Ronchi (1981-04-23) 23 April 1981Right-handed—2018Overseas
Bowlers
3Ahmed Safi Abdullah (1998-03-01) 1 March 1998Left-handedslow left-arm orthodox2020
8Dale Steyn (1983-06-27) 27 June 1983Right-handedRight-arm Fast2020Overseas
11Rumman Raees (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991Right-handedLeft-arm Medium fast2020
14Muhammad Musa (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000Right-handedRight-arm fast2018
88Akif Javed (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000Right-handedLeft-arm Fast medium2020

Season standings
Team P W L T NR Pts NRR
Multan Sultans 10 6 2 0 2 14 +1.031
Karachi Kings 10 5 4 0 1 11 –0.190
Lahore Qalandars 10 5 5 0 0 10 –0.072
Peshawar Zalmi 10 4 5 0 1 9 –0.055
Quetta Gladiators 10 4 5 0 1 9 –0.722
Islamabad United 10 3 6 0 1 7 +0.185

Season summary

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. They finished on last and were knocked-out of the toutrnament.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. "Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. "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.
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