2020 Islamabad United season

Islamabad United

2020 season
Coach	Misbah-ul-Haq
Captain	Shadab Khan
PSL 2020	6th (eliminated)
Most runs	Luke Ronchi (247)[1]
Most wickets	Shadab Khan (8)[2]
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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.

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.
• 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

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve branding Dastak Fast cables Express News, FM 101

Home kit

Away kit

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.

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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.