en 2024 Islamabad United season

Islamabad United
2024 season
Coach	Mike Hesson
Captain	Shadab Khan
Ground(s)	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
PSL 2024	Champions
Most runs	Colin Munro (326)
Most wickets	Naseem Shah (15)
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Islamabad United is a franchise cricket team that represents Islamabad in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They were one of the six teams that competed in the 2024 Pakistan Super League. The team was coached by Mike Hesson,^[3] and captained by Shadab Khan.^[4]

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Ages are given as of 17 February 2024, the date of the first match in the tournament.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Category	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Notes
Batsmen
10	Alex Hales	England	(1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 35)	Gold	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2021
18	Shamyl Hussain	Pakistan	(2004-10-10)10 October 2004 (aged 19)	Supplementary	Left-handed	—	2024
31	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	(1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 37)	—	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2024	Full replacement for Muhammad Waseem
46	Haider Ali	Pakistan	(2000-10-02)2 October 2000 (aged 23)	Supplementary	Right-handed	—	2024
82	Colin Munro	New Zealand	(1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 36)	Gold	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2020
	Muhammad Waseem	United Arab Emirates	(1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 30)	—	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2024	Full replacement for Tom Curran
All-rounders
5	Matthew Forde	West Indies	(2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 21)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2024
7	Shadab Khan	Pakistan	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 25)	Platinum	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2017	Captain
9	Imad Wasim	Pakistan	(1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 35)	Diamond	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2024
41	Faheem Ashraf	Pakistan	(1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 30)	Gold	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018
49	Qasim Akram	Pakistan	(2002-12-01)1 December 2002 (aged 21)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2024
59	Tom Curran	England	(1995-03-15)15 March 1995 (aged 28)	Supplementary	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2023
67	Salman Ali Agha	Pakistan	(1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 30)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2024
98	Shahab Khan	Pakistan		Silver	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2024
Wicket-keepers
22	Jordan Cox	England	(2000-10-21)21 October 2000 (aged 23)	Platinum	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	2024
23	Azam Khan	Pakistan	(1998-08-10)10 August 1998 (aged 25)	Diamond	Right-handed	—	2022
Bowlers
11	Rumman Raees	Pakistan	(1991-10-18)18 October 1991 (aged 32)	Silver	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2023
12	Ubaid Shah	Pakistan	(2006-02-05)5 February 2006 (aged 18)	Emerging	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2024
56	Tymal Mills	England	(1992-08-12)12 August 1992 (aged 31)	Diamond	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2023
61	Obed McCoy	West Indies	(1997-01-04)4 January 1997 (aged 27)	Supplementary	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2024
71	Naseem Shah	Pakistan	(2003-02-15)15 February 2003 (aged 21)	Platinum	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2024
72	Hunain Shah	Pakistan	(2004-02-04)4 February 2004 (aged 20)	Emerging	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2024

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Manager	Rehan-ul-Haq
Head coach	Mike Hesson^[3]
Batting coach	Ashley Wright
Bowling coach	Azhar Mahmood
Performance coach	Hanif Malik
Analyst	Ben Jones
Team doctor	Jason Pilgram

Source: Official website.

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest branding	Sleeve branding
Foodpanda	Tim Hortons	Fast Cables	Tetra Pak, Hum News, TCL

Home kit

Away kit

Source: ProPakistani^[5]

Season standings

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Multan Sultans (R)	10	7	3	0	14	1.150
2	Peshawar Zalmi (3rd)	10	6	3	1	13	0.147
3	Islamabad United (C)	10	5	4	1	11	0.224
4	Quetta Gladiators (4th)	10	5	4	1	11	−0.921
5	Karachi Kings	10	4	6	0	8	−0.192
6	Lahore Qalandars	10	1	8	1	3	−0.554

Source: ESPNcricinfo

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the Playoffs.
Advanced to Qualifier
Advanced to Eliminator 1

Notes

C = Champions;
R = Runner-up;
(x) = Position at the end of the tournament;

Group fixtures

Match 1
17 February 2024
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Lahore Qalandars 195/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 200/2 (18.2 overs)
Rassie van der Dussen 71* (41) Tymal Mills 2/45 (4 overs)		Shadab Khan 74* (41) Salman Fayyaz 1/23 (2.2 overs)

Islamabad United won by 8 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Islamabad United)

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
Ubaid Shah (Islamabad United) and Salman Fayyaz (Lahore Qalandars) both made their T20 debuts.

Match 5
20 February 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Islamabad United 144 (20 overs)	v	(H) Multan Sultans 145/5 (19.5 overs)
Salman Ali Agha 52 (43) Mohammad Ali 3/19 (4 overs)		Reeza Hendricks 58 (46) Naseem Shah 2/27 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Mohammad Ali (Multan Sultans)

Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

Match 8
22 February 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Islamabad United 138/9 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 139/7 (18.2 overs)
Salman Ali Agha 33 (23) Abrar Ahmed 3/18 (4 overs)		Jason Roy 37 (18) Shadab Khan 2/24 (4 overs)

Quetta Gladiators won by 3 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (Quetta Gladiators)

Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 13
26 February 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 201/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 193/9 (20 overs)
Babar Azam 111* (63) Shadab Khan 2/28 (4 overs)		Azam Khan 75 (30) Arif Yaqoob 5/27 (4 overs)

Peshawar Zalmi won by 8 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi)

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Match 15
28 February 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Karachi Kings 165/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 169/3 (18.3 overs)
Kieron Pollard 48* (28) Salman Ali Agha 1/17 (2 overs)		Colin Munro 82 (47) Mohammad Nawaz 1/23 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Match 18
2 March 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Islamabad United	v	Quetta Gladiators

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)

No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.

Match 20
4 March 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Islamabad United 196/4 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 167/9 (20 overs)
Shadab Khan 80 (51) Saim Ayub 2/15 (2 overs)		Aamer Jamal 87 (49) Shadab Khan 3/41 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 29 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Islamabad United)

Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 23
6 March 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Lahore Qalandars 162/7 (20 overs)	v	(H) Islamabad United 145 (18.5 overs)
Rassie van der Dussen 64 (44) Rumman Raees 2/19 (3 overs)		Faheem Ashraf 41* (31) Zaman Khan 4/37 (3.5 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 17 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Rassie van der Dussen (Lahore Qalandars)

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
Tayyab Abbas (Lahore Qalandars) made his T20 debut.

Match 24
7 March 2024
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Karachi Kings 150/7 (20 overs)	v	(H) Islamabad United 151/5 (18.4 overs)
Kieron Pollard 39 (28) Tymal Mills 3/34 (4 overs)		Shadab Khan 34 (26) Mir Hamza 3/41 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 5 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
Player of the match: Faheem Ashraf (Islamabad United)

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Match 27
10 March 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Multan Sultans 228/4 (20 overs)	v	(H) Islamabad United 232/7 (20 overs)
Usman Khan 100* (50) Faheem Ashraf 2/32 (3 overs)		Colin Munro 84 (40) Abbas Afridi 3/40 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 3 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Mohammad Asif (Pak) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)
Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
As a result of this match, Islamabad United qualified for the playoffs.

Playoffs

Eliminator 1

Match 32
15 March 2024
21:00 (N)
Scorecard

Islamabad United 174/9 (20 overs)	v	Quetta Gladiators 135 (18.4 overs)
Martin Guptill 56 (47) Mohammad Amir 2/20 (4 overs)		Omair Yousuf 50 (37) Imad Wasim 3/12 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 39 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Imad Wasim (Islamabad United)

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to bat.

Eliminator 2

Match 33
16 March 2024
21:00 (N)
Scorecard

Peshawar Zalmi 185/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 189/5 (19 overs)
Saim Ayub 73 (44) Naseem Shah 3/30 (4 overs)		Imad Wasim 59* (40) Saim Ayub 2/34 (3 overs)

Islamabad United won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Imad Wasim (Islamabad United)

Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Match 34
18 March 2024
21:00 (N)
Scorecard

Multan Sultans 159/9 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 163/8 (20 overs)
Usman Khan 57 (40) Imad Wasim 5/23 (4 overs)		Martin Guptill 50 (32) Iftikhar Ahmed 2/19 (3 overs)

Islamabad United won by 2 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Imad Wasim (Islamabad United)

Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.
By winning in the final, Islamabad United became the most successful team in PSL history.^[6]

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Inns	Runs	Ave	HS	50s
Colin Munro	10	326	32.60	84	3
Salman Ali Agha	12	310	31.00	64*	2
Shadab Khan	12	305	30.50	80	3
Azam Khan	10	226	25.11	75	1
Alex Hales	10	148	14.80	47	0

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Player	Inns	Wkts	Ave	BBI
Naseem Shah	11	15	22.20	3/30
Shadab Khan	12	14	26.85	3/32
Imad Wasim	12	12	20.91	5/23
Hunain Shah	9	8	28.12	2/25
Tymal Mills	6	6	36.00	3/34

Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

^ "2024 - Islamabad United Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
^ "2024 - Islamabad United Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Mike Hesson appointed Islamabad United head coach". ESPNcricinfo. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^ "Shoaib Akhtar sees Shadab Khan as the next Pakistan captain". The Indian Express. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ Ahmed, Faiz (13 February 2024). "Islamabad United Unveil Sponsors for PSL 9". ProPakistani. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^ Callum Matthews (18 March 2024). "Islamabad beat Multan in final-ball thriller to win PSL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

External links

[1] "2024 - Islamabad United Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

[2] "2024 - Islamabad United Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

[Hesson-3] "Mike Hesson appointed Islamabad United head coach". ESPNcricinfo. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

[4] "Shoaib Akhtar sees Shadab Khan as the next Pakistan captain". The Indian Express. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[5] Ahmed, Faiz (13 February 2024). "Islamabad United Unveil Sponsors for PSL 9". ProPakistani. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[6] Callum Matthews (18 March 2024). "Islamabad beat Multan in final-ball thriller to win PSL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

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