Islamabad United is a franchise cricket team that represents Islamabad in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They were one of the six teams that had competed in the 2020 PSL season.
The team was captained by Shadab Khan and coached by Misbah-ul-Haq. Luke Ronchi was the team leading run-scorer in the 2020 PSL, while Shadab Khan was the leading wicket-taker.
The team won three of its ten fixtures and were eliminated for the first time in group stage.
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.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Batsmen6 Saif Badar Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 22 Rizwan Hussain Left-handed – 2019 29Dawid Malan Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Overseas, Replacement for Rassie Van Der Dussen38Colin Ingram Left-handed Right-arm leg spin 2020 Overseas45 Asif Ali Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016 82Colin Munro Left-handed Right-arm medium 2020 OverseasRassie van der Dussen Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Overseas, Unavailable All-rounders7 Shadab Khan Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2017 Captain9Amad Butt Right-handed Right-arm fast 2016 17 Zafar Gohar Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 18 Hussain Talat Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016 41Faheem Ashraf Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Wicket-keepers28Phil Salt Right-handed Right-arm medium 2020 Overseas54Luke Ronchi Right-handed — 2018 Overseas Bowlers3 Ahmed Safi Abdullah Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 8Dale Steyn Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Overseas11Rumman Raees Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2020 14Musa Khan Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 88Akif Javed Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2020
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Season summary Islamabad United started their campaign with a defeat against the defending champions, Quetta Gladiators in the opening game of the tournament. They won their next two matches against Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalanders respectively. In their fourth match, Quetta Gladiators again defeated Islamabad. Their next match against Peshawar Zalmi was washed out due to rain. They lost their next match against Karachi Kings by 5 wickets. Islamabad defeated Lahore Qalanders convincingly in their next match by 71 runs which was the highest winning margin in PSL. It marked their last win in the tournament as they faced defeat in their remaining three matches.
The team finished last in the group and were knocked-out of the tournament.
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