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2020 Islamabad United season

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

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

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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

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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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.