Islamabad United in 2020

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Islamabad United
2020 season
CoachPakistan Misbah-ul-Haq
CaptainPakistan Shadab Khan
PSL 20206th (eliminated)
Most runsNew Zealand Luke Ronchi (247)[1]
Most wicketsPakistan Shadab Khan (8)[2]
← 2019

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.

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.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season
No. Name Nat. Birth date Category Batting style Bowling style Signed year Notes
Batsmen
6 Saif Badar Pakistan (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 23) Silver Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020
22 Rizwan Hussain Pakistan (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 25) Silver Left-handed - 2019
29 Dawid Malan England (1987-09-03) 3 September 1987 (age 34) Silver 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 (age 36) Platinum Left-handed Right-arm leg spin 2020 Overseas
45 Asif Ali Pakistan (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 (age 30) Diamond Right-handed Right-arm off break 2016
82 Colin Munro New Zealand (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 34) Diamond Left-handed Right-arm Medium 2020 Overseas
N/A Rassie van der Dussen South Africa (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989 (age 32) Gold Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 Overseas, Unavailable
All-rounders
7 Shadab Khan Pakistan (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 23) Platinum Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2017 Captain
9 Amad Butt Pakistan (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 26) Silver Right-handed Right-arm fast 2016
17 Zafar Gohar Pakistan (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 26) Silver Left-handed slow left-arm orthodox 2020
18 Hussain Talat Pakistan (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 25) Gold Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016
41 Faheem Ashraf Pakistan (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 27) Diamond Left-handed Right-arm fast medium 2018
Wicket-keepers
28 Phil Salt England (1996-08-28) 28 August 1996 (age 25) Silver Right-handed Right-arm Medium 2020 Overseas
54 Luke Ronchi New Zealand (1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 (age 40) Gold Right-handed — 2018 Overseas
Bowlers
3 Ahmed Safi Abdullah Pakistan (1998-03-01) 1 March 1998 (age 23) Emerging Left-handed slow left-arm orthodox 2020
8 Dale Steyn South Africa (1983-06-27) 27 June 1983 (age 38) Platinum Right-handed Right-arm Fast 2020 Overseas
11 Rumman Raees Pakistan (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 (age 30) Gold Right-handed Left-arm Medium fast 2020
14 Musa Khan Pakistan (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 21) Silver Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018
88 Akif Javed Pakistan (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 (age 21) Emerging Right-handed Left-arm Fast medium 2020

Season standings[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 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

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 tournament.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  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.
Retrieved from ""