Islamabad United in 2019

Islamabad United is a franchise cricket team that represents Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, in the Pakistan Super League. They were the defending champions, as they won the title in 2018 season becoming the most successful Psl team at that time. They were one of the six teams that had a competition in the 2019 season. The team was captained by Pakistani quick bowler Mohammad Sami and by Shadab Khan in three matches after Sami was out injured, they had a good season and finished 3rd, after winning six matches from their twelve matches in the PSL 2019.[3] Cameron Delport and Faheem Ashraf were team's leading runs-scorer and leading wickets-taker respectively.[1][2]

Islamabad United
2019 season
Coach Dean Jones
Captain Mohammad Sami (9 matches)
Shadab Khan (3 matches)
PSL 2019Eliminator 2
Most runs Cameron Delport (355)[1]
Most wickets Faheem Ashraf (21)[2]
2020 →

Squad
Islamabad United
No. Name Nat. Birth date Bat Bowl Sign Notes
Batsmen
Haris Sohail 6 March 1996 (age 23 years) R — 2018
Usama Mir 26 April 1996 (age 23) L — 2019
Shane Watson 5 October 1998 (age 20) R — 2019
Danish Aziz (1982-04-11) 11 April 1982 R R medium 2019 Overseas
13 Asif Ali (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 R R medium fast 2018
10 Alex Hales (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 R R medium 2019 Overseas
All-rounders
Saad Ali (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 L R medium fast 2017
Gauhar Ali 30 November 1984 ( age 34) R slow L orthodox 2018 Overseas
Sandeep Lamichhane 12 May 1989 (age 30) L R medium 2019 Overseas
Agha Salman (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 R R fast 2017
Adil Rashid (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 L R medium fast 2018
Heino Kuhn (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 R R leg break 2017 Vice-captain
Wicket-keepers
54 Luke Ronchi (1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 R — 2018 Overseas
Ryan Ten Doeschate 28 August 1996 (age 22) R R medium 2019 Overseas
Nicholas Pooran 3 July 1985 (age 33) R — 2019 Overseas
Bowlers
Jofra Archer (1981-02-24) 24 February 1981 R R fast 2018 Captain
11 Rumman Raees (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 R L medium fast 2018
Saif Badar 28 August 2000 (age 18) R R fast 2019
Umar Amin (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 L slow L orthodox 2018
Darwish Rasooli (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 L L medium fast 2019
Thisara Perera 30 July 1989 (age 29) L L medium fast 2019 Overseas
Colin Ingram (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 L Slow left-arm wrist-spin 2019 Overseas

    Season standings

    Points table
    Team P W L T NR Pts NRR
    Peshawar Zalmi 10 7 3 0 0 14 +0.828
    Quetta Gladiators 10 7 3 0 0 14 +0.376
    Islamabad United 10 5 5 0 0 10 +0.127
    Karachi Kings 10 5 5 0 0 10 –0.673
    Multan Sultans 10 3 7 0 0 6 +0.173
    Lahore Qalandars 10 3 7 0 0 6 –0.837

    [3]

    Season summary

    In the opening match of the season, United defeated Lahore Qalandars after chasing down 171 in the 20th over, winning the match by 5 wickets. [4] They then went on to lose their next two games against Multan Sultans by 5 wickets and Quetta Gladiators by 7 wickets, respectively.[5][6] In the next game against Peshawar Zalmi, Being sent to bat first, the defending champions were 49-3 at one stage before Ian Bell and Cameron Delport put on 56 runs which helped the side post a competitive total of 158 for 9 in 20 overs. In the chase of 158, Zalmi were reeling at 65 for 5 at one stage. Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy steadied the side with their 55-run partnership. Zalmi hopes of winnings were dashed after Pollard departed after scoring 51 runs. In the end, Islamabad managed to win by 12 runs after captain Mohammad Sami's hat-trick in the last over.[7]

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    See also

    References
    1. "Islamabad United / Most Runs / 2019 season". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
    2. "Islamabad United / Most Wickets / 2019 season". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
    3. "Points Table –Pakistan Super League 2019". Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via ESPNCricinfo.
    4. "Islamabad United come from behind to win PSL opener". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
    5. "PSL Highlights 2019: Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United: MS beat IU by five wickets". The News. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
    6. "Quetta Gladiator beat Islamabad United by 7 wickets". Dunya News. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
    7. "Sami hat-trick clinches last-over win for Islamabad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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