Islamabad United in 2020
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.
2020 season | |||
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PSL 2020 | 6th (eliminated) | ||
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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.
- * Unavailable
No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Notes |
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Batsmen | |||||||
22 | Rizwan Hussain | ![]() | 26 April 1996 | Left-handed | — | 2019 | |
29 | Dawid Malan | ![]() | 3 September 1987 | Left-handed | Right-arm Leg break | 2020 | Overseas, Replacement for Rassie Van Der Dussen |
38 | Colin Ingram | ![]() | 3 July 1985 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2020 | Overseas |
45 | Asif Ali | ![]() | 1 October 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | |
82 | Colin Munro | ![]() | 11 March 1987 | Left-handed | Right-arm Medium | 2020 | Overseas R1K |
6 | Saif Badar | ![]() | 3 July 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | |
N/A | Rassie van der Dussen | ![]() | 7 February 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | Overseas, Unavailable |
All-rounders | |||||||
7 | Shadab Khan | ![]() | 4 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2017 | Captain |
9 | Amad Butt | ![]() | 10 May 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2016 | |
17 | Zafar Gohar | ![]() | 1 February 1995 | Left-handed | slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | |
18 | Hussain Talat | ![]() | 12 February 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | |
41 | Faheem Ashraf | ![]() | 16 January 1994 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2018 | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||||
28 | Phil Salt | ![]() | 28 August 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm Medium | 2020 | Overseas |
54 | Luke Ronchi | ![]() | 23 April 1981 | Right-handed | — | 2018 | Overseas |
Bowlers | |||||||
3 | Ahmed Safi Abdullah | ![]() | 1 March 1998 | Left-handed | slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | |
8 | Dale Steyn | ![]() | 27 June 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast | 2020 | Overseas |
11 | Rumman Raees | ![]() | 18 October 1991 | Right-handed | Left-arm Medium fast | 2020 | |
14 | Muhammad Musa | ![]() | 28 August 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | |
88 | Akif Javed | ![]() | 10 October 2000 | Right-handed | Left-arm Fast medium | 2020 | |
Season standings
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Multan Sultans | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | +1.031 |
Karachi Kings | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | –0.190 |
Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | –0.072 |
Peshawar Zalmi | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | –0.055 |
Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | –0.722 |
Islamabad United | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | +0.185 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
- Advanced to semifinals.
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 toutrnament.[3]
See also
References
- "Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "PSL 2020: Karachi seal qualification, Islamabad crash out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Quetta Gladiators defeat Islamabad United by three wickets". Samaa News. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Islamabad United beat Lahore Qalandars by 1 wicket in nail-biting contest". Dawn. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Quetta beat Islamabad to go on top of PSL points table". The Nation. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "PSL 2020: Karachi Kings topple Islamabad United by 5 wickets". Geo News. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "Islamabad gets record PSL win, beats Lahore by 71 runs". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 18 March 2020.