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
8 Sahibzada Farhan (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 R — 2019
N/A Cameron Delport (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 L R medium 2019
N/A Nasir Nawaz (1998-10-05) 5 October 1998 R R medium fast 2019
N/A Ian Bell (1982-04-11) 11 April 1982 R R medium 2019 Overseas
10 Alex Hales (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 R R medium 2019 Overseas
13 Asif Ali (1991-10-01) 1 October 1991 R R medium fast 2018
22 Rizwan Hussain (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 L — 2019
All-rounders
5 Hussain Talat (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 L R medium fast 2017
7 Amad Butt (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 R R fast medium 2016
N/A Wayne Parnell (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989 R L fast medium 2019 Overseas
29 Samit Patel (1984-11-30) 30 November 1984 R Slow L orthodox 2019 Overseas
41 Fahim Ashraf (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 L R medium fast 2018
76 Shadab Khan (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 R R leg break 2018 Vice-captain
Wicket-keepers
54 Luke Ronchi (1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 R — 2018 Overseas
59 Chadwick Walton (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 R — 2018 Overseas
N/A Phil Salt (1996-08-28) 28 August 1996 R R medium fast 2019 Overseas
Bowlers
7 Mohammad Sami (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
17 Zafar Gohar (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 L slow L orthodox 2018
N/A Musa Khan (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 R R medium 2019
N/A Waqas Maqsood (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 R L medium 2019
N/A Zahir Khan (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 L L unorthodox spin 2019 Overseas

    Season standings

    Points table
    Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
    1 Peshawar Zalmi (R) 10 7 3 0 0 14 0.828
    2 Quetta Gladiators (C) 10 7 3 0 0 14 0.376
    3 Islamabad United (3rd) 10 5 5 0 0 10 0.127
    4 Karachi Kings (4th) 10 5 5 0 0 10 −0.673
    5 Multan Sultans 10 3 7 0 0 6 0.173
    6 Lahore Qalandars 10 3 7 0 0 6 −0.837
    Source: ESPNcricinfo
    • The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
    •   Advanced to Qualifier
    •   Advanced to Eliminator 1

    Notes:

    • C = Champions;
    • R = Runner-up;
    • (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;

    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]

    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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