2019 Islamabad United season

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Islamabad United
2019 season
Coach Dean Jones
Captain Mohammad Sami (9 matches)
Shadab Khan (3 matches)
PSL 2019 Eliminator 2
Most runs Cameron Delport (355) [1]
Most wickets Faheem Ashraf (21) [2]
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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. [3] 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. [4] Cameron Delport and Faheem Ashraf were team's leading runs-scorer and leading wickets-taker respectively. [1] [5]

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Islamabad United

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes
Batsmen
8 Sahibzada Farhan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 6 March 1996 (aged 22)Right-handed—2019
Cameron Delport Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 12 May 1989 (aged 29)Left-handedRight-arm medium2019
Nasir Nawaz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5 October 1998 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019
Ian Bell Flag of England.svg  England 11 April 1982 (aged 36)Right-handedRight-arm medium2019Overseas
10 Alex Hales Flag of England.svg  England 3 January 1989 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium2019Overseas
13 Asif Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 October 1991 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018
22 Rizwan Hussain Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 26 April 1996 (aged 22)Left-handed—2019
All-rounders
5 Hussain Talat Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 12 February 1996 (aged 23)Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017
7 Amad Butt Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 May 1995 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2016
Wayne Parnell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30 July 1989 (aged 29)Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2019Overseas
29 Samit Patel Flag of England.svg  England 30 November 1984 (aged 34)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2019Overseas
41 Fahim Ashraf Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 January 1994 (aged 25)Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018
76 Shadab Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4 October 1998 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm leg break2018 Vice-captain
Wicket-keepers
54 Luke Ronchi Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 23 April 1981 (aged 37)Right-handed—2018Overseas
59 Chadwick Walton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 3 July 1985 (aged 33)Right-handed—2018Overseas
Phil Salt Flag of England.svg  England 28 August 1996 (aged 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2019Overseas
Bowlers
7 Mohammad Sami Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 24 February 1981 (aged 37)Right-handedRight-arm fast2018 Captain
11 Rumman Raees Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 18 October 1991 (aged 27)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2018
17 Zafar Gohar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 February 1995 (aged 24)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018
Musa Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28 August 2000 (aged 18)Right-handedRight-arm medium2019
Waqas Maqsood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4 November 1987 (aged 31)Right-handedLeft-arm medium2019
Zahir Khan Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 20 December 1998 (aged 20)Left-handedLeft-arm unorthodox spin2019Overseas

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Season summary

In the opening match of the season, United defeated Lahore Qalandars after chasing down 171 runs in the 20th over, winning the match by 5 wickets. [6] Then they went on to lose their next two games against Multan Sultans by 5 wickets and Quetta Gladiators by 7 wickets, respectively. [7] [8] 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 runs for 9 in 20 overs. In the chase of 158 runs, Zalmi were reeling at 65 runs for 5 wickets at one stage. Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy steadied the side with their 55-runs 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. [9]

PosTeam
PldWLTNRPts NRR
1 Peshawar Zalmi (R)107300140.828
2 Quetta Gladiators (C)107300140.376
3 Islamabad United (3rd)105500100.127
4 Karachi Kings (4th)10550010−0.673
5 Multan Sultans 10370060.173
6 Lahore Qalandars 1037006−0.837
Source: ESPNcricinfo

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