2020 Islamabad United season

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Islamabad United
2020 season
Coach Misbah-ul-Haq
Captain Shadab Khan
PSL 2020 6th (eliminated)
Most runs Luke Ronchi (247) [1]
Most wickets Shadab Khan (8) [2]
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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 competed in the 2020 season.

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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

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes
Batsmen
6 Saif Badar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3 July 1998 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 2020
22 Rizwan Hussain Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 26 April 1996 (aged 23)Left-handed–2019
29 Dawid Malan Flag of England.svg  England 3 September 1987 (aged 32)Left-handedRight-arm leg break 2020Overseas, Replacement for Rassie Van Der Dussen
38 Colin Ingram Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3 July 1985 (aged 34)Left-handedRight-arm leg spin 2020Overseas
45 Asif Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 October 1991 (aged 28)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2016
82 Colin Munro Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 March 1987 (aged 32)Left-handedRight-arm medium 2020Overseas
Rassie van der Dussen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7 February 1989 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 2020Overseas, Unavailable
All-rounders
7 Shadab Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4 October 1998 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 2017 Captain
9 Amad Butt Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 May 1995 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm fast 2016
17 Zafar Gohar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 February 1995 (aged 25)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020
18 Hussain Talat Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 12 February 1996 (aged 24)Left-handedRight-arm medium 2016
41 Faheem Ashraf Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 16 January 1994 (aged 26)Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium 2018
Wicket-keepers
28 Phil Salt Flag of England.svg  England 28 August 1996 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium 2020Overseas
54 Luke Ronchi Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 23 April 1981 (aged 38)Right-handed—2018Overseas
Bowlers
3 Ahmed Safi Abdullah Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1 March 1998 (aged 21)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020
8 Dale Steyn Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27 June 1983 (aged 36)Right-handedRight-arm fast 2020Overseas
11 Rumman Raees Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 18 October 1991 (aged 28)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2020
14 Musa Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 28 August 2000 (aged 19)Right-handedRight-arm fast 2018
88 Akif Javed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 10 October 2000 (aged 19)Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2020

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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.

The side finished last in the group and were knocked-out of the tournament. [3]

PosTeam
PldWLNRPts NRR
1 Multan Sultans (3rd)10622141.031
2 Karachi Kings (C)1054111−0.190
3 Lahore Qalandars (R)1055010−0.072
4 Peshawar Zalmi (4th)104519−0.055
5 Quetta Gladiators 104519−0.722
6 Islamabad United 1036170.185
Source: ESPNcricinfo

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