2020 Islamabad United season
# 2020 Islamabad United season

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.

The team was captained by Shadab Khan, coached by Misbah-ul-Haq. Luke Ronchi was the team leading run-scorer while Shadab Khan was leading wicket-taker.

The team won three of its ten fixtures and were eliminated for the first time in group stage.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Ages are given as of the date of the first match in the tournament, 20 February 2020.

| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Batsmen ||||||||
| 6 | Saif Badar | Pakistan | (1998-07-03)3 July 1998 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | |
| 22 | Rizwan Hussain | Pakistan | (1996-04-26)26 April 1996 (aged 23) | Left-handed | – | 2019 | |
| 29 | Dawid Malan | England | (1987-09-03)3 September 1987 (aged 32) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | Overseas, Replacement for Rassie Van Der Dussen |
| 38 | Colin Ingram | South Africa | (1985-07-03)3 July 1985 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2020 | Overseas |
| 45 | Asif Ali | Pakistan | (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2016 | |
| 82 | Colin Munro | New Zealand | (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 32) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Overseas |
| | Rassie van der Dussen | South Africa | (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | Overseas, Unavailable |
| All-rounders ||||||||
| 7 | Shadab Khan | Pakistan | (1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2017 | Captain |
| 9 | Amad Butt | Pakistan | (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2016 | |
| 17 | Zafar Gohar | Pakistan | (1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | |
| 18 | Hussain Talat | Pakistan | (1996-02-12)12 February 1996 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2016 | |
| 41 | Faheem Ashraf | Pakistan | (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||
| 28 | Phil Salt | England | (1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Overseas |
| 54 | Luke Ronchi | New Zealand | (1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 38) | Right-handed | — | 2018 | Overseas |
| Bowlers ||||||||
| 3 | Ahmed Safi Abdullah | Pakistan | (1998-03-01)1 March 1998 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | |
| 8 | Dale Steyn | South Africa | (1983-06-27)27 June 1983 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | Overseas |
| 11 | Rumman Raees | Pakistan | (1991-10-18)18 October 1991 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2020 | |
| 14 | Musa Khan | Pakistan | (2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | |
| 88 | Akif Javed | Pakistan | (2000-10-10)10 October 2000 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2020 | |

## Season summary

Islamabad United started their campaign with a defeat against the defending champions, Quetta Gladiators in the opening game of the tournament. They won their next two matches against Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalanders respectively. In their fourth match, Quetta Gladiators again defeated Islamabad. Their next match against Peshawar Zalmi was washed out due to rain. They lost their next match against Karachi Kings by 5 wickets. Islamabad defeated Lahore Qalanders convincingly in their next match by 71 runs which was the highest winning margin in PSL. 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.

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Multan Sultans (3rd) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1.031 |
| 2 | Karachi Kings (C) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −0.190 |
| 3 | Lahore Qalandars (R) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.072 |
| 4 | Peshawar Zalmi (4th) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.055 |
| 5 | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.722 |
| 6 | Islamabad United | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.185 |

* The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
* Advanced to Qualifier
* Advanced to Eliminator 1
