2019 Islamabad United season
| 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] | ||
| |||
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]
Squad
2019 Pakistan Super League squads
Season standings
Points table
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peshawar Zalmi | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.828 | ||||
| Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.376 | ||||
| Islamabad United | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.127 | ||||
| Karachi Kings | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | –0.673 | ||||
| Multan Sultans | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.173 | ||||
| Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –0.837 | ||||
- The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
- Advanced to Qualifier
- Advanced to Eliminator 1
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
- Karachi Kings in 2019
- Lahore Qalandars in 2019
- Multan Sultans in 2019
- Peshawar Zalmi in 2019
- Quetta Gladiators in 2019
References
- ^ a b "Islamabad United / Most Runs / 2019 season". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Islamabad United / Most Wickets / 2019 season". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Points Table –Pakistan Super League 2019". Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via ESPNCricinfo.
- ^ "Islamabad United come from behind to win PSL opener". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "PSL Highlights 2019: Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United: MS beat IU by five wickets". The News. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Quetta Gladiator beat Islamabad United by 7 wickets". Dunya News. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Sami hat-trick clinches last-over win for Islamabad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2019.