# 2019 Islamabad United season

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. Cameron Delport and Faheem Ashraf were team's leading runs-scorer and leading wickets-taker respectively.

## Islamabad United

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Ages are given as of the date of the first match of the 2019 season, 14 February 2019
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen ||||||||
| 8 | Sahibzada Farhan | Pakistan | (1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 22) | Right-handed | — | 2019 | |
| | Cameron Delport | South Africa | (1989-05-12)12 May 1989 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | |
| | Nasir Nawaz | Pakistan | (1998-10-05)5 October 1998 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | |
| | Ian Bell | England | (1982-04-11)11 April 1982 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | Overseas |
| 10 | Alex Hales | England | (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | Overseas |
| 13 | Asif Ali | Pakistan | (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | |
| 22 | Rizwan Hussain | Pakistan | (1996-04-26)26 April 1996 (aged 22) | Left-handed | — | 2019 | |
| All-rounders ||||||||
| 5 | Hussain Talat | Pakistan | (1996-02-12)12 February 1996 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2017 | |
| 7 | Amad Butt | Pakistan | (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | |
| | Wayne Parnell | South Africa | (1989-07-30)30 July 1989 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2019 | Overseas |
| 29 | Samit Patel | England | (1984-11-30)30 November 1984 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2019 | Overseas |
| 41 | Fahim Ashraf | Pakistan | (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | |
| 76 | Shadab Khan | Pakistan | (1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | Vice-captain |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||
| 54 | Luke Ronchi | New Zealand | (1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 37) | Right-handed | — | 2018 | Overseas |
| 59 | Chadwick Walton | Jamaica | (1985-07-03)3 July 1985 (aged 33) | Right-handed | — | 2018 | Overseas |
| | Phil Salt | England | (1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | Overseas |
| Bowlers ||||||||
| 7 | Mohammad Sami | Pakistan | (1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | Captain |
| 11 | Rumman Raees | Pakistan | (1991-10-18)18 October 1991 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | |
| 17 | Zafar Gohar | Pakistan | (1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | |
| | Musa Khan | Pakistan | (2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | |
| | Waqas Maqsood | Pakistan | (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | 2019 | |
| | Zahir Khan | Afghanistan | (1998-12-20)20 December 1998 (aged 20) | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox spin | 2019 | Overseas |

## 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. Then they went on to lose their next two games against Multan Sultans by 5 wickets and Quetta Gladiators by 7 wickets, respectively. 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.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
* 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;