2021 Islamabad United season

Islamabad United is a franchise cricket team that represents Islamabad in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They were one of the six teams that competed in the 2021 Pakistan Super League. The team was coached by Johan Botha,^[3][4] and captained by Shadab Khan.^[5][6]

Islamabad United

2021 season
Coach	Johan Botha
Captain	Shadab Khan
PSL 2021	Play-offs (3rd)
Most runs	Colin Munro (285)[1]
Most wickets	Hasan Ali (13)[2]
← 2020 2022 →

Squad

Key

Name
Players with international caps are listed in bold.  *  denotes a player who is fully unavailable  *  denotes a player who will be partially unavailable

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowing style	Year signed	Notes
Batsmen
1	Paul Stirling	Ireland	(1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	Overseas
10	Alex Hales	England	(1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	Overseas
45	Asif Ali	Pakistan	(1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2016
53	Brandon King	Jamaica	(1994-12-16)16 December 1994 (aged 26)	Right-handed	–	2021	Overseas; Replacement pick
82	Colin Munro	New Zealand	(1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm Medium	2020	Overseas
95	Iftikhar Ahmed	Pakistan	(1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021
99	Usman Khawaja	Australia	(1986-12-18)18 December 1986 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	Overseas; Replacement pick
—	Janneman Malan	South Africa	(1996-04-18)18 April 1996 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	Overseas; Replacement pick
All-rounders
7	Shadab Khan	Pakistan	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2017	Captain
12	Hussain Talat	Pakistan	(1996-02-12)12 February 1996 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2016
20	Umar Amin	Pakistan	(1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	Replacement pick
22	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan	(2001-08-25)25 August 2001 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2021
24	Lewis Gregory	England	(1992-05-24)24 May 1992 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2021	Overseas
41	Faheem Ashraf	Pakistan	(1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2018
Wicket-keepers
28	Phil Salt	England	(1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	Overseas
44	Rohail Nazir	Pakistan	(2001-10-10)10 October 2001 (aged 19)	Right-handed	-	2021
61	Muhammad Akhlaq	Pakistan	(1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	Replacement pick
Bowlers
14	Muhammad Musa	Pakistan	(2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2019
17	Zafar Gohar	Pakistan	(1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018
30	Zeeshan Zameer	Pakistan	(2002-08-10)10 August 2002 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2021
32	Hasan Ali	Pakistan	(1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2021	Vice Captain
34	Chris Jordan	England	(1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2021	Overseas
47	Ali Khan	United States	(1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2021	Overseas
52	Fawad Ahmed	Australia	(1982-02-05)5 February 1982 (aged 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	Overseas
88	Akif Javed	Pakistan	(2000-10-10)10 October 2000 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium fast	2021
92	Ahmed Safi Abdullah	Pakistan	(1998-03-01)1 March 1998 (aged 22)	Left-handed	slow left-arm orthodox	2021
—	Reece Topley	England	(1994-05-21)21 May 1994 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium fast	2021	Overseas

Administration and support staff

Name	Position
Rehan Ul Haq	General Manager
Johan Botha	Head Coach
Saeed Ajmal	Assistant coach
Rumman Raees	Bowling Coach
Corey Rutgers	Fielding Coach & Fitness Trainer
Errol Alcott	Physiotherapist
Hassan Cheema	Strategy Manager

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Sleeve branding Sabroso Fast Cables Ufone Snack Video, Tetra Pak

Home kit

Away kit

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Islamabad United (3rd)	10	8	2	0	16	0.859
2	Multan Sultans (C)	10	5	5	0	10	1.050
3	Peshawar Zalmi (R)	10	5	5	0	10	0.586
4	Karachi Kings (4th)	10	5	5	0	10	−0.115
5	Lahore Qalandars	10	5	5	0	10	−0.589
6	Quetta Gladiators	10	2	8	0	4	−1.786

Source: ESPNcricinfo

• The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
•   advanced to Qualifier
•   advanced to Eliminator 1

Group fixtures

Match 3 21 February 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 150/8 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 151/7 (19 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 71 (53) Mohammad Wasim 3/29 (4 overs)		Lewis Gregory 49* (31) Carlos Brathwaite 2/23 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 3 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Lewis Gregory (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 6 24 February 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

(H) Karachi Kings 196/3 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 197/5 (19.1 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 105 (59) Hussain Talat 1/25 (2 overs)		Iftikhar Ahmed 49* (37) Waqas Maqsood 1/22 (2.1 overs)

Islamabad United won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 10 27 February 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Islamabad United 118 (17.1 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 122/4 (17.1 overs)
Alex Hales 41 (27) Wahab Riaz 4/17 (4 overs)		Tom Kohler-Cadmore 46 (46) Hasan Ali 2/14 (4 overs)

Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Wahab Riaz (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 12 1−2 March 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 156/7 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 157/4 (17 overs)
Sarfaraz Ahmed 54 (41) Faheem Ashraf 3/11 (4 overs)		Paul Stirling 56 (33) Zahid Mahmood 2/29 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Faheem Ashraf (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was postponed for one day due to Fawad Ahmed testing Positive for COVID-19.^[7]

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Match 15 9 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard

Islamabad United 143/9 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars 144/5 (20 overs)
Faheem Ashraf 27 (24) James Faulkner 3/32 (4 overs)		Sohail Akhtar 40 (30) Hasan Ali 2/27 (4 overs)

Lahore Qalandars won by 5 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Lahore Qalandars)

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 18 11 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard

Quetta Gladiators 133 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 137/0 (10 overs)
Jake Weatherald 43 (35) Mohammad Wasim 2/12 (4 overs)		Colin Munro 90* (36)

Islamabad United won by 10 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Colin Munro (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
• Naseem Shah replaced Andre Russell as a concussion substitute for Quetta Gladiators.

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Match 20 13 June 2021 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Islamabad United 152/7 (20 overs)	v	Lahore Qalandars 124 (18.2 overs)
Asif Ali 75 (43) James Faulkner 3/19 (4 overs)		Fakhar Zaman 44 (37) Muhammad Musa 3/18 (3 overs)

Islamabad United won by 28 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Asif Ali (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 22 14 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard

Karachi Kings 190/4 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 191/2 (18.4 overs)
Babar Azam 81 (54) Akif Javed 1/31 (4 overs) Hasan Ali 1/31 (4 overs)		Colin Munro 88* (56) Waqas Maqsood 1/27 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Iftikhar Ahmed (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 26 17 June 2021 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Islamabad United 247/2 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 232/6 (20 overs)
Usman Khawaja 105* (56) Shoaib Malik 1/14 (2 overs)		Shoaib Malik 68 (36) Akif Javed 3/43 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 15 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Usman Khawaja (Islamabad United)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 30 19 June 2021 23:00 (N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 149 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 150/6 (19.4 overs)
Shan Masood 59 (37) Mohammad Wasim 4/31 (4 overs)		Shadab Khan 35 (27) Shahnawaz Dahani 2/21 (4 overs)

Islamabad United won by 4 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Wasim (Islamabad United)

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Playoffs

Qualifier

Match 31 21 June 2021 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Multan Sultans 180/5 (20 overs)	v	Islamabad United 149 (19 Overs)
Sohaib Maqsood 59 (41) Shadab Khan 2/25 (4 overs)		Usman Khawaja 70 (40) Sohail Tanvir 3/17 (4 overs)

Multan Sultans won by 31 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Multan Sultans)

• Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.

Eliminator 2

Match 33 22 June 2021 21:00 (N) Scorecard

Islamabad United 174/9 (20 overs)	v	Peshawar Zalmi 177/2 (16.5 overs)
Hasan Ali 45 (16) Wahab Riaz 2/35 (4 overs)		Hazratullah Zazai 66 (44) Mohammad Wasim 1/32 (3 overs)

Peshawar Zalmi won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Peshawar Zalmi)

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Innings	Runs	Batting average	High score	50s	100s
Colin Munro	7	285	57.00	90*	2	0
Usman Khawaja	7	246	49.20	105*	1	1
Asif Ali	10	224	36.83	75*	1	0
Iftikhar Ahmed	9	221	23.50	71*	1	0
Hussain Talat	8	156	22.28	42	0	0
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Player	Innings	Wickets	Bowling average	Best bowling
Hasan Ali	10	13	20.69	2/14
Mohammad Wasim	11	12	28.00	4/31
Faheem Ashraf	8	9	21.11	3/11
Shadab Khan	11	9	36.11	2/14
Akif Javed	5	6	26.66	3/43
Source: ESPNcricinfo