| Club: | Islamabad United |
| Season: | 2019 |
| Coach: | Dean Jones |
| Captain: | Mohammad Sami (9 matches) Shadab Khan (3 matches) |
| Comp1: | PSL 2019 |
| Comp1 Result: | Eliminator 2 |
| Most Runs: | Cameron Delport (355)[1] |
| Most Wickets: | Faheem Ashraf (21)[2] |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
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.[3] 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.[4] Cameron Delport and Faheem Ashraf were team's leading runs-scorer and leading wickets-taker respectively.[5]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 8 | Sahibzada Farhan | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | — | 2019 | |||
| Cameron Delport | February 14, 2019 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | ||||
| Nasir Nawaz | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ||||
| Ian Bell | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | Overseas | |||
| 10 | Alex Hales | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | Overseas | ||
| 13 | Asif Ali | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | |||
| 22 | Rizwan Hussain | February 14, 2019 | Left-handed | — | 2019 | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 5 | Hussain Talat | February 14, 2019 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2017 | |||
| 7 | Amad Butt | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2016 | |||
| Wayne Parnell | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2019 | Overseas | |||
| 29 | Samit Patel | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2019 | Overseas | ||
| 41 | Fahim Ashraf | February 14, 2019 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | |||
| 76 | Shadab Khan | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | Vice-captain | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 54 | Luke Ronchi | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | — | 2018 | Overseas | ||
| 59 | Chadwick Walton | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | — | 2018 | Overseas | ||
| Phil Salt | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | Overseas | |||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 7 | Mohammad Sami | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | Captain | ||
| 11 | Rumman Raees | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2018 | |||
| 17 | Zafar Gohar | February 14, 2019 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | |||
| Musa Khan | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2019 | ||||
| Waqas Maqsood | February 14, 2019 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | 2019 | ||||
| Zahir Khan | February 14, 2019 | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox spin | 2019 | Overseas | |||
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.[6] Then they went on to lose their next two games against Multan Sultans by 5 wickets and Quetta Gladiators by 7 wickets, respectively.[7] [8] 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.[9]