| Club: | Islamabad United |
| Season: | 2020 |
| Coach: | Misbah-ul-Haq |
| Captain: | Shadab Khan |
| Comp1: | PSL 2020 |
| Comp1 Result: | 6th (eliminated) |
| Most Runs: | Luke Ronchi (247) |
| Most Wickets: | Shadab Khan (8) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
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[1] while Shadab Khan was leading wicket-taker.[2]
The team won three of its ten fixtures and were eliminated for the first time in group stage.[3]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 6 | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2020 | |||||
| 22 | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | – | 2019 | ||||
| 29 | Dawid Malan | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | Overseas, Replacement for Rassie Van Der Dussen | ||
| 38 | Colin Ingram | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2020 | Overseas | ||
| 45 | Asif Ali | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||
| 82 | Colin Munro | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Overseas | ||
| Rassie van der Dussen | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | Overseas, Unavailable | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||||
| 7 | Shadab Khan | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | 2017 | Captain | |||
| 9 | Amad Butt | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2016 | |||
| 17 | Zafar Gohar | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2020 | ||||
| 18 | Hussain Talat | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2016 | ||||
| 41 | Faheem Ashraf | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | |||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
| 28 | Phil Salt | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Overseas | ||
| 54 | Luke Ronchi | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | — | 2018 | Overseas | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||||
| 3 | February 20, 2020 | Left-handed | 2020 | |||||
| 8 | Dale Steyn | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | Overseas | ||
| 11 | Rumman Raees | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2020 | |||
| 14 | Musa Khan | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | |||
| 88 | Akif Javed | February 20, 2020 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | 2020 | |||
Islamabad United started their campaign with a defeat against the defending champions, Quetta Gladiators in the opening game of the tournament.[4] They won their next two matches against Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalanders[5] respectively. In their fourth match, Quetta Gladiators again defeated Islamabad.[6] Their next match against Peshawar Zalmi was washed out due to rain. They lost their next match against Karachi Kings by 5 wickets.[7] Islamabad defeated Lahore Qalanders convincingly in their next match by 71 runs which was the highest winning margin in PSL.[8] 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.