Islamabad United in 2016 played in the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise based Twenty20 cricket competition held in the United Arab Emirates. The team won the 2016 competition after finishing third in the group stage and qualifying for the play off rounds.
| 2016 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Dean Jones | ||
| Captain | Misbah ul Haq | ||
| PSL 2016 | Champions | ||
| Most runs | Sharjeel Khan (299) | ||
| Most wickets | Andre Russell (16) | ||
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Background
editIslamabad United is a franchise cricket team which nominally represents the capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad. The team plays in the Pakistan Super League which, in 206, took place in the United Arab Emirates.[1] The franchise is owned by Leonine Global Sports, a UAE based company, which bought it for US$15 Million for a 10-year period in 2015.[2]
Team anthem
editThe 2016 team anthem, Chakka Choka, was written, composed and sung by Ali Zafar. It was released on 30 January 2016 with a music video released on 8 February 2016.[3][4][5]
Squad
edit- Players with international caps before the start of the 2016 PSL season are listed in bold.[6]
| Name | Nationality | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Sharjeel Khan |  Pakistan |
Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |||
| Babar Azam | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |||
| Misbah-ul-Haq | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Captain | ||
| Khalid Latif | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |||
| Hussain Talat | Pakistan |
Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Umar Siddiq | Pakistan |
Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | |||
| Asif Ali | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| All-Rounders | ||||||
| Shane Watson |  Australia |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Azhar Mahmood | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Ashar Zaidi | Pakistan |
Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | |||
| Kamran Ghulam | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | |||
| Imran Khalid | Pakistan |
Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | |||
| Umar Amin | Pakistan |
Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Dwayne Smith |  West Indies |
Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas | ||
| Andre Russell | West Indies |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Sam Billings |  England |
Right-handed | — | Overseas | ||
| Brad Haddin | Australia |
Right-handed | — | Overseas | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |||
| Mohammad Irfan | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Left-arm fast | |||
| Mohammad Sami | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |||
| Samuel Badree | West Indies |
Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Overseas | ||
| Rumman Raees | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | |||
| Amad Butt | Pakistan |
Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |||
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
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Season summary
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After a poor start to the 2016 Pakistan Super League tournament Islamabad United finished third in the round robin group stage, qualifying for the knock out stage of the tournament. The team won four matches out of eight, finishing with eight points from their group games.
They faced fourth placed Karachi Kings in the eliminator, winning by nine wickets thanks to Mohammad Sami's man of the match performance of five wickets for eight runs from four overs. Brad Haddin and Dwayne Smith each scored fifties as United achieved their target of111 in the 15th over.[7]
In the second qualifier match Islamabad met Peshawar Zalmi. Sharjeel Khan scored 117 from 62 balls, the first century scored in the Pakistan Super League. It proved to be the difference between the teams as United posted 176 for 3 and Zalmi were bowled out for 126 with two full overs to go. United, spinner Imran Khalid took four wickets for 20 runs and Andre Russell three for 37. The win took United through to the final against Quetta Gladiators.
The 2016 Pakistan Super League Final was won by Islamabed by six wickets.[8] United opted to bowl first after winning the toss and the Gladiators scored 174–7 in their 20 overs. Andre Russell, who finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker, took three for 37. In reply United started well with Dwayne Smith scoring 73 runs and Brad Haddin with an unbeaten 61, allowing United to score 174 for four with eight balls remaining and winning the title alongside Cash Price of $500,000.[9][10]
Matches
editReferences
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- ^ "Pakistan Super League: Seven Companies fight it out to buy franchises". Express etribune. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Islamabad United unleashes kit, anthem". 31 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017 – via Dunya News.
- ^ "Islamabad United Official Anthem 'Chakka Choka' By Ali Zafar Released". Hareem Zafar. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017 – via BrandSynario.
- ^ "The battle of the anthems". The News. Maheen Sabeeh. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Islamabad United all set to take PSL on, Dunya News, 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ^ http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/sports/islamabad-united-beat-karachi-kings-by-nine-wickets/, ""Daily Pakistan"" 2016-02-21. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ http://dunyanews.tv/en/Cricket/324085-Islamabad-United-all-set-to-face-Quetta-Gladiators/, ""Dunya News"" 2016-02-21. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ^ http://espncricinfo.com/pakistan-super-league-2015-16/content/story/975697.html/ Archived 2016-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, ""ESPN Cric Info"" 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- ^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1053169/islamabad-crowned-psl-champions/, ""Express Tribune"" 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-02-24.