History:

Islamabad United represents the Capital of Pakistan the side was bought by the Leonine Global Sports for $15 million(USD). Australian Dean Jones as the head coach and Pakistan’s Legend Wasim Akram has been named as the director with Shoaib Akhtar as the bowling coach.

Islamabad United were Champions of the PSL in the First Edition

Islamabad United Squad

Retained players:

Mohammad Sami, Andre Russell, Rumman Raees, Shadab Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Asif Ali

Players picked in the draft:

JP Duminy, Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Sam Billings, Zafar Gohar, Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat

Supplementary players:

Alex Hales, David Willey, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain

Emerging category players:

Rohail Nazir