Scoring a half-century is indeed a splendid memory for every batter. The T20 formats have witnessed numerous such records being made in the matches. PSL is one such league of Pakistan Cricket. Six teams play PSL and Islamabad United is one of these teams. Founded in 2015, it is a franchise team held by Leonine Global Investments and owned by Amna Naqvi and Ali Naqvi.
Islamabad United is one of the most successful teams in PSL and has won two PSL titles to date. Let us talk about the players in the Islamabad United team who have hit the greatest number of fifties in PSL and thus made memorable records.
1. Luke Ronchi
Luke Ronchi is a right hand wicketkeeper batsman. This New Zealand player started his career with Islamabad United in 2018 and has played till 2020. He has scored 1020 runs in 31 games playing, 31 innings with an average of 36.42 with a strike rate of 166.12. He has scored ten fifties with 50 sixes.
2. Colin Munro
Colin Munro is a New Zealand-based left-hand opening batsman. He has played for Islamabad United for two years, 2020 to 2022. Munro has played 18 games and has scored 698 runs with a strike rate of 154.08 and an average of 49.85 with seven fifties and 35 sixes.
3. Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan is a right-handed Pakistani allrounder who, is playing in PSL since 2017 for Islamabad United and has scored 800 runs in 61 games playing 49 innings with an average of 18.60 and a strike rate of 137.69. He has scored 43 sixes and five fifty-plus scores.
4. Dwayne Romel Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith is a West Indian allrounder. He has played with Islamabad United for only one year, from 2016 to 2017. Smith played 13 games in that season and scored 427 runs with an average of 38.81 and a strike rate of 110.90. He scored four fifties in that season and 15 sixes.
5. Bradley James Haddin
Bradley James Haddin is a Australian right handed wicketkeeper batsman. He joined Islamabad United in 2016 and played till 2017. He played 17 games and scored 327 runs in 17 innings with an average of 25.15 and a strike rate of 130.80. He has scored four fifties and 15 sixes.
6. Paul Robert Stirling
Paul Robert Stirling is a right-handed batting allrounder. This Irish batsman has played eight games from 2021 to 2022. He scored 257 runs in eight innings with an average of 32.12 and a strike rate of 173.64. He scored three fifty plus scores and 12 sixes.
7. Alexander Daniel Hales
Alexander Daniel Hales is a right-handed English opening batsman. Playing since 2018, he has hit 623 runs in 19 games. Hales has maintained a batting average of 34.61 and a strike rate of 143.54 in the matches. AD Hales has proved his excellent batting skills by smashing three fifties and eighteen sixes.
8. Asif Ali
Asif Ali is a right-handed middle-order batsman who made his PSL debut in 2016 with Islamabad United and is currently associated with the same team. He has played 67 games and has scored 1016 runs in 57 innings with an average of 23.09 and a strike rate of 158.75. He has scored three fifties but has scored the most sixes, 79 sixes, for the team.
9. Faheem Ashraf
Faheem Ashraf is a left-hand bowling allrounder from Pakistan. His PSL career began in 2018 with Islamabad United, and he is currently associated with the same team. He has an average of 22.21 in 49 games playing 37 innings and scoring 488 runs with a strike rate of 146.10. He has two fifty-plus scores and 26 sixes.
10. Jean-Paul Duminy
Jean-Paul Duminy is a South African batting allrounder who played for Islamabad United for one season in 2018 and played 10 games scoring 251 runs with an average of 35.85 and a strike rate of 100.80. He scored two fifty plus scores and eight sixes.
