*LAHORE- Former Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq has revealed the reasonbehind the success of the Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League.*
*Misbah believes that Islamabad United won the third edition of PakistanSuper League (PSL) due to better selection and great teamwork.*
Speaking to the media in Lahore at the Annual Sports Day, Misbah said histeam was a well-balanced squad in all the departments and the boys playedlike a well-knit unit to earn the success.
Islamabad United won the PSL title for the second time, after earlierwinning the inaugural edition in 2016 as well.
Misbah, who was sitting on the bench during the final against PeshawarZalmi due to hairline fracture, also said that his team also learned a lotfrom the last year’s unfortunate episode of the spot-fixing.
The scandal had severely dented his team’s chances then and kept them outof the title race. “Learning our lesson well from the last season’s mishap,we moved ahead strongly and picked a better team that eventually emerged asthe winner,” he said.
Last year, three cricketers of Islamabad United, namely Sharjeel Khan,Khalid Latif, Mohammad Irfan and Shahzaib Hasan of Karachi Kings werecaught in a spot-fixing scam on the very first day of the second edition ofPSL and were sidelined from the event. All of them, except for Irfan, werelater served punishments by a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appointedtribunal.