4th February 2016 is the starting date of 2016 Pakistan Super League while Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United is the first match of PSL that will be played in Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE on Thursday 4th February 2016. IU v QG is a day and night match that will start from 20:00 local time. Team squad of both the teams is very strong due to the presence of several nation and international players. Wicketkeeper batsman Sarfraz Ahmed is the captain of Quetta Gladiators team while important players in the team are Umar Gul, M Nabi, Ahmed Ahahzad, Anwar Ali, T Perera, Kevin Pietersen and Asad Shafiq. Batsman Misbah ul Haq is the captain of IU team while famous players in the IU team are M Sami, Samuel Badree, M Irfan, Brad Haddin, Andre Russell and Shane Watson.
Live coverage of QG v IU match will be presented by PTV Sports, Ten Sports and Sunset + Vine while the fans can also watch video highlights of the IU v QG team at these channels after the live match. Few sports sites will present match pictures after the end of the match along with live scorecard and score board during the match.
Islamabad United
Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Shane Watson, Andre Russell, Samuel Badree, Mohammad Irfan, Brad Haddin, Sharjeel Khan,
Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif, Babar Azam, Imran Khalid, Kamran Ghulam, Umar Amin, Sam Billings, Ruman Raees, Amad Butt, Ashar Zaidi, Saeed Ajmal, Hussain Talat, Umar Siddiq
Quetta Gladiators
Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Kevin Pietersen, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Jason Holder, Luke Wright, Zulfiqar Babar, Umar Gul, Elton Chigumbura, Bilal Asif, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Nawaz, Saad Nasim, Mohammad Nabi, Akbar ur Rehman, Bismillah Khan, Kumar Sangakkara, Aizaz Cheema, Ramiz Raja jnr
Abdur Razzaq, Mukhtar Ahmed, Ehsan Adil, Imran Butt