Leonine Global Sports
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| League: | Pakistan Super League & Hong Kong T20 Blitz |
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| Captain: | Misbah-ul-Haq |
| Coach: | Dean Jones / Ryan Campbell |
| Colours: |  |
| Owner: | Leonine Global (Ali Naqvi & Amna Naqvi) |
| Founded: | 2015 |
| PSL wins: | 1 |
| Official website: | islamabadunited.com |
Leonine Global Sports (LGS) is the sports arm of Leonine Global(LG) and is focused on promoting sports through out Asia, with a special focus on South Asia and its sports. It is the proud owner of Islamabad United, the FIRST CHAMPIONS of the Pakistan Super League and also owns Hong Kong Island United, a franchise team in Hong Kong's T2o league, the Hong Kong T20 Blitz.
The company is owned by Leonine Global Investments, which is focused on investments and business interest globally. Leonine Global is owned by Ali Naqvi and Amna Naqvi.
The company entered sports with a mission to provide:
In 2015, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League would take place in February 2016 in the United Arab Emirates. On 3 December 2015, the PCB unveiled the owners of five city-based franchises. The Islamabad franchise was sold to Leonine Global Sports for US$15 Million.
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 of 111 in the 15th over.
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.
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