Tag: National T20 Cup

  • Karachi Whites won National T20 Cup

    Karachi Whites won National T20 Cup

    In the final of the National T20 Cup, Karachi Whites won the title by defeating Abbottabad by nine runs after a thriller in National Stadium Karachi.

    Batting first, Karachi Whites set Abbottabad a target of 155 runs for the loss of nine wickets. On behalf of Karachi Whites, opening batsman Khurram Manzoor played a brilliant innings of 53 runs off 36 balls. Umar Saif scored 36 runs off 30 balls, Azam Khan scored 14 runs off 8 balls and Danish Aziz scored 22 runs off 12 balls.

    On behalf of Abbottabad, Shahab Khan took 4 wickets while Adil Naaz and Fayaz Khan also took two wickets each.

    In pursuit of the target from Abbottabad, opening batsman Sajjad Ali returned to the pavilion after scoring one run while Fakhar Zaman scored 19 and Kamran Ghulam scored 12 runs.

    Chasing Karachi Whites’ 156 runs, the Abbottabad team could only score 146 runs.

    In defense of the target, Karachi Whites bowler Shahnawaz Dahani dismissed three players by giving 16 runs and declared the player of the match.

  • Rizwan, Fakhar, Shaheen congratulate KPK for defending National T20 Cup Title

    Rizwan, Fakhar, Shaheen congratulate KPK for defending National T20 Cup Title

    Pakistani cricketers Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman and Shaheen Shah Afridi, who are currently in a bio-secure bubble for the ICC T20 World Cup and who were also the part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) team, congratulated their team for defending the title and beating Central Punjab at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday after Captain Iftikhar Ahmed produced an all-round performance.

    “Huge congratulations to the whole KPK as we have successfully defended our title. We decided in our very first meeting to play like warriors and Alhumdulillah we managed to do that successfully. What a team. What a performance,” wrote Rizwan while congratulating his team.

    Fakhar Zaman and Shaheen Shah Afridi also took to Twitter to congratulate their team.

    The KPK captain completed the run chase by smoking Mohammad Faizan for a four through cover on the last ball of the 17th over and unleashed a roar in the Lahore night sky. He bagged the player of the final and the best player of the tournament awards.

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 152 for 3 (Iftikhar 45*, Ghulam 37) beat Central Punjab 148 (Shehzad 44, Akmal 42, Iftikhar 3-5, Imran 3-26) by seven wickets

  • Haris Rauf gets Azam Khan’s wicket, celebrates in style at National T20 Cup

    Haris Rauf gets Azam Khan’s wicket, celebrates in style at National T20 Cup

    Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf, who is playing for Northern at the National T20 Cup, got Azam Khan’s wicket and celebrated in a unique style.

    The 27-year-old pacer bowled to the wicketkeepr batter and he hit a sixer. On the very next ball, Azam got out on an inside edge. After taking the wicket, Haris celebrated the wicket with a style of famous TikToker Khabane “Khaby” Lame, who reacts on lame videos of people and points out how it can be performed easily while pointing with his hands as it was very easy.

    The speedster imitating the TikToker can be seen in the video here:

    Meanwhile, an impressive batting performance earned Northern a five-wicket win over ATF Southern Punjab in the tenth match of the National T20 played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on Wednesday night.

    All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz (player-of-the-match) made full use of two dropped chances as he scored an unbeaten 56 off 35 balls (six fours, two sixes) to spearhead his side’s 176-run chase.

    Musa Khan took three wickets for 40 runs, Mohammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim and Haris took a wicket apiece for Northern.