1
0
4
W
6
2
= 13
Match Details
BAL vs KPK 15th Match, National T20 2022
BAL
174-1018.5
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 27 runs 🏆
KPK
20.0201-5
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That's the end of our coverage for this game. This is me, Akshay Bhide, signing off, on behalf of my co-commentator Harshdeep Singh Ahluwalia and scorer Yogesh Kumar. Tata. Bye Bye.
Khalid Usman | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Skipper: "The wicket was very good to bat and the ball was coming nicely onto the bat. So sent the message to the batters to eye 180-190. We picked up quick wickets and reduced them to 80/6 but it's T20 cricket and nothing is certain. But happy to defend the total and get across the line. I knew that Sarwar can bowl. It’s a team game and happy to see everyone step up."
Yasir Shah | Balochistan Skipper: "We conceded too many runs in the last three overs. We should have fielded well and everyone disappointed in the field. The plan was to play normal cricket and get closer to the target. The way our batters showed intent was good to see but lost wickets in the powerplay. The wicket was good to bat on and 27 runs in the last two overs would have been chaseable but we didn’t have any batters in the end."
Mohammad Sarwar | Player of the Match: "Our plan was to score 180-190. But once we saw the wicket, our coach said to score as many as we can in the 20 overs. My strength is power-hitting. I know I come to bat at this number and have practiced playing in this situation."
Mohammad Sarwar is named the Player of the Match.
Time for the post-match presentations.
Akshay: That's the end of the match and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa complete a convincing win over Balochistan to stay unbeaten in this year's Pakistan National T20 Cup. They have played five games so far and won all. They beat Balochistan by 27 runs to retain their place at the top of the points table.
Chasing a massive total, Balochistan needed a solid start but things didn’t go as planned for them. They lost their top three batters inside the first two overs and were reeling at 16/3. Haris Sohail and Shan Masood steadied the ship, with the former playing aggressively from the start of his innings. He hit some fantastic shots but it was a short stay for the southpaw as he departed on 39 off 19 balls.
The Pakhtunkhwa bowlers kept picking wickets at regular intervals and the required run rate crept up. Skipper Yasir Shah walked in at eight and played a blinder of a knock. He hit some lusty blows and the lower order batters in Hussain Talat and Kashif Bhatti also joined the party as they kept Balochistan in the chase. Bhatti and Shah departed in the penultimate over on 24 and 44 respectively which ensured that KP defended the total successfully. Balochistan tried hard but it was too much to do in the end as they fell short by 27 runs. Mohammad Imran Jr was impressive with the ball for KP as he finished with figures of 4/28 in his 3.5 overs.
Earlier in the day, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa skipper Khalid Usman won the toss and opted to bat first. They got off to a very good start. Sahibzada Farhan and Kamran Ghulam took on the bowling from the word go despite losing Mohammad Haris in the very first over. Both Farhan and Ghulam put 84 for the second wicket before Farhan departed on 48. There was no stopping Ghulam at the other end as he brought up his fifty.
Ghulam fell on 57 in the 15th over but not before laying a solid foundation for his side to finish on a high. A fantastic unbeaten partnership of 49 runs between Aamer Azmat (22* off 13 balls) and Mohammad Sarwar (38* off 11 balls) helped them post a mammoth 201 on the board in their 20 overs. Kashif Bhatti and Haris Sohail chipped in with a couple of scalps each but they failed to keep a check on the scoring rate as they conceded too many runs in the 20 overs which they failed to chase down.
Chasing a massive total, Balochistan needed a solid start but things didn’t go as planned for them. They lost their top three batters inside the first two overs and were reeling at 16/3. Haris Sohail and Shan Masood steadied the ship, with the former playing aggressively from the start of his innings. He hit some fantastic shots but it was a short stay for the southpaw as he departed on 39 off 19 balls.
The Pakhtunkhwa bowlers kept picking wickets at regular intervals and the required run rate crept up. Skipper Yasir Shah walked in at eight and played a blinder of a knock. He hit some lusty blows and the lower order batters in Hussain Talat and Kashif Bhatti also joined the party as they kept Balochistan in the chase. Bhatti and Shah departed in the penultimate over on 24 and 44 respectively which ensured that KP defended the total successfully. Balochistan tried hard but it was too much to do in the end as they fell short by 27 runs. Mohammad Imran Jr was impressive with the ball for KP as he finished with figures of 4/28 in his 3.5 overs.
Earlier in the day, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa skipper Khalid Usman won the toss and opted to bat first. They got off to a very good start. Sahibzada Farhan and Kamran Ghulam took on the bowling from the word go despite losing Mohammad Haris in the very first over. Both Farhan and Ghulam put 84 for the second wicket before Farhan departed on 48. There was no stopping Ghulam at the other end as he brought up his fifty.
Ghulam fell on 57 in the 15th over but not before laying a solid foundation for his side to finish on a high. A fantastic unbeaten partnership of 49 runs between Aamer Azmat (22* off 13 balls) and Mohammad Sarwar (38* off 11 balls) helped them post a mammoth 201 on the board in their 20 overs. Kashif Bhatti and Haris Sohail chipped in with a couple of scalps each but they failed to keep a check on the scoring rate as they conceded too many runs in the 20 overs which they failed to chase down.
18.5 M Imran to J Khan
W BOWLED' EM!!!! Imran finishes things for KP. Bowls a back of the hand slower delivery on the stumps, Khan gets his front leg out of the way and goes for a wild slog across the line but misses it completely and gets cleaned up. With this, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Balochistan by 27 runs.
18.4 M Imran to J Khan
0 Hattrick ball and Khan escapes somehow from that fast and short off delivery
18.3 M Imran to Y Shah
W OUT!!!! CAUGHT!!! Shah tried the flick on that fuller delivery but found the fielder straight away and gone
18.2 M Imran to K Bhatti
W OUT!!!! CAUGHT!!!! Finally they get the breakthrough Bhatti had to go for that lofted shot but ended up being an easy catch in the end
18.1 M Imran to K Bhatti
2 On the backfoot for that short of length delivery and a great effort in the field keeps it to a couple
30 required from the last 2 overs.
OVER 18
Balochistan
172/7
Yasir Shah
44(26)
Kashif Bhatti
22(7)
Arshad Iqbal
1-39(4.0)
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