Match Details
The bottom dwellers have won the match against all odds. It was a commendable performance, Southern Punjab has outplayed KPK in all 3 departments today, they have won the match by 6 wickets!!
Earlier in the day KPK won the toss and opted to bat first. Sahibzada Farhan 16 off 18 and Isarullah 17 off 11 , gave a good start to KPK, They started off brilliantly smashing 31 runs in the first 3 overs, but Mohammad Ilyas was introduced into the attack and pulled the game back towards the Southern Punjab team, He got rid of both the openers in the space of three deliveries inside the powerplay.
Hasan Khan and Majid Ali got through their overs very quickly, they managed to keep the run-scoring down and also picks up wickets which put KPK in the backfoot. Rehan Ahmed, Adil Amin, Mohammad Sarwar and Ali Azmat fell cheaply KPK were struggling with 74/6 at the 14th over mark.
Kamran Ghulam put some live into the game, he hammered a 40-ball 54, which included 1 four and 4 sixers and helped his team to get to a formidable total of 133.
Umar Siddiq and Zain Abbas walked out to open the batting for Southern Punjab, Zain who was the man in form got out for a duck early on, he was dismissed by Ihsanullah. Sohaib Maqsood joined Umar Siddiq in the middle and together they stitched up a brilliant partnership, Umar was playing a very attacking knock and was well complimented on the other end by Maqsood.
Mohammad Sarwar was introduced into the attack, he was successful in breaking the partnership and sending Umar Siddiq back to the dressing room on 26 of 13. Sohaib Maqsood continued with his merry way and got to a well-made 50, Agha Salman who was out of form in this tournament showed some brilliance with the bat briefly. Salman was dismissed by Khalid Usman on 33 of 28 but it was too late by that time for Khyber Paktunkhwa.
Sohaib Maqsood took his team over the line with an unbeaten 61 of 44 balls, He was outstanding today coming back after an injury!! Southern Punjab have definitely missed his services in this tournament!!
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