Samba Bank Ltd batted first and scored 159/8 in 20 overs. Muhammad Zahid top-scored with 56 off 32 (10 fours, 1 six), and Faraz Khan contributed 34 off 23 (2 fours, 3 sixes). Zohair Ahmed chipped in with 33 off 18 lower down, but the team were unable to accelerate to a truly daunting total. HBL Asset Management’s bowling was well-controlled, with Zohaib Bhatti (4/21), Tanveer Ahmed (4/28), Muhammad Nabeel (4/28), and Abdul Rehman Sr (4/22) all picking up wickets to restrict Samba Bank to a chaseable target.
HBL Asset Management chased down 160 in 14.4 overs, losing only 3 wickets to win by 7 wickets. The chase was set up by Nauman Ur Rehman’s explosive 43 off just 18 balls (10 fours), and Bilal Khalid anchored the innings magnificently with an unbeaten 82 off 45 (9 fours, 4 sixes). The pair dismantled the Samba Bank bowling attack, with the remaining bowlers unable to contain the flow of runs. Muhammad Zahid and Yousuf Bhatti each took 1 wicket for Samba Bank.
HBL Asset Management won by 7 wickets in an emphatic run chase, with Bilal Khalid’s unbeaten 82 the innings of the ma
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