Adnan Akhtar’s 5-for leads Gulberg Warriors to victory

Dastagir Strikers came in to bat first & were off to a shaky start. Despite loosing a couple of wickets early on they were scoring at a healthy rate. Wajahat Ahmed Khan & Shan ul Haq then put up a decent partnership putting their team in a decent position. Wajahat Ahmed Khan departed after scoring 20 runs off 16 deliveries. Zohaib Masood came in & he played with the same intent. He scored at a healthy rate scoring boundaries at a healthy rate. Shan ul Haq played a sublime knock of 50 runs off 31 deliveries. Zohaib Masood played a solid knock of 38 runs off 25 deliveries. Once he was dismissed the bowlers then made their comeback picking up wickets at regular intervals not allowing the batsmen to settle in. The rest of the batting lineup completely collapsed as Adnan Akhtar was unplayable with the ball in hand. He single handedly tore apart the batting lineup picking up 5 wickets. He found good support from Umer Riaz who picked up 3 wickets. Zeeshan Nasir also picked up a couple of wickets. Dastagir Strikers were bowled out for 140 runs in 18 overs.

Gulberg Warriors came in to chase this target & were off to a shaky start. Despite loosing a couple of wickets inside the powerplay they were scoring at a healthy rate. Wasif Mustafa scored 17 off 12 where as Talha Ahmed scored run a ball 10 runs. Syed Sharjeel Ahmed came in & he scored 14 off 22. Shahid Nisar also contributed with his 22 off 16. Irteza Khan came in & he scored 10 off 14. Adnan Akhtar also scored 13 off 9. Umer Riaz & M Anas then managed to put up some sort of a partnership as Umer Riaz scored 14 off 12 & M Anas scored 17 off 16. Despite the bowlers picking up wickets at regular intervals they were unable to stem the flow of runs as batsmen came in & contributed with their runs. Mirza Taimoor Yousuf scored 8 runs off 5 deliveries where as Asad Ather scored 6 off 2 taking their team over the line. Irfan Ali Qasmi picked up 3 wickets. He found good support from Ali Hyder & Hussain Raza picked up a couple of wickets each.

Gulberg Warriors Won By 1 Wickets