Aga Khan Gymkhana Vs Gifty Gymkhana
22 Over Match
In this 22 over match Aga Khan Gymkhana batted first and were off to a splendid start on the back of Saleem and Khurram’s fine partnership at the top. Saleem Ahmed in particular was in dangerous mood as he smashed all the bowlers around the park and played a very quick innings of 56 from 35 balls which set up the innings beautifully for Aga Khan Gymkhana. Though, Gifty Gymkhana came back strongly after the early heroics from Saleem but such was the platform provided that even after a few quick wickets they were in the game. Kamran and Hamid carried the work forward for Aga Khan Gymkhana as they scored 25 and 24 respectively. On the other hand, Abdul Majeed and Majeed Ahmed picked up 3 wickets each for Gifty Gymkhana and in the end Aga Khan Gymkhana got to 193 in their 22 overs.
After a fine batting performance from Aga Khan Gymkhana batsmen, the bowlers also started with the same momentum and picked up quick early wickets. Gifty Gymkhana were reeling when Arif and Asif got together. Both batsmen played with responsibility and build innings around them. They scored a crucial partnership in which Arif contributed with 47 of 36 balls and Asif who was the highest run scorer scored 72 with 3 sixes of 47 balls. Even after such a brilliant partnership rest of the batsmen could not cope up with the pressure and lost wickets in a heap to leave Asif helpless alone at one end as he remained not out till the end. In the end Aga Khan Gymkhana won comfortably by 30 runs.