Intellegal XI v Faysal Bank
Intellegal XI played against Faysal bank at Al Mansoora cricket Ground as part of the 7th Challengers Corporate Cup. Intellegal batted first and got off to a good start as Sohail scored 32 runs and Hamood contributed 43 runs. Khurrum Shahzad then played an aggressive knock in which he dispatched the ball to all parts of the park with a fiery innings of 54 runs off 25 balls at a strike rate of 216% and his knock included 1 boundary and 5 sixes. Haris with 24 runs ensured that Intellegal ended at 182 for 8 in 20 overs. For Faysal Bank, Yawar took 3 wickets, Azeem got 2 wickets while Javed and Afaq picked up a wicket each.
In reply, Faysal Bank was undeterred in the chase as Amir knocked 52 runs, Nadeem 20 and Zohaib 35 runs. Some quick wickets fell and the match was in the balance and getting tough for Faysal bank but Adnan Tanoli stepped up to the plate and hit 28 runs not out off 11 balls at a strike rate of 254% and Faysal Bank won with 4 balls to spare after having lost 8 wickets in the process. For Intellegal, Sohail was the key bowler with 3 wickets, Nadeem got 2 wickets while Muhammad Ghufran and Sameed took a wicket each. A very interesting and exciting contest between two evenly matches teams with Faysal Bank the eventual victor.
Faysal Bank won by 2 wickets.