Nazeer Hussain Gymkhana played against Hillpark cc at a knockout game for the 20th Challengers Cup. NHG batted first and Kashif with 20, Hasan with 26 and Talha with 19 got notable contributions before M Kashif hit an aggressive 43 off 26 balls at a strike rate of 165% to get NHG to a competitive 141 for 7 in 20 overs at their home ground, Al Mansoora. For Hill Park cc, Asif and Salman took 2 wickets each while Abdullah and Abdul Wali got a wicket each and there was 1 run out.
In reply, Hill Park cc openers Fauz and Rameez Mehboob took the game away from NHG as Fauz got 61 off 37 and Rameez scored 54 runs off 41 balls to cement a crucial opening partnership. Muzammil then got 12 unbeaten runs to take Hill Park home with more than 4 overs to spare and for the loss of just 3 wickets. For NHG, Farhan got 2 wickets and Atif picked up a wicket.
