ICT VS Shan XI
16th Challengers Cup
ICT batted first and had a dream beginning thanks to their openers, Taqi Azad and Adeel Khan. The duo was in mesmerizing form and smashed the bowlers to all around the park during their stay. They attacked from ball one and made it difficult to Shan XI bowlers to bowl at them. Taqi scored a brilliant 58 off just 51 balls whereas Adeel scored 39 at a strike rate off 177. After their dismissal, the middle order capitalized on the platform provided by the openers and carried the innings forward. Bilal Majeed and Sabih played little cameos of 17 and 10 whereas Ali Ammar ended the innings in style with 30 off 17 balls. In the end, ICT posted 189 in their 20 overs.
It was a big chase and Shan XI tumbled under pressure. Ubaid and Shahbaiz was all over the batting side from the very start as they gave ICT a brilliant start with the bowl. Both picked up 2 wickets each and ripped the heart out of Shan XI innings. The top order for Shan XI was blown away by magnificent bowling from ICT. Ali and Iqbal tried to rescue the sinking ship with their partnership as they scored 20 and 58 respectively but that was not enough for their side as they were far away from winning. In the end, they were restricted to just 148 and were beaten by 41 runs.