Perceptions v Benitoz Panthers
Cocoon Home Night t20 Tournament
Perceptions played Benitoz Panthers in a very important match for both teams as this match was to have a big impact on who would qualify for the next round. Perceptions batted first and having lost Asher Qureshi for a duck, their innings was provided some stability by Maqbool with 27 and Ali Mehar with 31.Subsequently, wickets kept falling at regular intervals but Rabish Ahmed with 31, Shaaz Shajani with 14 and Abdur Rehman with 16 not out ensured that Perceptions ended at a respectable 148 for 9 in 20 overs. Imran Idrees and Hamza Ali Khan shared 3 wickets each while Waqas Ali Vohra got 2 wickets and there were 2 run outs in the innings.
In reply, Benitoz Panthers lost Madni Waqas Raja for 18, Ahmed Arshad for 12 and Hamza Ali Khan for a duck. While wickets kept falling from the other end , Umair Ahmed put up a valiant fight with 36 runs and in the end Umer Chawla managed 24 quick runs but could not get his team over the finish line as Benitoz Panthers ended at 134 for 9 in 20 overs. Umer Farooq got 3 wickets while Salman Yaseen was deadly with 2 wickets for just 12 runs while Abdur Rehman got 2 wickets and Adnan Akhtar got a wicket.
Perceptions won by 14 runs