Karachi Gladiators Vs Royal Group Falcons (Al Wakeel Cricket League)
Karachi Gladiators defend 129 in low scoring fixture to beat Royal Group Falcons, Sami Afridi with his 4 wicketrs played a big role in defending the small total.
In this low scoring fixture Karachi Gladiators batted first and were off to a miserable start as they lost wickets at the regular intervals and could not form a stable partnership to gain any sort of momentum in their batting. Royal Group Falcons were all over the opposition as they bowled at right channels and did not give any room to the batsmen to take any control in the innings. The first half clearly belonged to Royal Group Falcons. Only notable contribution with the bat cam from Hunain Usman who scored 31 of 18 whereas Irfan Latif and Fahad Saleem were the main destroyer with the ball as they picked up 3 wickets each,
After dominating with the ball, Royal Group Falcons only needed just over 6 runs an over to chase down 129 and they got the perfect start for it aswell. The openers were batting with a purpose and gave their team a perfect start but Karachi Gladiators soon crawled back into the game and their bowlers destroyed the middle order of Royal Group Falcons with Sami Afridi leading the way with his fine bowling performance as he picked up 4 wickets for only 15 runs in his 4 overs, he was equally supported by other bowlers as they restricted the opposition for just 105 and in the end won easily by 24 runs.