Ten Pearls batted first against Group M at Al Mansoora this past Saturday as part of the 8th Challengers Corporate Cup and took their opponents by storm. Despite opener Sheraz being dismissed cheaply for 1, the team stood strong with each batsmen contributing valuable runs with the bat. His partner Ajdal knocked 17 before Faiz Ul Haq and M.Ali took over with confidence innings of 57 and 45 respectively to set up a big total. Taimoor and Fawad also contributed with 29 and 19. Group M's bowlers were unable to contain the opposition and could not break their momentum. Murtuza Zaidi was the key wicket taker with 2 wickets while Nabi, Kashif and Farrukh took a wicket each. Ten Pearls ended at 194 for 5 in 20 overs.
Chasing a big total, Group M required an extraordinary innings but things went South for the chasing side pretty fast. Opener Aftab was out for just 3 runs and despite a few brief cameos sprinkled across the innings the team could not propel their side to the finish line. Farrukh's 29 and Hasan Zameer's 24 were the most notable innings for their side. Ten Pearls bowlers did well to strike when required with Zohair, Zain and Fawwad taking 2 wickets each to bowl out Group M for just 129 in 18.5 overs.
Ten Pearls won by 65 runs.