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NBP Pakistan Day Basketball Tournament 2019 continue in full swing

Mamba Squad and Karachi Basketball Clubs recorded stunning wins in the on-going NBP Pakistan Day Basketball Tournament 2019 which is being played at Arambagh Basketball Court in Karachi.

The two more matches played between Mamba Squad, Peterson Stars, Karachi and Binoria Basketball Clubs concluded with Mamba Squad and Karachi Basketball Clubs wins which booked them a further place in the championship. 

In the first match of the day, Mamba Squad Basketball team boys looked as though they would roll throughout and will bolt a win and Peterson Stars Basetball Team men also made hard efforts of winning but were not able to outscore the winning team whose players made them suffer loss by leading the game on 48-37.

Asif Iqbal scored a game-high 13 points while  Saad Khan and Noman added 9 points each. For the losing side, Jonathan D’Souza scored 12 points while Steeve D’Souza and Allan Fernandez contributed with 8 points each.

The other encounter witnessed a clash between Karachi and Binoria Basketball Clubs where  Binoria Basketball Clubs fall to Karachi Basketball Club as they got a commanding 63 points lead through Raj Kumar who made 37 shots along with Zain Ul Abedeen and Fuzail each contributing 18 and 17 points for the win with their dribbling and shooting accuracy, respectively. 

This one-sided contest ended in a loss for the losing side who's  Syedi Ameen, scoring 30 points were still not enough to grant their team the win of the match. 

National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) is sponsoring yet another sport event, this time in the field of basketball as Karachi Basketball Association (KBBA) has organized another basketball event to mark the day of Pakistan that is March 23rd.

This mega basketball event has been named as "Pakistan Day Basketball Tournament 2019" which is featuring a total of about 12 teams from the city of lights: Karachi and the players from their respective teams are seen battling against each other so as to earn the ultimate title of the tournament. This tournament is being played on knock-out basis.

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