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All Karachi Bahadur Ali Shaheed Basketball Tournament continue in full swing

Bahria Basketball Club earned a hard fought victory against St. Patrick’s Basketball Club 39-36 in the on-going All Karachi Bahadur Ali Shaheed Basketball Tournament 2019 which is being played at Arambagh basketball court in Karachi.

Bahria Basketball team and St. Patrick’s Basketball team were battling for the win, in which it was Bahria team that outplayed their opponents in a nail-biting match by 39-36. Even though the Bahria team won the match but they had to struggle quite a lot as St. Patrick's team gave tough time to them but had to suffer the loss of the game only by a difference of 2 points. 

Both the teams charged themselves at the basket performing with remarkable foot-work making full effort to secure the win however, the winning team player’s accuracy was too much for the losing team to catch up to as Mohsin Mehmood proved to be the most talented player shooting 13 points into the basket. Whereas Umair Khan and Monib Ahmed with their contributions of  14 and 12 successful shots, respectively, also played a huge role in the team having the celebration of the victory. 

The losing team did tried to bring some heat into the game from their side through Jibran Ali who scored 10 points but he alone was not enough to beat the opponent team. Although great team work was also witness on their side with Darren and Nosha  scoring 09 and 08 points, respctively.

SP Azam Hayat was the honorable chief guest, who witnessed the match being played and also lauded the organizers for holding an event to pay homage to Shaheed police officer Bahadur Ali who laid his life while fighting terrorism.

SSP Irfan Bahadur Ali, KBBA President, Ghulam Muhammad and Abdul Nasir were also present on the occasion. 

Karachi Basketball Association in collaboration with PSWA has organized All Karachi Bahadur Ali Shaheed Basketball Tournament into the current year which is featuring a total of about six (6) teams who have lined up to compete in the matches and these teams have been divided into two pools. Players from their respective teams are seen battling for the ultimate title win of the tournament.

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