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District West secures top spot in Basketball Event of 5th Pizza Hut Karachi Games

District West struggled against District Central and won the game by 40-37 in the Basketball Event of 5th Pizza Hut Karachi Games which was held at Arambagh Basketball Court in Karachi.

District West  basetball team and District Central basketball teams were battling for the final victory of the event , in which it was West team that outplayed their opponents in a nail-biting match by 40-37. Even though the Bahria team won the match but they had to struggle quite a lot as Central team boys gave tough time to them but had to suffer the loss of the game only by a difference of 3 points.  

he winner team took home the final victory on a close call as 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 Gujjar proved to be the most talented player shooting 27 points whereas Taimur and Umair Khan with their contributions of 08 and 07 successful shots, respectively, also played a huge role in the team having the celebration of the victory.

The runner-up team did tried to bring some heat into the game from their side through Shariq  and Faizan who each scored 09 points but both of them did not prove to be enough to beat the opponent team. Although great team work was also witness on their side with Hasan Iqbal dubbing 08 points.

A total of four (4) teams took part in this event which include. Karachi Central, District West, District Malir and Karachi East. Players from these mentioned teams were seen giving their all to etch their name on the title of the event but District West team came out to stand on top. 

More than 8000 athletes were seen in action in the 2019 Karachi Games which were held at 14 different venues of the city of lights from 29th April to 2nd May.

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