Johar Bears win 34th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Cricket Festival opener
Zeeshan Malik and Ram Ravi enabled Johar Bears to mark their debut in the 34th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramzan Cricket Festival at Karachi Gymkhana ground.
The opening match of this mega cricket festival into the current year, was played between Alamgir Gymkhana and Johar Bears teams in which Johar Bears' players came out stronger to register their first win with shining performances by their star players Zeehsan and Ran.
Zeeshan hit a 50-ball 78 with 10 boundaries and two sixes and Ram Ravi 78 off 38 with six sixes and four fours while adding 100 for the second innings as Johar Bears reached 206-3 in 18.4 overs after Alamgir team had themselves collected a competitive 205-5 in their 20 overs with Fahaddis Bukhari scoring an unbeaten 60 with 38 balls, five fours and two sixes.
Summarized scores:
*ALAMGIR GYMKHANA 205-5 in 20 overs (Fahaddis Bukhari 60 not out, Azam Khan 48, M. Hasan 40, Hassaan Khan 27 not out; Bilal Shah 3-39, Shehzad Ahmed 2-26);
*JOHAR BEARS 206-3 in 18.4 overs (Zeeshan Malik 78, Ram Ravi 78; Ghulam Mudassar 2-22).
Ram Ravi was the player, who was declared Man-of-the-Match for his brilliant performance throughout the game.
The 34th edition of Karachi Gymkhana Ramzan Festival Cricket Tournament 2019 for the Omar Associates Trophy is being held with the collaboration of Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) which is featuring a noticeable number of cricket teams participating in this mega event which is offering a record prize money of Rupees 1.5 million.