Rangoonwala New Al Habib marks 1st win in Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramzan Festival Cricket Tournament 2019
Patex Boards fall short to Rangoonwala New Al Habib on18 runs in their Group D fixture of 34th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramzan Festival Cricket Tournament at KG cricket ground in Karachi.
Rangoonwala New Al Habib and Patex Boards teams were up against each other in their group D fixture in which Rangoonwala New Al Habib players made their opponents suffer the fall by 18 runs, taking home their first victory of the tournament.
After winning the toss, Rangoonwala New Al Habib batted first and posted a fighting total of 166 for five in the allotted 20 overs, which they defended successfully to register their maiden victory in the competition.
Medium-pacer, Sajjad Mirza provided Patex Boards with a head start by removing the dangerous openers, Bismillah Khan (16 off 10 balls) and Imran Ali (15 off 10 balls) in quick succession in his spell with the new ball.
Rangoonwala New Al Habib constructed their innings through Bilal Irshad (36 off 30 balls) and Asad Ali (29 off 22 balls) while the late flourish was provided by Ejaz Ali Shah who remained undefeated on 28 off 16 balls and Saeed Hasan who remained unbeaten on 15 off 12 balls.
Set to score 167 in 20 overs, Patex Boards lost wickets at regular intervals and were virtually out of the contest when the seventh wicket went down at 98. Their top-order batsmen were unable to come to terms with the tight bowling, resulting in unforced errors.
Leg-spinner, Muhammad Ilyas, who also won the Man of the Match award, tormented them with figures of three for 23 as the unbroken 50-run eighth-wicket stand between Azhar Khan (40 off 32 balls) and Tahir Khan (32 off 19 balls) only helped in reducing the margin of defeat.
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.
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