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Karachi Gymkhana trounce over Johar Bears in 34th Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Cricket Festival

Karachi Gymkhana claimed the victory against Johar Bears by 9 wickets in latest match of the Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Cricket Festival 2019 which is being held at KG cricket ground in Karachi.

The 11th match of this mega cricket tournament saw Karachi Gymkhana and Johar Bears battling for the win in which Agha Salman excelled with a fine all-round show as Karachi Gymkhana outplayed their opponent team: Johar Bears by nine wickets.

The off-spinning snared four wickets for 17 runs to send Johar Bears reeling to 76 all out after they had been 55-1 on the back of Umair Yousuf’s 25-ball 34 (three fours and one six). Slow let-armers, Rafay Safdar and Usman Khalid took five wickets between them.

Salman then scored 36 off 25 balls with three fours and two sixes as the man-of-the-match added 55 for the unbroken second-wicket stand with former Pakistan opener, Imran Nazir (33 off 27 balls, three fours and two sixes).

Summarized scores:

*JOHAR BEARS 76 in 16 overs (Umair Bin Yousuf 34; Agha Salman 4-17, Rafay Safdar 3-16, Usman Khalid 2-20);
*KARACHI GYMKHANA 78-1 in 9.5 overs (Agha Salman 36 not out, Imran Nazir 33 not out).

The current year's edition of Karachi Gymkhana Ramzan Festival Cricket Tournament mark its 34th edition for the Omar Associates Trophy, which is being held with the collaboration of Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) and is featuring a noticeable number of cricket teams participating in this mega event which is offering a record prize pursue of Rupees 1.5 million.

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