Defence Day SSB Cup Basketball Tournament 2019 advances to semi-final stage
Captain Karnal Sherkhan Shaheed XI, Shabbir Shaeed XI, Major Tufail Shaheed XI and Major Aziz Bhatti XI teams have qualified for semi-final games of the 2019 Defence Day SSB Cup Basketball Tournament which is being held at Arambagh Basketball Court in Karachi.
Pakistan Sports Welfare Association (PSWA) in collaboration with Karachi Basketball Association (KBBA) has organized Defence Day SSB Cup Basketball Tournament for the basketball lovers of the city of lights: Karachi where several teams are seen competing against each other so as to emerge the sole title taker of this event.
Among so many participating teams, Captain Karnal Sherkhan Shaheed XI, Shabbir Shaeed XI and Major Tufail Shaheed XI teams made their respective opponents suffer the fall of the quarterfinal encounters, booking their space in the semi finals of the tournament.
The first quarter-final game witnessed Captain Karnal Sherkhan Shaheed XI and Major Mohammad Akran Shaheed XI teams battling where both the teams were aggressive in theri game play as none of them stayed behind, keeping the goals game strong as they dubbed baskets one after the other.
It was the game-high from Zoner Khan's 13 points along with Aon Khan, who made 12 successful shots that lead the team to their victory in the match. While Asad Hafeez, Ashraf Yahya and Hasan Ali each scored 10 points due to which it wasn't an embarrassing blowout for the team as they ended the first quarter-final match on 31-30 score line.
Shabbir Shaeed XI team defeated Lance Naik Mohammad Mahfooz Shaheed XI teams on the final score line of 47-40 which 20 points from Behzad Khan, whose speed was too much for the opponent team's players to match up to to which Usman Khan and Ehtisham added their 10 and 09 points respectively to earn their team a berth in the semis of the tournament.
Star stud players from the losing side, Richard Blaze and Elvis Fernandes lost this time even though they managed to score 12 and 10 points each alongside Lee Roy's 09 points.
Major Aziz Bhatti XI and Major Tufail Shaheed XI have also booked their places in the semi final stage as they defeated Captain Raja Sarwar Shaheed XI and Rashid Minhas Shaheed XI teams on 56-48 and 61-55, respectively.
