Karachi U-18 team wins Shaheed E Millat Liaquat Ali Khan Triangular Basketball Tournament 2019
Karachi U-18 team outscored St, Patricks' School 54-39 to earn the title of 2019 Shaheed E Millat Liaquat Ali Khan Triangular Basketball Tournament which successfully wrapped up at Arambagh Basketball Courts in Karachi.
The Shaheed E Millat Liaquat Ali Khan Triangular Basketball Tournament 2019 was held under the supervision of Karachi Defence Authority (KDA) where three teams took-part which namely were: Karachi U-18 Basketball Team, St. Patrick's School and Reflection School.
Reflection School lost both of its matches in the tournament, first against Karachi U-18 Basketball Team. They were very unfortunate in the game as their team fell short by just one point, 40-39 but then lost to St. Patrick's School 38-35.
The final was contested between Karachi U-18 and St. Patrick's School where, the splendid game from Karachi U-18 was witnessed as the team won the grand finale by the final score of 54-39.
Shariq Suleman, Nofil Ali, Saad Salah Ud Din and Hasan Ali were on the scoring spree who fetched Karachi U-18 team a valuable victory as they all scored 18, 14, 10 and 08 points respectively. While Asad Khan was the top scorer for the losing side with his 12 points and Sohail Awan along with Saad Awan scored 10 points each. But their contributions were not enough for their team to earn the final victory of the tournament.
Muhammad Naseem, KDA’s Media Coordinator was the honorable chief guest who witnessed these matches and later distributed prizes among the high achievers of the event. He also announced that the KDA Super Cup Basketball Championship 2019 will be held in the city after the 33rd National Games.
