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Karachi U-18 Basketball Team stands title winner of four friendly match series (2019)

Karachi Under-18 Basketball Team earned the title of four friendly match series (2019) by 3-1 at SST Public School Rashidabad, Tando Allahyar, Sindh.

14 member Karachi Under-18 Basketball Team paid a visit to interior Sindh to play four friendly games.

Hassan Ali led the team in the said series which his team convincingly won 3-1 at SST Public School Rashidabad. 

The team did not have a good start suffering a defeat at the hands of SST Rashidabad Public School in their opening game with a narrow margin of 51-54.

But the Karachi team staged a comeback in their second match against SST Rashidabad Public School, beating them with the final scoreline of 59-54.

Karachi Under-18 team secured their second victory over SAU Tando Jam where they had to struggle hard but eventually won the game 54-51. The decisive match declared the Karachi team winner of the series when they triumphed over Hyderabad's team by a sizeable margin of 62-51. 

Hamza Khawaja of Karachi U-18 team was awarded with the title of Best Player.

SST public School Rashidabad's Director Sports, Deedar Hussain Khoso was the guest of honor at the event who late congratulated the high achievers of their victories in the series.

Karachi U-18 Basketball Team consisted of the following players:

  1. Nofil Ali
  2. Saad Salah Ud Din
  3. Hasan Ali
  4. Maaz
  5. Rafay Salah Ud Din
  6. Hamza Khawaja 
  7. Ubaid Hafeez
  8. Yesh Kumar
  9. Muhammad Daniyal Khan
  10. Mohammad Hafeez
  11. Anas Rehman
  12. Ayan 

While the officials were: Zain Ul Abedeen (Coach) and Mohammad Hasan Iqbal (Manager). 

President Karachi Basketball Association (KBBA), Ghulam Muhammad Khan have also announced the holding of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Basketball Series from 3 to 5 January at SST Rashidabad Public School. 

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