Two more matches were decided in the “75-year Independence Day Pakistan Inter-District T20 Cricket Tournament” organized by Commissioner Karachi Division in collaboration with Bank Islami at various cricket grounds in Karachi.
In the first match played at Landhi Gymkhana, District East Cricket Team defeated District Malir Cricket Team by 12 runs.
District East batting first scored 146 runs, Rehman Ghani 47, Rehan Tanoli 28, Israr Ahmed 24 and Bahadur Ali scored 23 runs while Najaf Ali and Amanullah took 3 wickets each for 22 and 10 runs respectively.
In reply, District Korangi team scored 134 runs, Toshiq Ahmed scored 59 runs and Rehan Shehbaz scored 19 runs. Khairullah, Rehan Ghani and Mohammad Rehan took 2 wickets each by giving 33, 24 and 13 runs respectively.
While in the second match played at Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, District West cricket team defeated District Malir cricket team by 32 runs.
Batting first, District West scored 177 runs, Saim Ayub 61, Fahad Iqbal 34, Usama Baloch 29, Ammar Alam 23 and Hasan Khan remained not out for 20 runs while Bilal Manzoor took 4 wickets for 42 runs, Uzair Akbar took 2 wickets and gave 31 runs.
In reply, District Malir was bowled out for 162 runs, Abdullah Fazal scored 39 runs, Arslan Farzand 27 runs, Muhammad Yasir Mushtaq 27 runs and Samiullah 26 runs while Hasan Khan gave 13 runs and bowled out 2 batsmen.
Deputy Commissioner East Raja Tariq Chandio, Deputy Commissioner West Ghulam Qadir Talpur, Assistant Commissioner General Abid Qamar Sheikh, Tournament Coordinator Ghulam Muhammad Khan, Tournament Secretary Shahzad Alam, Organizer Tauseef Siddiqui, Syed Fahad bin Tariq of Bank Islami and others were present during the matches.
