RAWALPINDI – Nurpur Lions beat Lake City Panthers by eight wickets in Champions T20 Cup match at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
Chasing a modest 124-run target, Lions crossed the line in 14.3 overs for the loss of two wickets after they were set up by player of the match Shahid’s potent 4-20 which restricted Panthers to 123 all out in 19.2 overs.
Imam and Hasan set up the win with a confident 79-run opening stand in 9.1 overs. Hasan hit three sixes and four boundaries in his fiery 31-ball 44 while Imam’s 38-ball 45 had five hits to the rope. Shahzaib Khan chipped in with a 17-ball 28 not out, cracking two sixes and a four.
With the win, Lions opened their account in the five-team competition after losing their first two games. Panthers have now lost two and won one in their three outings.
Sent into bat, Panthers lost opener Sharjeel Khan for five before Umar Siddiq, who scored a 28-ball 26 with two sixes and as many fours, added 45 for the second wicket with Haider Ali (26, 20b, 2x4s, 1×6).
Shahid, Khushdil Shah (2-26) and Musa Khan (2-32) triggered a middle-order collapse which saw Panthers slumping from 62-1 to 99-6. It was Danish Aziz who rescued Panthers to a respectable total with a solid 27-ball 34 which were studded with four boundaries and a six.
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