Peshawar
Kings XI Swat clinched the trophy after defeating Zalmi Challengers Mardan in a thrilling super over final of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Kaliwal Zalmi Cricket League-2019 being played here at Islamia College Cricket Ground, University of Peshawar on Saturday.
Adviser to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Education Zia Ullah Bangash and Peshawar Zalmi Team Manager Arshad Khan graced the occasion as chief guests and witnessed the thrill-packed final wherein both the teams King XI Swat and Zalmi Challengers Mardan were stretched to super over.
Batting first Zalmi Challengers Mardan made 84 runs but Kings XI Swat raced up to the target and made 84 runs as well. To decide the fate of the final a Super over was given to the teams with Kings XI declared as winners after chasing six runs on three balls of the super over. Thus Kings XI Swat won the match and took the trophy.
In his address to the teams Zia Ullah Bangash said that Peshawar Zalmi have arranged several programs at grass-root level to promote Cricket in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and he appreciated Chairman Zalmi Javed Afridi for taking the steps in involving the youth of various villages in healthy sports activities.
He said competitive exposure is giving due opportunities to the players to come and show their hidden talent against each other in the competitions.
In his written message Javed Afridi disclosed that more such like activities would be organized in order to provide maximum competitive exposure to the players.—APP
