Summary Islamabad team Captain Misbah-ul-Haq’s exceptional innings of 82 runs became the basis for the win.
FAISALABAD (Dunya News) – Dunya News’ team Islamabad Wednesday emerged victorious after beating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 2 wickets. Islamabad managed to successfully chase down KP’s target of 201 runs, which was originally 213 but was lowered due to technical problems in flood light system of Faisalabad’s Iqbal stadium. Islamabad team Captain Misbah-ul-Haq’s exceptional performance became the basis for the team’s victory, contributing a total of 82 runs to the chase.
Islamabad fans were greatly distressed as the team started its chase and lost 3 early wickets at only 9 runs. With Islamabad’s team looking in shambles, it was up to Misbah once again to get his team back on its feet, and that he did, with remarkable style. He remained the top scorer of the match.
Muhammad Sami also looked determined and contributed 12 runs as Islamabad inched towards its target. Meanwhile all rounder Shadab Khan remained not out at 33 runs. The team was succesul in achieving the target score at the cost of 2 wickets in 42.1 overs.
On the other hand KP’s Zohaib Khan managed to get 3 wickets, Zia-ul-Haq attained 2 while Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Asghar were successful in getting one wicket each.
A good innings was also seen by Younas Khan’s KP team. Ahmed Shehzad scored 31 runs while young opening batsman Fakhar Zaman managed to score 45 runs. Misbah’s counterpart Younas Khan also remained the top scorer of his team with 61 runs.
Islamabad’s Hammad Azam managed to grab 3 wickets during the innings while Mohammad Abbas was successful in sending 2 KP batsmen back to the pavilion. Sami and Shadab Khan managed to get one wicket each.
Earlier Younis Khan’s KP team had won the toss and elected to bat against Dunya News’ team Islamabad.
Prior to this match, Balochistan defeated Punjab team by 12 runs in first match of Pakistan Cup.
