Muhammad Akhlaq turned Rizwan’s hopes upside down, defeating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

RAWALPINDI: Central Punjab defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by three runs of their final league match within the Nationwide T20 Cup. Mohammad Akhlaq was declared the most effective participant of the match for his sensible innings.

In keeping with the main points, Central Punjab gained its final league match within the Nationwide T20 Cup. In pursuit of 175 runs, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staff managed to attain solely 171 runs for the lack of 6 wickets within the stipulated overs.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan made the match attention-grabbing by hitting three consecutive boundaries to Ehsan Adil within the final over of the match however he sadly failed to steer his staff to victory.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wanted 6 runs on the final ball of the match to win, however Mohammad Rizwan scored solely 2 runs, wicketkeeper-batsman remained unbeaten on 99 off 68 balls with the assistance of 6 sixes and seven fours.

Victory on this match has rekindled Central Punjab’s hopes of reaching the ultimate 4 of the occasion, however the successful staff continues to be struggling to achieve the semi-finals.

Alternatively, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staff has reached the semi-finals with 10 factors regardless of dropping the match.

Aside from wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan, no different batsman from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was capable of play nicely. Iftikhar Ahmed was dismissed for 21 and Musaddiq Ahmed for 17. Central Punjab’s Waqas Maqsood took three wickets and Ehsan Adil two.