Multan: Thanks to the devastating bowling of captain Yasir Shah, Balochistan defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 8 wickets to win the Pakistan Cup title.
According to Express News, the champion team achieved an easy target of 172 runs for the loss of only 2 wickets in the second ball of the 32nd over. given.
In pursuit of the target, Balochistan opener Imran Butt was bowled out for 28 by Khalid Usman and returned to the pavilion. Strengthened. Haseebullah was dismissed for 45 while young Abdul Wahid Bangalzai played an unbeaten innings of 80 runs.
Earlier, Balochistan won the toss and elected to field first. The entire Khyber Pakhtunkhwa team was bowled out for 171 in 46 overs thanks to Yasir Shah's measured bowling. Top order better Kamran Ghulam's half century was in vain. Four Khyber Pakhtunkhwa players could not even enter the double figures.
Yasir Shah took four wickets for just 33 runs in his quota of 10 overs. During this time he also threw 2 median overs. He guided Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Adil Amin and Mohammad Imran Sr. to the pavilion. Akif Javed and Khurram Shehzad took two wickets each.
Kamran Ghulam remained prominent by scoring 70 runs off 91 balls. His innings included a six and seven fours. Rehan Afridi (27 not out), Mohammad Mohsin (21) and Adil Amin (20) were out in the remaining three batsmen who entered the double figures.
Tournament champion Balochistan was given Rs. 4 million while runner-up Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was given Rs. 2.5 million. Balochistan opener Haseebullah was declared the player of the tournament.
Balochistan captain Yasir Shah is the best bowler of the tournament with 24 wickets. His team's opener Haseebullah was declared the best batsman by scoring 614 runs.
Muhammad Haris of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was declared the best wicket-keeper. He caught 11 catches and scored 239 runs in the tournament.
It should be noted that this is the first time that Balochistan has clinched the title of a domestic tournament after the formation of the domestic structure.
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