Punjab wins OGDCL Blind Cricket Super League title

ISLAMABAD, May 7 (APP):Punjab clinched the A.S.Ali-OGDCL Blind Cricket Super League title played at Bolan Cricket Stadium, Quetta on Monday.
Punjab beat KPK by 17 runs in the final, said a press release issued here. KPK won the toss and decided to bowl first. Punjab made 204 runs on the board for the loss of 4 wickets in allotted 20 overs. Muhammad Akram played a superb innings of 135 runs off 78 balls and Muhammad Arsalan made 33 runs off 24 balls. Haroon Khan and Anees Javed shared a wicket a piece by giving away for 27 and 35 runs respectively.
In reply, KPK started cautiously and lost two early wickets. Sana Ullah Khan and Haroon Khan both in-form batsmen got out cheaply. Thereafter, Captain Anees Javed and Riasat Khan build innings with calculated risks and took KPK score to 111 runs in 11 overs for the loss of 2 wickets. Riasat Khan’s run out gave chance to Punjab to tighten grip on the match, their fielders responded to clinical bowling and gave just 45 runs in next 6 overs.
Requiring 49 runs in the last 3 overs, Anees Javed hammered 17 runs in 18th over and gave a ray of hope to KPK as 32 runs were needed in the last 12 balls.
But Punjab bowled well and clinched the title by 17 runs. KPK made 187 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Anees Javed made 70 runs off 44 balls and Haroon Khan made 33 off 25 balls. Muhammad Akram claimed 1 wicket for 28 runs in his 4 overs spell whereas Matiullah took 1 wicket for 29 runs.
Muhammad Akram was declared Man of the Match. Man Of The Tournament include Amir Ishfaq in B1 Category, Matiullah in B2 Category, Muhammad Akram in B3 Category and Nisar Ali was adjudged Best Wicket Keeper of the tournament.
Ms Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani, (Acting Governor Balochistan & Speaker Provincial Assembly Balochistan), Ikram Ullah Kafi Regional Coordinator OGDCL Balochistan, Azeem Akhtar CSR Officer OGDCL Islamabad, Brig Shahid Malik, Lt Col Tanveer, Major Yaseen (Representative of Southern Military Commands Quetta) and Syed Sultan Shah Chairman PBCC were the Chief Guests of the occasion.