Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (156/4) defeat Sindh (150/7) by six wickets in Match 12 of the National T20 Cup

[MenInG]

Sindh – Sarfaraz Ahmed (captain and wicketkeeper), Anwar Ali (vice-captain), Abrar Ahmed, Ahsan Ali, Danish Aziz, Hassan Mohsin, Khurram Manzoor, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Taha, Ruman Raees, Saud Shakeel, Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sharjeel Khan and Zahid Mahmood

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi (vice-captain),
Adil Amin, Arshad Iqbal, Asif Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imran Khan Snr, Israrullah, Maaz Khan, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Imran Khan, Mohammad Wasim, Mussadiq Ahmed and Sahibzada Farhan

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[MenInG]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have won the toss and elected to field against Sindh in Match 12 of the National T20 Cup

 

[MenInG]

 

[Rana]

Sharjeel testing Pakistan’s premier fast bowler!

 

[Rana]

So Sharjeel isn’t good enough for international cricket?!

 

[Rana]

Sharjeel 20 off 10

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Sharjeel 20 off 10

Gone ! not good enough for international cricket.

 

[Asif321]

Wow shaan look so poor against spin . Pathetic

 

[Sher Khan]

Standard of umpiring has been terrible. Sharjeel rightfully miffed at the umpire for incorrectly giving him out. Even the opposition captain Rizwan looked stunned at the decision.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Hassan Jalil is pure joy.

 

[Rana]

Gone ! not good enough for international cricket.

He blasted Pakistan’s best bowler out of the attack. And he wasn’t out

 

[smkk]

He blasted Pakistan’s best bowler out of the attack. And he wasn’t out

Regardless, a horrendous innings nonetheless! He played 7 playing shots in his 20 balls innings with 6 fours.
That's mean apart from hitting boundaries he cannot take any runs at all. For the same reason, Ahmed Shahzad use to be termed as tuk tuk king.

 

[Rana]

Now khurram smoking Shaheen!

Wow

 

[Darkrai]

Shaheen is really struggling.

 

[Asif321]

Khurram taking Shaheen to cleaners 5 fours in over

 

[MenInG]

Sindh score 150/7 (20)

 

[Titan24]

Fakhar middling it

 

[Titan24]

Hasnain with the most expensive over of national T20 in last two years conceding 28.

 

[Rana]

Fakhar and Sharjeel

The Openers we need!

 

[UzmanBeast]

Just tuned in for a minute, Dahani's short-pitched length will work well in the UAE with the right protection on the leg-side.

 

[Ahmed216]

Dahani >>>>>>>>>>>>>> hasnain and Rauf

 

[Ahmed216]

Rumman raees has still got the best control in Pak

 

[Titan24]

Good comeback from Zahid after being hit for a 4 and a 6

 

[smkk]

Regardless, a horrendous innings nonetheless! He played 7 playing shots in his 20 balls innings with 6 fours.
That's mean apart from hitting boundaries he cannot take any runs at all. For the same reason, Ahmed Shahzad use to be termed as tuk tuk king.

Fakhar and Sharjeel

The Openers we need!

And what about Sharjeel non consistent running between the wickets as I mentioned earlier, he is just sitting duck either hitting boundaries or just playing for dots. Nothing in between.

 

[Titan24]

Thats a pretty good catch by Sharjeel

 

[realitygaf]

Fakhar and Sharjeel

The Openers we need!

The issue is Fakhar and Sharjeel are both the same kind of players. They are both strikers and they are both hot and cold. They both have a habit of getting bogged down against good bowling and they both have a habit of getting very early. If you have both in the team you could end up either winning easily on a rare occasion because they both fire rarely but because of this rarity if they both play and get out early or get bogged down , pakistan will lose . So you can have only one of them in the squad. Either Fakhar or Sharjeel.

If a player gives you 49 off 30 balls and 35 off 25 balls in 2 games , that’s better than a Sharjeel / Fakhar like player who give you 49 off 18 in one game then 2 off 3 in the next

 

[Bewal Express]

All batsman premeditate to some extent but the problem with FZ is that he does it too much. Its because he doesnt play much of the bowling on its line and lengths, he ends up on missing freebies on the offside

 

[Last Monetarist]

KP 156/4 (17.4 overs) defeat Sindh 150/7 by six wickets.

Fakhar Zaman is named man of the match for his innings of 49 from 32 balls.

 

[Saj]

GFS Sindh suffered their first defeat in the National T20 Cup 2021-22 as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded a comfortable six-wicket victory in the 12th match of the tournament played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on Thursday night.

Set a 151-run target, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa completed the chase in 17.4 overs with six wickets left. Opener Fakhar Zaman led the charge for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a typically aggressive 49 off 32 balls (four fours, four sixes). The left-hander hit pacer Mohammad Hasnain for three sixes and a four in the second over the innings as Hasnain conceded 28 runs –most in an over in the tournament so far.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa batters didn’t let the early loss of their prolific captain Mohammad Rizwan affect the chase as Sahibzada Farhan, Adil Amin and Musadiq Ahmed took the side past the target.

Farhan scored 45 off 30 balls with the help of three fours and as many sixes. The right-hander added 58 runs for the third-wicket with Adil who scored 26 off 19 balls (three fours.)

Rumman Raees, Anwar Ali, Danish Aziz and Zahid Mahmood took a wicket each. This was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s third win in four matches, Sindh too have three wins from four games.

Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa opted to bowl after winning the toss. Sharjeel Khan hit three fours in the opening over of the match bowled by Shaheen Shah Afridi. The left-hander was however pegged back by the bowlers and was eventually dismissed by Arshad Iqbal for 25.

Sindh lost Shan Masood (13) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (0) in one Asif Afridi over to crash to 41 for three (7.3 overs).

Khurram Manzoor and Saud Shakeel did the repair work by adding 56 for the fourth-wicket. The left-handed Saud was dismissed for 32 by Imran Khan Snr who then got rid of Danish Aziz the next ball.

Imran narrowly failed to take a hat-trick as Shaheen spilled a difficult chance in the slips with Anwar Ali the batter.

Anwar hit a last ball six off Muhammad Wasim Jnr as Sindh finished with what looked like an under par score midway. Asif took two wickets for 20 runs while Imran returned figures of 4-0-24-2.

Scores in Brief:

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat GFS Sindh by six wickets.

GFS Sindh 150 for 7, 20 overs (Khurram Manzoor 54, Saud Shakeel 32; Asif Afridi 2-20, Imran Khan Snr 2-24)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 156 for 4, 17.4 overs (Fakhar Zaman 49, Sahibzada Farhan 45; Rumman Raees 1-10, Anwar Ali 1-11)

Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman