KPK (187/5) beat Central Punjab (151/9) by 36 runs in the National T20 Cup

[MenInG]

Central Punjab – Babar Azam (captain), Hasan Ali (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Ahmed Shehzad, Ehsan Adil, Faheem Ashraf, Hussain Talat, Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Akhlaq (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Hafeez, Qasim Akram, Saif Badar, Shoaib Malik, Usman Qadir, Wahab Riaz and Waqas Maqsood

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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[YousafTheBeast]

All eyes on Fakhar today, he has absolutely nothing to lose. Let’s hope he does well and sends Ramiz a message.

 

[Omer2002]

Unless i am confused i thought the Central Punjab game was Game 2 ...maybe i am wrong

 

[MenInG]

Unless i am confused i thought the Central Punjab game was Game 2 ...maybe i am wrong

From PCB:

National T20 (Matches from 23 Sep-3 Oct at the Pindi Cricket Stadium; matches from 6-13 Oct at the Gaddafi Stadium. First match to start at 1500, second match to begin at 1930)

23 Sep - Balochistan-Northern; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Central Punjab

 

[Salman4.]

All eyes on Fakhar today, he has absolutely nothing to lose. Let’s hope he does well and sends Ramiz a message.

Not all yk.
Wahab, Iftikhar, Hafeez, Faheem and Malik could all be potentially playing.

 

[shamaan]

Should be a good game Babar vs shaheen

 

[Maher96]

Good game coming up.

Let’s see what line up is played CP have the best and experienced players in one team.

Should beat the rest by a mile on paper.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Not all yk.
Wahab, Iftikhar, Hafeez, Faheem and Malik could all be potentially playing.

After the PM meeting with the players for the WT20, I don’t think they’ll make any changes now. Because if they did then they’d have to admit that they made a mistake when first picking the team.

Fakhar is in the reserves, so he’s probably the only one that could still get in.

 

[A.A.Z]

Rizwan and Shaheen vs Babar and Hasan

 

[A.A.Z]

Last year Malik, Hafeez and Wahab were in the KPK team for some reason with Abdul Razzaq as coach when they won the National T20.

This year they're all in CP who finished last year if I recall.

 

[shamaan]

After the PM meeting with the players for the WT20, I don’t think they’ll make any changes now. Because if they did then they’d have to admit that they made a mistake when first picking the team.

Fakhar is in the reserves, so he’s probably the only one that could still get in.

I stil think they need an extra batter instead of a pacer.

 

[Salman4.]

After the PM meeting with the players for the WT20, I don’t think they’ll make any changes now. Because if they did then they’d have to admit that they made a mistake when first picking the team.

Fakhar is in the reserves, so he’s probably the only one that could still get in.

Okay. All eyes but IK's eyes then.

 

[MenInG]

Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field at Pindi Cricket Stadium

 

[shamaan]

No Abdullah,haris and qasim akram well done Babar

 

[Omer2002]

No hafeez as well...actually looking at Punjabs side it looks very unbalanced for sure.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

No Shoaib Malik?

 

[Shafi]

Babar is even worse than Misbah. For some reason Babar hates younger players but has sever obsession with older players.

 

[Snowflake]

Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field at Pindi Cricket Stadium

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Abdullah Shafiq not in? Strange

 

[Snowflake]

No Abdullah,haris and qasim akram well done Babar

Who is Haris?

 

[shamaan]

Rizwan toyed with Hassan

 

[shah_1]

Muhammad Haris and Abdullah Shafiq were part of ODI squad and not good enough to play t20 local matches

 

[shamaan]

Who is Haris?

The Muhammed Harris he's a wicket keeper I think he's around 19/20 hard hitting batter

 

[Extra_Cover]

What a great catch by Babar. Great to see good fielding!

 

[shamaan]

Left Arm spin...

 

[Arsal_AK]

Ahmed Shehzad and then people wonder what's wrong. Absolutely brain dead selection.

This especially after Abdullah carried CP last year till Babar came in the later half.

 

[Darkrai]

Wonder if Babar is going to get a call from Ramiz for dropping Abdullah, who is 21 and was their highest run-scorer last year.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Rizwan is class!

 

[shah_1]

Ahmed Shehzad and then people wonder what's wrong. Absolutely brain dead selection.

This especially after Abdullah carried CP last year till Babar came in the later half.

Razzaq has played with Ahmed Shehzad


Samjo bhai

 

[shamaan]

What a shot by adil amin

 

[world cup captain]

Rizwan taking on one of the best bowling lineup in the tournament. Kudos!

 

[shamaan]

Good delivery

 

[Darkrai]

They need to get these youngsters, who are warming the bench for CP, to play for Balochistan or send oldies like Malik and Hafeez there.

 

[Bewal Express]

These local coaches have too many panjis and because of that young players don't get enough game time.

 

[shamaan]

Good effort by qadir

 

[shamaan]

Outstanding catch by wahab

 

[Extra_Cover]

Is this guy Musadiq brother of Iftikhar? Stark similarities between the two and they both have the same surname as well "Ahmed"

 

[Extra_Cover]

Kamran being Kamran, the consistency this guy has is simply remarkable.

 

[MenInG]

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Amazing catch

 

[shamaan]

Brilliant over by Hassan Ali

 

[MenInG]

KP reach a very impressive 187/5 (20), thanks in the main to Mohammad Rizwan's 65 (40) and an excellent contribution by Iftikhar Ahmed 40 (25), with Hassan Ali 3/30 the standout bowler for Central Punjab

 

[Omer2002]

Shaheen all over these amateur batters

 

[zacattakk]

Shaheen all over these amateur batters

Babar all over this amateur bowler

 

[Extra_Cover]

Shaheen vs Babar is amazing contest

 

[PakEngFan]

Fixer Akmal goes. On a serious note this is exactly what is wrong with our cricket 2 guys selected to play for Pakistan but are not good enough to play this tournament. Both decent talents too. But here we have 40 year old uncles playing.

 

[A.A.Z]

Babar all over this amateur bowler &#55357;&#56835;

Shaheen should have had Babar out twice.

Babar got lucky here.

 

[Titan24]

Babar's upper cut kind of shot to Shaheen for a 6 was freakish

 

[shamaan]

Left arm spin to Babar

 

[Kaddy]

Shaheen should have had Babar out twice.

Babar got lucky here.

Ball was clearly missing the stumps.

Watch the match, before writing the comment.

 

[shamaan]

The Shaheen vs Babar contest was top draw

 

[A.A.Z]

Ball was clearly missing the stumps.

Watch the match, before writing the comment.

It was inconclusive given the lack of ball-tracking but the next ball he should have been caught out.

 

[Kaddy]

Babar failed against left arm spinner again.

 

[Kaddy]

It was inconclusive given the lack of ball-tracking but the next ball he should have been caught out.

Ok, I respect your judgement but IMO it was clearly going outside.

Second one was a very good ball though.

 

[Omer2002]

This Akhlaq guy is a a keeper surely drop kami and put abdullah in he cant do any worse

 

[A.A.Z]

Ok, I respect your judgement but IMO it was clearly going outside.

Second one was a very good ball though.

You may be right. Great contest anyways.

 

[PakEngFan]

This Akhlaq guy is a a keeper surely drop kami and put abdullah in he cant do any worse

He’s a club level keeper but that’s on par with akmal.

 

[PakEngFan]

Selfie goes after paying some of his fans to cheer for him

 

[shamaan]

Good to see respect shown for the innings off akhlaq

 

[waheed_sofi]

Someone was trolling Wahab with "Watson Agaya Khelne"

 

[PakEngFan]

Someone was trolling Wahab with "Watson Agaya Khelne"

Hahah. This is gold.

 

[waheed_sofi]

Tariq Saeed seems to be a very good knowledgable commentator.
Is very articulate, well uptodate with domestic & international cricket unlike other, and Clear listenable voice for Urdu Commentator.
He corrected Sana mir many times during the commentary like when she said in last his last match IK snr took 5 Wickets vs Aus in Sydney, He replied whole Pakistan team were not able take 5 Wickets in match.
He also said he was very surprised at the exclusion of Abdullah Shafiq and how Faheem is not with hitting.
He seems to have more common sense and game awareness than the whole bunch of Coaches at CP Camp.

 

[Last Monetarist]

 

[PakEngFan]

Tariq Saeed seems to be a very good knowledgable commentator.
Is very articulate, well uptodate with domestic & international cricket unlike other, and Clear listenable voice for Urdu Commentator.
He corrected Sana mir many times during the commentary like when she said in last his last match IK snr took 5 Wickets vs Aus in Sydney, He replied whole Pakistan team were not able take 5 Wickets in match.
He also said he was very surprised at the exclusion of Abdullah Shafiq and how Faheem is not with hitting.
He seems to have more common sense and game awareness than the whole bunch of Coaches at CP Camp.

Agreed. He seems more knowledgeable then these so called coaches. Last year he embarrassed azhar regarding asad shafiq

 

[shujaatraza]

Agreed. He seems more knowledgeable then these so called coaches. Last year he embarrassed azhar regarding asad shafiq

Asad Shafiq is still a youngster? Lol that was funny.

 

[MenInG]

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What a treat

 

[MenInG]

Mohammad Rizwan struck a sparkling half-century and Iftikhar Ahmed hit a quick-fire 40 not out as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa began their National T20 title defence with 36 runs victory over Home City Central Punjab in a match produced by the PCB and televised on PTV Sports.

Rizwan slapped seven fours and a six in a 40-ball 65, while Iftikhar’s 25-ball 40 included six fours and a six that helped the defending champions to collect 187 for five in 20 overs after being put into bat on Thursday evening.

Needing a positive and solid to stay in contention, Central Punjab lost Kamran Akmal (three) in the fourth over to Imran Khan Snr, Babar Azam (29) in the seventh over to Asif Afridi and Ahmed Shehzad (24) to Arshad Iqbal in the 10th over to slip to 71 for three at the halfway stage before finishing at 151 for nine.

Muhammad Akhlaq fought a lone battle with a breezy 62, but lacked the support and big-hitting from the other end as the required run-rate continued to climb. When he eventually departed at the total of 128 in the 17th, it was all over for Central Punjab who ultimately fell 36 runs short.

Akhlaq’s 35-ball cameo included six fours and four sixes.

For Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shaheen Shah Afridi was the pick of bowlers with three for 25, while Arshad Iqbal and Imran Khan claimed two wickets apiece.

Earlier, Fakhar Zaman (26) and Rizwan provided Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a solid 67-run start before Adil Amin (18) and Rizwan stitched up a 45-run partnership for the second wicket. Iftikhar then featured in two useful stands – 39 runs for the fourth wicket with Sahibzada Farhan (12) and an unbroken 29 for the sixth wicket with Mohammad Wasim (11 not out) as the reigning champions added 91 runs in the last 10 overs to finish at 187 for five.

For Central Punjab, Hasan Ali was as impressive as ever with three for 30, while Ahmed Safi Abdulllah and Wahab Riaz picked up a wicket each conceding 23 and 31 runs, respectively.

Scores in Brief:

Match 2 – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Home City Central Punjab by 36 runs

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 187-5, 20 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 65, Iftikhar Ahmed 40 not out, Fakhar Zaman 26; Hasan Ali 3-30)

Home City Central Punjab 151-9, 20 overs (Muhammad Akhlaq 62, Babar Azam 29, Ahmed Shehzad 24; Shaheen Shah Afridi 3-25, Arshad Iqbal 2-34, Imran Khan Snr 2-37)

Player of the match – Mohammad Rizwan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

 

[moghul]

What is the purpose of Kamran Akmal in the team ?

 

[waheed_sofi]

He is Babar's Cousin. Ye ghre to ghr ki baat hai, outside family kisi ko dakhel nhi dena chahiye.

 

[shah_1]

PCB is such a pathetic board. There is no concept of player development


They keep on changing regional coaches every year, it disrupts the development of youngsters

 

[PakEngFan]

What is the purpose of Kamran Akmal in the team ?

To provide comedy for the spectators.