Success of Peshawar and Bahawalpur in the matches held in Lahore, Rahmatullah scored a wonderful century
Karachi: Second phase of SAF National Physical Disability T20 Cricket begins. Bahawalpur and Peshawar won their matches on the first day of the second phase of SAF Disability T20 Cricket Championship,organized by Pakistan Physical Disability Cricket Association and supported by Shahid Afridi Foundation and Pakistan Cricket Board. The matches of the second phase of the championship are being played in Lahore, where Islamabad and Lahore were defeated on the first day. In the first match at the Race Course Park Ground Lahore on Tuesday, Bahawalpur defeated Islamabad by seven wickets and started the event victoriously. Islamabad scored 138 runs for the loss of 9 wickets while playing first. Adil Mehmood scored 32 off 16 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes, Usman Paracha scored 25 runs with the help of four fours and Salman Ahmed scored 17 runs with the help of three fours. Muhammad Nauman scored 18 runs and Shah Bahram scored 13 runs. Muhammad Shahzad, Waseem Mirza and Abdul Khaliq took two wickets each while Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Nauman took one wicket each.In reply Bhawalpur achived the target for three wickets.Mohammed Noman scored 56 with the help of two sixes and Muhammad Shahzad scored 41 unbeaten with the help of three fours off 28 balls. Abid Hussain and Muhammad Asif scored 14 runs each. Zubair Khan took two wickets. Muhammad Nauman of Bahawalpur was declared the player of the match, given by Region Head Islamabad Muhammad Tahir.Region Head Multan Bahawalpur Jameel Kamran was also present. In the second match, Peshawar defeated Lahore by 34 runs. Peshawar played first and scored 206 runs for four wickets. Rahmatullah scored 100 runs from 60 balls with the help of 6 fours and 6 sixes. Wajid Aslam scored 62 runs from 38 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes. Usama Ali took two wickets while Usman and Abdullah Ijaz one wicket each. In response, the Lahore scored 172 runs for five wickets, Yasir Ajmal scored 78 runs with the help of 14 fours and one six on 49 balls while Shahid Ali Vatto scored 53 runs on 36 balls with the help of five fours and Safdar scored 15 runs.Nahar Alam, Moomin Khan, Osama Khan, Wasim Shah and Ehtesham Khan took one wicket each. Mohammad Nizam gave Peshawar’s Rahmatullah the player of the match award for scoring a brilliant century.Two more matches will be played today.Bahawalpur will face Lahore at 9:30 am and Islamabad will face Peshawar at 2 pm.
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Photo Caption: Mohammad Nizam awarding Player of the Match to Rehmatullah of Peshawar Disability Cricket Team in SAF Disability T20 Cricket Championship, Peshawar captain Nahar Alam, Lahore captain Abdullah and MA Shakir are also present.
Second phase of SAF National Physical Disability T20 Cricket begins