Imran Ahmed & Salman Saleem too hot to handle for Askari Life Assurance

EFU Life Assurance came in to bat first & were off to a flying start. Both their openers were in fine form & they made full use of their form. Salman Saleem & Imran Ahmed put up a fiery partnership of 100+ runs giving their team an absolute flyer. The duo middled struck the ball cleanly from the word go blasting away every bowler that was brought into the attack. There was some clean power hitting on display from both the ends as the bowlers were blown out of proportion. Salman Saleem departed after scoring 86 runs off just 48 deliveries. Zohaib Ali Khan came in & he looked in no mood to settle in. He too attacked the bowlers from the start & played a cameo of 38 runs off just 17 deliveries. Imran Ahmed played a sublime knock of 104 runs off just 50 deliveries. Muhammad Saad & Amir Aslam managed to pickup a couple of wickets each. EFU Life Assurance posted a mammoth total of 284 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.

Askari Life Assurance came in to chase this target & were off to a disastrous start loosing half of their side inside the powerplay. The batsmen never seemed to recover from the onslaught they received from the first end. The bowlers dominated through out the innings picking up wickets at quick successions not allowing the batsmen to settle in. The batting lineup completely collapsed as batsmen struggled to spend some time at the crease. Talha Arshad & Mirza Burhan Baig put up a partnership of 50+ runs at the end. The duo showed some sort of a fight back as Talha Arshad scored 39 runs off 35 deliveries where as Mirza Burhan Baig played a sublime knock of 63 runs off just 45 deliveries. Umer Hussain tore apart the batting lineup single handedly picking up 4 wickets. He found good support from Zohaib Ali Khan who picked up 3 wickets as well.

EFU Life Assurance Won By 147 Runs