Benitoz came in to bat first with their openers in fine form. Both the openers made full use of their form & gave their team a flying start. The bowlers were smashed all around the park in the powerplay & their was fearless batting on display by the opening pair. Muhammad Ali played a sublime knock of 77 runs off just 56 deliveries. Ahmed Arshad played a fiery innings from the other end as he scored 66 runs off 41 deliveries. The rest of the batsmen couldn’t do much as they had no other option rather than hitting from ball number one. Ali Naqi was the pick of the bowlers as he managed to pickup a couple of wickets. Benitoz posted a total of 171 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.
Popgop came in to chase down this target & were off to a solid start. Their openers Fouz Ul Hassan managed to score 18 off 14 & Ali Naqi scored 23 off 25. Sohail Khan came in next & upped the anti as he played a fiery innings of 50 runs off just 23 deliveries. The rest of the batting lineup completely collapsed as the bowlers then dominated through out the innings. The bowlers kept on picking up wickets at quick successions not allowing the batsmen to settle in. Watan Dost showed some sort of resistance as he scored 20 off 18 but it wasn’t enough as he ran out of partners from the other end. Khalid was absolutely unplayable as he lead the bowling lineup picking up 4 wickets. He found good support from Hamza Qadir who picked up a couple of wickets as well. Popgop were bowled out for 137 runs in 18.3 overs.
Benitoz Won By 34 Runs