Royal Strikers batted first but faced an early setback, losing a wicket in the initial overs. Opener Yasir Ahmedani and Hamza Altaf provided a steady start with scores of 13 off 15 and 14 off 11 balls, respectively. However, the batsmen struggled to convert their starts into significant scores. Habib Shoaib, Faraz Arif, and Arham Shabbir contributed with useful knocks of 15 off 18, 25 off 14, and 19 off 12 balls, respectively. But, the rest of the batting lineup couldn’t handle the disciplined bowling from Majestic Paints. Abdur Rehman, Safwan Ashraf, and Salman Waseem were the standout bowlers for Majestic Paints, each claiming two wickets. Royal Strikers were eventually bowled out for a total of 121 runs in 16.5 overs.
In response, Majestic Paints faced a challenging target but got off to a flying start, courtesy of their openers Arsalan Amin and Hamza Mukaty. Arsalan Amin played a spectacular innings, scoring a blistering 39 off just 15 balls, providing the early momentum to the chase. Hamza Mukaty contributed with 15 off 13 balls. Despite losing a few wickets in the middle overs, Abdullah Afzal held the innings together with an unbeaten knock of 33 off 29 balls, and Abdul Aziz provided valuable support with an unbeaten 13 off 10 balls. Their partnership ensured Majestic Paints achieved the target with 5 wickets in hand.