Salam Takaful Pakistan Limited batted first & were off to a solid start with their top order batsmen Shahroz Haider scoring 27 runs & Syed Mazhar Abbas Zaidi scoring 23 runs. The bowlers didn’t have much say after these two were dismissed as Rameez Mehboob came in & played a sublime knock of 61 runs & found good support from Hammad Mughal who scored 47 runs. The bowlers managed to pick wickets regularly but were unable to stop the flow of runs. Mohtashim Muhammad & Atif Usman Malik picked up 2 wickets but couldn’t stop the flow of runs. Salam Takaful Pakistan Limited posted a mammoth total of 204 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.
Askari Life INC came in to chase this daunting target & were unable to find their footings early on as wickets fell in clusters. One of their opener Dawar Khan managed to spend a long time at the crease & made a fighting 50. Rest of the batsmen got their starts but were unable to convert them into a big innings. The bowlers kept the batting side in check picking up wickets regularly. Mirza Burhan Baig came in towards the back end of the innings & played a cameo of 31 runs off 26 deliveries but it was too little too late. Umair Ali, Habib Ullah Khan & Taimoor Usmani picked up a couple of wickets each not allowing the batsmen to settle.
Salam Takaful Pakistan Limited Won By 29 Runs