Pentangular cup: Badshahs defeat Fighters by five wickets

KARACHI:

An excellent knock from opener Nasir Jamshed and a brilliant middle-order partnership between Umar Siddiq and Shahid Yousuf helped Punjab Badshahs win their second consecutive match as they condemned Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Fighters to their first loss of the Haier Pentangular Cup at the National Stadium of Karachi yesterday.

Chasing 280, Badshas reached their target with seven balls remaining to win by five wickets as Jamshed scored 83 off 88 balls.

Earlier, batting first, Adnan Raees scored 73 for the Fighters, while Muhammad Rizwan and Zohaib Khan made scoring 53 and 51 respectively.

The Punjab outfit will now face Sindh Knights and Balochistan Warriors in an attempt to make their way into the final, with Fighters having already booked their place despite the loss.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 8^th,  2015.

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