Tanger Star cruises into KPL final

Defending champions Tanger Star reached the final of the Khatri Premier League Season 3 Floodlight T-20 Cricket Tournament by defeating Buchra Warriors by 4 wickets in a thrilling match at the historic Asghar Ali Shah Stadium.

Buchra Warriors, batting first, scored 214 runs for 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Sohail Khan batted well and scored 66 runs off 34 balls with the help of one four and seven sixes, while Abdullah Fazal scored 66 runs off 35 balls with the help of two fours and seven sixes. Besides Saleem's 4-16 Muzamil Sonija took three wickets for 41 runs.

In reply, Tanger Star reached the target for the loss of six wickets in 19.4 overs. The winners owed their win to brilliant half-centuries from Test cricketer Khurram Manzoor (54) and international Usman Khan (56).

In the final, they will face Bheda Tigers at the historic Asghar Ali Shah Stadium.

Former captain of the Pakistan cricket team Sarfaraz Ahmed watched the match with great interest as the special guest and later distributed the honorary shield among the officials.

At the end of the match, the Chief guest General Secretary of Pakistan Physical Disability Cricket Association Amiruddin Ansari presented the Bin Younis and New Al-Hamid Man of the Match trophies and a cash award of Rs 5,000 to Tanger Star spinner Muhammad Saleem for his brilliant bowling.