Cricket: SSUET lose campus final in Colombo

Pakistan’s Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) was defeated by India’s Rizvi College in the final of the Red Bull campus cricket Asia Twenty20 in Colombo yesterday. SSUET qualified for the title-decider on the basis of better run-rate despite losing to Rizvi College who also defeated Sri Lanka’s Colombo University. Kevin Almeida was the top-scorer with 56 and led the team to 181 in the semi-final. In reply, SSUET lost the momentum early when both openers, Rehan Azam (two) and Ali Meher (five) were dismissed early on as the team failed to go past the finish line.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 29^th, 2012.