PTI Chairman Imran Khan at the cricket match in Peshawar. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD IQBAL/EXPRESS
The PTI Sports and Culture Forum held the game between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peace XI and Pakistan Peace XI at Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar. Imran Khan was the chief guest at the event.
Pakistan Peace XI won the match in the 19th over, scoring 181 runs. Shahid Afridi made 66 runs for the team.
Imran Khan said that a talent hunt will be started for under 17s in K-P. He added that coaches will be hired to carry out the search in the seven agencies of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to find strong players to play in the K-P cricket team.
The Pakistan team will be made stronger by the K-P team, said Imran, adding that Shoaib Akhtar was discovered during a talent hunt.
Below are a few of top tweets about the match:
#PeaceMatchPeshawar it Always b rmbrd as PeaceDay All participants organiser & spectators r true Peace Ambassadors pic.twitter.com/yEbjdi0gq1
— Furqan Nadeem (@furqan_pti) October 13, 2013
It would make my day if I can see Imran Khan come into the ground and bowl the last ball. #PeaceMatchPeshawar
— Fahd Husain (@Fahdhusain) October 13, 2013
If Mallala was the Cheif Guest at the #PeaceMatchPeshawar then even CNN n BBC would be covering the match live.. Right or am I imagining?
— Mubasher Lucman (@mubasherlucman) October 13, 2013
Love to see when #Peahawar smiles - Sadly, its not a 'news' for Pak media #PeshawarPeaceMatch
— Abrar Ul Haq (@AbrarUlHaqPK) October 13, 2013
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peace XI:
Imran Nazir, Shezad Ahmad, Inzamam ul Haq (captain), Muhammad Yousaf, Younis Khan, Abdul Razaq, Khalid Latif, Sohail Tanvir, Mushtaq Ahamd, Shoaib Akhtar, Muhammad Khalil, Umar Amin, Zahid Fazal, Ali Naqvi, Manzoor Elahi, Mohsin Kamal, Akram Raza, Aqib Javed, Ashraf Ali, Rameez Raja, Naveed Anjum, Shahid Anwar, Saeed Anwar, Muhammad Hasan, Akhtar Sarfaraz, Taufeeq Ahmad and Aamir Sohail
Pakistan Peace XI:
Shahid Afridi, Yasir Hameed, Ijaz Ahmad, Salim Malik, Kamran Akmal, Muhammad Irfan, Shahid Malik, Muhammad Azam, Abdul Qadir (captain), Umar Gul, Shabir Ahmad, Nasir Jamshed, Wajahat Ullah Wasti, Roa Iftikhar, Rashid Anwar, Zahoor Elahi, Moin Khan, Muhammad Sami, Abdul Rehman, Imran Farhat, Mohsin Kamal.
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