KARACHI: The Kashmir Premier League (KPL) organisers on Wednesday introduced a seventh franchise named Jammu Janbaz can be a part of the second season subsequent 12 months a day after Rawalkot Hawks clinched the inaugural version of the brand new Twenty20 League in Muzaffarabad with an in depth win over Muzaffarabad Tigers.
The announcement by KPL president Arif Malik got here following the grand success of the event wherein six outfits — Hawks, Tigers, Mirpur Royals, Abroad Warriors, Bagh Stallions and Kotli Lions — competed on the Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium.
Arif additionally stated {that a} T20 occasion for the youth of Kashmir is being deliberate within the subsequent couple of months whereas including a global commonplace cricket academy can be established within the area in collaboration with the Shahid Afridi Basis.
In the meantime, the ultimate of the primary version went right down to the wire on Tuesday because the Hawks efficiently defended their rating f 169-7 by limiting the Tigers to 161-9 by grabbing 4 wickets on the demise, together with three on the backend with out conceding a run.
The celebrities with the ball have been Asif Afridi and Hussain Talat who equally shared six wickets between them to derail Tigers’ chase after Mohammad Hafeez had elected to bowl first on the toss.
The onus of enjoying the pivotal position with the bat as soon as once more fell to Kashmir Ali, who adopted up his dazzling 114 towards Mirpur Royals in Monday’s eliminator 2 conflict by contributing a blazing 54 after Bismillah Khan (30 off 19 balls, 4 fours and one six) and Umar Amin (run-a-ball 23) shared a gap partnership of 53.
Kashif struck 5 fours and three sixes throughout his 29-ball knock whereas Sahibzada Farhan hit up a useful 28 off 20 deliveries.
Hafeez and leg-spinner Usama Mir bagged two wickets.
The Tigers’ chase started brilliant by Zeeshan Ashraf’s 26-ball innings of 46 (4 sixes and as many fours) however the Hawks continued to make inroads often and by no means letting the opposition settling down. Zeeshan was later adjudged greatest batsman of the competitors whereas different particular person awards went to Bismillah Khan (greatest wicket-keeper), Mohammad Wasim (bowler) with native star Salman Irshad was declared greatest Kashmiri participant after the pacer grabbed 16 wickets.
Asif, named player-of-the-match in addition to the event’s greatest bowler, snared 3-21 in for overs whereas player-of-the-tournament Hussain returned sensible figures of 3-18 in his four-over quota.
Captain Shahid Afridi was nonetheless not 100 % match to bat however confirmed his prowess with the ball by selecting up 2-32 together with his whippy leg-spinners. He later acquired the winners’ purse of Rs10 million whereas the Tigers skipper Hafeez collected Rs5 million.
Scoreboard
RAWALAKOT HAWKS:
Bismillah Khan c Sohail Akhtar b Usama 30
Umar Amin lbw b Hafeez 23
Sahibzada Farhan b Arshad 28
Hussain Talat c Anwar b Hafeez 5
Kashif Ali b Wasim 54
Danish Aziz b Usama 4
M. Imran Randhawa not out 17
Asif Afridi run out 6
Mohammad Irfan Jr not out 1
EXTRAS (B-1) 1
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 20 overs) 169
FALL OF WKTS: 1-53, 2-53, 3-97,3-61, 4-97, 5-110, 6-157, 7-168.
DID NOT BAT: Shahid Afridi, Zaman Khan.
BOWLING: Mohammad Hafeez 3-0-26-2; Sohail Tanvir 3-0-32-0; Mohammad Wasim 4-0-36-1; Arshad Iqbal 4-0-27-1; Usama Mir 4-0-25-2; Inzamam-ul-Haq 2-0-22-0.
MUZAFFARABAD TIGERS:
Zeeshan Ashraf b Shahid 46
Mohammad Hafeez c Farhan b Asif 25
Sohaib Maqsood b Shahid 15
Sohail Akhtar b Hussain 2
Sohail Tanvir c Farhan b Hussain 21
Anwar Ali c Imran b Hussain 7
Mohammad Wasim run out 22
Inzamam-ul-Haq b Asif 12
Usama Mir st Bismillah b Asif 0
Arshad Iqbal not out 0
Usman Arshad not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-6, W-4, NB-1) 11
TOTAL (for 9 wkts, 20 overs) 161
FALL OF WKTS: 1-54, 2-88, 3-95, 4-97, 5-122, 6-142, 7-161, 8-161, 9-161.
BOWLING: Zaman Khan 3-0-37-0 (1w); Mohammad Imran Randhawa 1-0-6-0 (2w); Mohammad Irfan Jr 4-0-41-0 (1nb); Asif Afridi 4-0-21-3; Shahid Afridi 4-0-32-2; Hussain Talat 4-0-18-3 (1w).
RESULT: Rawalakot Hawks received by seven runs.
UMPIRES: Ahsan Raza and Aleem Dar.
TV UMPIRE: Asif Yaqoob.
MATCH REFEREE: Ali Naqvi.
PLAYER-OF-THE-MATCH: Asif Afridi.
PLAYER-OF-THE-TOURNAMENT: Hussain Talat.
Printed in Daybreak, August 19th, 2021
