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Match Details
KPK vs NOR, 1st Semi Final T20, National T20 2021 summary
KPK
161-5(19.1)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 5 wickets
NOR
(20.0)156-8
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P'ship : 54(24)
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This is Ayan Chatterjee on behalf of my esteemed co-commentators Rohit Yadav and Tushar Garg saying Goodbye and Goodnight from the Commentary box for this game. Do catch us for the second game right away. Cheers and take care to all of you from my end. Take care. Stay Safe. BYE!
That's a wrap of the first semi-final here in Lahore. It was a thrilling game between KPK and Northern. KPK is through to the final. Northern is out of the tournament. Who will join and play them in the finals? Find out soon as the action is not far away. Switch tabs to tune in to the Second Semi-final between Central Punjab and Sindh starting at 8pm IST with toss at 7:30 PM IST. But for this game we are done.
Northern Captain | Umar Amin:- "Look we lost the toss, but we should have scored 175. Batting let us down and the batters let us down. We had Mobashir as our spinner, but the matchups have not allowed us to use him. If you look at the positives there are plenty of them. I would like to thank the PCB for conducting this tournament and the smooth conduct of it. We may have lost in the semis, close game but we go back with our heads held high"
The Player of the Match is Iftikhar Ahmed for his 45 off 17 balls. Let's hear from him. "If you see the wicket was good, but the bowlers bowled well, 157 was chaseable, we buckled under semifinal pressure but got the job done. We looked at combinations. Did a few harakiri decisions but happy to be through. I won't tell you my secret of how to dismiss him." (Laughs)
Presentations to follow soon. I have picked my player of the match. It's got to be the skipper Iftikhar Ahmed for me but I am not the adjudicator over here. Marina Iqbal with the presentation soon.
So, we have our finalist and it is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They have beaten Northern 2 on the bounce in 2 days. They had lost their previous five encounters against Northern till last night. Yesterday they thrashed them today in contrasting fashion, have beaten Northern. The star initially was Farhan but it was the skipper Iftikhar Ahmed show 45 not out of 17 balls strike rate of over 200. 156 was a bit below par on this pitch.
Nobody got going in the Northern innings. Lots of players got stranded in the 20s and the last over of Arshad Iqbal 3 runs and 3 wickets was the game-changing moment. KP's fielding was magnificent. They were in trouble in the chase but Iftikhar rescued them with this whirlwind knock for an exciting finish. Usman in the end hitting the winning runs remaining not out on 15 off 11 balls.
Nobody got going in the Northern innings. Lots of players got stranded in the 20s and the last over of Arshad Iqbal 3 runs and 3 wickets was the game-changing moment. KP's fielding was magnificent. They were in trouble in the chase but Iftikhar rescued them with this whirlwind knock for an exciting finish. Usman in the end hitting the winning runs remaining not out on 15 off 11 balls.
19.1 A Jamal to K Usman
6 Full toss on leg stump and he dispatched it over deep midwicket. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through to final
need 2 runs in last over. Northern need a miracle
OVER 19
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
155/5
Iftikhar Ahmed
45(17)
Khalid Usman
9(10)
Salman Irshad
1-41(4.0)
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