Plenty of learning to be done for the Larkana Region while the Iftikhar Ahmed-led Peshawar Region take a long jump and reaches the top spot in the points table. The Larkana side could not even fetch half the total that was asked.
This is it from the encounter. This is Arijit Kundu signing off along with co-commentator, Saptak Sanyal and scorer, Yogesh Kumar. See yaa!!
Iftikhar Ahmed(Peshawar Region Captain)- "We expect it from our players and our players are capable of pulling out this sort of victory. They are playing really well for a long time.
Larkana are a new side and that's their first season. So they are in a learning phase now and I think new talents will come out from there too. We have to give time to the new sides to flourish, once they complete the learning phase, they will do better.
I am happy to contribute in the team's victory."
11:49 PM IST, 11:19 PM Local Time: Chasing a total of 249 runs was always going to be an uphill task against a quality bowling attack. Despite getting a modest start, the middle order failed to get along.
After a 43-run opening stand inside the powerplay, the wickets started to tumble. Mohammad Imran Jr. was the one to draw the first blood after getting rid of Danish. mix of pace from the pacers did not allow the Larkana batters to settle. Despite some odd boundaries in the middle, they were lagging behind in the required run rate. Ultimately, a spirited bowling attack restricted them to 122 runs. They failed to get even half the sum that was asked. A gigantic victory for the Peshawar side and it helped them to leapfrog to the top of the table.
Batting heroics of Sahibzada Farhan and Iftikhar Ahmed helped Peshawar stockpile the highest total in National T20 i.e.248. The Larkana team's terrible fielding performance also contributed to this humongous total.
After losing the toss, the Peshawar Region were put to bat first and quickly scored 59 runs inside the powerplay. They lost their opener, Mohammad Haris, for 7 runs, but Sahibzada Farhan and Aamer Azmat put on a good 76-run partnership. After Azmat departed for 44, Iftikhar joined the party.
They formed a partnership of 140 runs and took ball-slamming to a different tier. Farhan (109 off 51) went on to rack a ton while Chachu remained unbridled on 76 (31).
OVER 20
Larkana Region
122/7
Mohsin Raza
10(8)
Faraz Aziz
2(2)
MD Imran Khan SR
1-31(4.0)
19.6 M Imran to F Aziz
1 With that, the Peshawar Region clinched a victory by 126 runs by completely outplaying their opponent Larkana Region. Good length ball at the off stump. Aziz taps it to the square of the leg side and collects a run. Larkana finishes on 122 for 7 after the 20th over.
19.5 M Imran to M Raza
1 Full length ball outside off. Raza charges down the track and plays it down to long-off for one.
19.4 M Imran to F Aziz
1 Full length ball at the off stump. Aziz drives it to long-on for one.