That's all we have for the coverage of the match between Karachi Whites and Multan Region. This is me, Aditya Agarwal signing off on behalf of Arjun Bhalla and Paras Yadav. BYE,CHEERS!
Zain Abbas (Multan Region Captain) :"The boys played really well. We fought with good energy. All thanks to the Almighty God. I wanted to encourage youngsters and keep calm on the pitch. We should improve our fielding."
Saud Shakeel (Karachi Whites Captain) : "I think the credit goes to Zeeshan for playing an outstanding innings on a tough pitch. We should have restricted him around 130-140. We should have played the powerplay better. We didn't get the start we wanted and still the match got close."
Zeeshan Ashraf (POTM) : "First of all, my support staff has been with me throughout my journey. All thanks to the Almighty god. They said to me to play according to the merit of the ball. We thought of posting 170-180. However, 150-160 was a good score as well."
Player of the Match - Zeeshan Ashraf
03:06 AM IST, 02:36 AM Local Time | Multan Region held their nerves in the end as they storm into the semi-finals of the National T20 Cup Pakistan, beating Karachi Whites by 7 runs.
Chasing 156, Karachi Whites got off to a worst possible start as they lost their top 3 batters with a score of 18-3 on the board.
Mohammad Taha and Haroon Arshad then combined together for a 79-run stand for the fourth wicket. They steadied the ship for their side and got them back into the game.
Faisal Akram then bowled a game changing 15th over as removed both the set batter in a space of 4 balls.
Saad Baig fought well for his knock of 25 runs off 19 balls, however his efforts went in vain as the target was beyond their reach. As a result, Multan Region won by 7 runs.
OVER 20
Karachi Whites
148/8
Mohammad Umar
7(2)
Mir Hamza
3(3)
Muhammad Ismail
3-34(4.0)
19.6 M Ismail to M Umar
6 SIXXX!! but it will not matter as Multan Region storm into the semi-finals! They win by a margin of 7 runs. Full and around off, Umar lofts it straight down the ground for a six.
19.5 M Ismail to M Hamza
1 Too full and outside off, hit away firmly towards long-off for a single.