Karachi Dolphins v Rawalpindi Rams - Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup – Match Update
Karachi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781 171 v Rawalpindi Rams 139 - Karachi Dolphins won by 32 runs
Monday, March 26: Karachi Dolphins secured an easy win over hosts Rawalpindi Rams in the ongoing Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup after beating them by 32 runs at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Karachi, with their illustrious record in the domestic cup had an upper hand on their hosts, but Rawalpindi had the home advantage on their side in the contest.
Karachi were put into bat by the Rams and received a shocking welcome as they lost their first wicket with only ten runs on the board as hard-hitting opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Arafat-c98241 after scoring only five runs.
However, before things could have gotten out of hand, Karachi bounced back as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 took the Rawalpindi bowlers to task by hammering them all around the park, silencing the crowd who had come to cheer for their home team.
It was finally with 85 runs on the board, when Karachi suffered the loss of their second wicket as Shafiq had his stumps incinerated by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasim-Murtaza-c98232 on a tally of 31.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rameez-Raja-c2277 to take the field and belt his way to domination.
The duo of Raja and Latif proved fatal for the bowling side as they took the tally to 157 by ripping apart the Rawalpindi bowling offensive.
Raja fell after scoring 28, while Latif lost his wicket after amassing a staggering innings of 88 runs.
Later, the side finished their innings by belting 171 runs for the loss of four wickets in their 20 overs.
With a massive total to chase, Rawalpindi required cool and calm approach to subdue their opposition.
However, with 11 runs on the board they suffered the loss of their first wicket when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Awais-Zia-c46838 fell after scoring just one run.
Rawalpindi kept losing wickets as they failed to reach the required tally and it was only the innings of 59 runs from opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naved-Malik-c78901 that was worth mentioning in Rawalpindi’s innings as the rest of the batsmen faltered without putting much of a fight.
From Karachi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faraz-Ahmed-c56773 shared three wickets each, while batsman Latif was named as the Player of the Match.
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