Mirpur Royals defeated Overseas Warriors by five wickets in the sixth match of the Kashmir Premier League (KPL) at the Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium on Monday.
The Shoaib Malik-led Royals and Imad Wasim-led Warriors had faced defeat in their earlier games.
On Monday, Overseas Warriors won the toss and elected to bat first against Mirpur Royals. They scored a total of 145 runs with Kamran Ghulam and Azam Khan scoring the highest runs, 47 and 32 respectively.
The Royals’ bowlers took a total of six wickets with Salman Irshad being the highest wicket-taker as he sent three batsmen back to the pavilion.
Then Royals chased the 145 target set by Warriors in 18.1 overs as openers, Mukhtar Ahmed and Sharjeel Khan, held an impressive partnership with Mukhtar scoring 45 runs and Sharjeel hitting 35. In the middle order, Shoaib Malik scored 36 runs off 24 balls.
Overseas Warriors’ bowler picked up five wickets with Musa Khan taking three.
Man of the match award was given to Salman Irshad of Mirpur Royals for his superb bowling performance.
TEAMS:
Overseas Warriors: Nasir Nawaz, Uthman Ali Khan, Haider Ali, Azam Khan, Imad Wasim (captain), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Haris, Agha Salman, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Musal, M Abbas Afridi.
Mirpur Royals: Shoaib Malik (captain), Mukhtar Ahmed, Sharjeel Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq, Khushdil Shah, Ammad Butt, Kashif Bhatti, Salman Irshad, Abrar Ahmed, Shadab Majeed, Sameen Gul Afridi,
