KARACHI, Nov 29: Shahenshah-e-Punjab, King of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sardar of Balochistan emerged winners on the opening day of the third NBP Disabled Twenty20 Pentangular Cup here on Wednesday.

Shahenshah-e-Punjab won both their matches at the NBP Sports Complex against defending champions Sardars of Balochistan and Sultans of Sindh.

In the two other fixtures, played at the Vital Five Ground, Federal Areas Maharajahs suffered defeats against Sardars of Balochistan and Kings of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The tournament was officially inaugurated by Iqbal Qasim, who is the chairman of the PCB’s national selection committee and chief of the NBP Sports Division.

Also present at the ceremony were president of Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association (PDCA) Saleem Karim, KCCA president Siraj-ur-Islam Bukhari, KCCA secretary Ejaz Ahmed Faruqi, PDCA honorary secretary Amiruddin Ansari, media manager Mohammad Nizam

Speaking on the occasion, Iqbal appreciated the efforts of the PDCA officials for organising events for the disabled cricketers on a regular basis. He pledged that the NBP would continue to support PDCA and sponsors for more such tournaments.

Summarised scores: Shahenshah-e-Punjab beat Sardars of Balochistan by eight wickets at NBP Sports Complex.

SARDARS OF BALOCHISTAN 125-7 in 20 overs (Matloob Qureshi 65; Abdullah 2-7); SHAHENSHAH-E-PUNJAB 128-2 in 17.2 overs (Hasnain Alam 67, Sadeem Baig 40; Mohammad Zubair 2-19).

Kings of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Federal Areas Maharajahs by 49 runs at Vital Five Ground.

KINGS OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA 153-5 in 18 overs (Touseef Ahmed 67, Rehan Ghani 39 not out); FEDERAL AREAS MAHARAJAHS 104 in 17.3 overs (Altaf Ahmed 67; Fayyaz Ahmed 3-23, Abdullah Afridi 2-16).

Sardars of Balochistan beat Federal Areas Maharajahs by seven wickets at Vital Five Ground.

FEDERAL AREAS MAHARAJAHS 71-7 in 10 overs (Kashif Javed 18; Jahanzaib Tiwana 2-11, M. Zubair 2-12, Umaiz-ur-Rehman 2-13); SARDARS OF BALOCHISTAN 72-3 in 8.5 overs (Gul Mohammad 23, Jahanzaib Tiwana 16; Azeem Qureshi 2-15).

Shahenshah-e-Punjab beat Sultans of Sindh by 21 runs at NBP Sports Complex.

SHAHENSHAH-E-PUNJAB 187-5 in 20 overs (Iftikhar Hussain 55, Sadeem Baig 45, Hasnain Alam 45, Mohammad Ashfaq 22; Rao Javed 2-19); SULTANS OF SINDH 166-7 in 20 overs (Rao Javed 59 not out, Arif Richard 33).