PESHAWAR: Bahawalpur won the final of the 2nd Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) Blind Cricket Championship 2018 organised by Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) at Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium, Peshawar on Saturday.
Peshawar batted first against Bahawalpur and were all out for 205 runs in 19.4 overs. The latter chased the total in 16.3 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.
Winning captain Muhammad Zafar received the trophy from chief guest, Member Provincial Assembly, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Madiha Nisar along with CEO PPL Saeed Ullah Shah and Chairman Pakistan Blind Cricket Council Syed Sultan Shah.
Other PPL and PBCC officials, spectators and media were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, two semi-finals were played between Peshawar and Islamabad and Abbottabad and Bahawalpur on Nov 30 at the same venue.
Madiha also presented Man of the Match award to Muhammad Ejaz of Bahawalpur for his splendid performance. Under PBCC’s categories B1, B2 and B3, Zafar Iqbal, Nisar Ali and Ayub Khan from Bahawalpur, Gujranwala and Islamabad respectively, were given awards for their outstanding performance.
The five-day championship, which commenced on Nov 27, brought together six teams from Islamabad, Bahawalpur, Attock, Peshawar, Gujranwala and Abbottabad.
Published in Dawn, December 2nd, 2018
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