Northern beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by three keeps running in a last over spine chiller at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium to verify a spot in the the National T20 Cup FInal.
Northern’s fast bowler Haris Rauf shielded eight keeps running in the last finished, taking three wickets in process, of the main semi final.
Haris Rauf began the once again by taking the wicket of Iftikhar Ahmed, the top-scorer of the run-pursue with 53 from 45 balls. Musadiq Ahmed (0 off 1), Zohaib Khan (5 off 5) and Mohammad Mohsin, who was run-out, were the other three wickets to fall in the over.
Northern had set an objective of 149 in the wake of being approached to bat by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa captain Mohammad Rizwan.
Opener Umar Amin scored a 33-ball 43, hitting four fours and a six, and sewed a 50-run represent the third-wicket with wicketkeeper-batsman Rohail Nazir, who scored run-a-ball 21.
Asif Ali was the other prominent run-getter as he scored 28 keeps running from 16 balls with two sixes and a four.
With five wickets for only 13 keeps running in four overs, Usman Shinwari was the star entertainer with the ball, while Imran Khan Jnr took two wickets for 31 runs.
In their pursuit, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lost opener Sahibzada Farhan (o off 4) in the first finished. In the wake of scoring run-a-ball 15, Rizwan tailed him back to the structure in the fifth over.
A 65-run represent the third-wicket between Fakhar Zaman (39 off 31) and Iftikhar, who hit six fours, stabled the run pursue.
Khushdil Shah’s 17-ball 22, which had three fours, combined Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s situation in the match.
Be that as it may, the match flipped completely around in the last finished.
For taking three wickets for 26 keeps running in three overs and protecting eight keeps running in six balls, Haris Rauf packed away man-of-the-match honor.
With two wickets for 24 keeps running in four overs, Sohail Tanvir was the other eminent bowler in the match.