Ahmad Shahzad with his superb knock of unbeaten 60 with six boundaries and Umar Akmal 43 of 26 balls including seven boundaries helped their side to record six wickets victory in the 18th over of the game.
Earlier Karachi Zebras made 135/4 in the allotted 20 overs. Rameez Aziz (37) and Hasan Raza not out 33 and Khurram Manzoor 31 were the notable contributors. Faisalabad win Faysal Bank T20 opener.
Earlier, in the opening match, Hassan Mahmood (4/11) and Ali Waqas (43*) helped Faisalabad Wolves beat Peshawar by two wickets in the opener of the second Faysal Bank Super 8s Twenty20 Cricket Cup here at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Ali Waqas played a steady knock of 43 not out and Hassan Mahmood restricted Peshawar to 127 runs with a fine figure of 4 for 11 runs and provided fine start to Wolves. Asif Ali (29) and Khurrum Shahzad (19) also played well. For Peshawar, M Aslam grabbed 2/31. Later Ali Waqas was adjusted man of the match.
Earlier batting first, Peshawar were restricted to 127/8 in 20 overs. Faisalabad struck early blow as Peshawar lost their first wicket for only 7 runs on the board.
Iftikhar made 20 runs before being out at 42/2 and lost their fourth and fifth wickets at the total of 70. Fayyaz got out for 23 and Akbar Badshah after scoring 3 runs besides 24 runs extras. For Faisalabad Hasan Mehmood was got 4/11 in his quota of overs with sending one maiden. Zahoor Khan also got 2 for 4.
Ijaz Ahmed and Masood Khan supervised the match while Anisur Rehman was the match referee. Nadeem Iqbal was the TV umpire.
Meanwhile, tournament was like a fresh wave for Rawalpindi fans who had not witnessed any major event since 2007 and the crowd thronged themselves to stadium in a large number.
A large number of female fans also gathered there to cheer for teams even though Pindi Rawalpindi Rams were not in action.
All the stands were jam-packed despite a tickets of Rs 50 and 100 for the general enclosures. There were also long queues of fans were witnessed outside the ground as they wanted to see their heroes in action as soon as possible.
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