Favorites have it easy in RCL Al-Khalifa Cup
RIYADH: Favorites scored easy wins during the third week matches of the RCL Al-Khalifa Twenty20 Cup Cricket Tournament, sponsored by Al-Khalifa Group of Companies and organized by the Riyadh Cricket League at the RCL Complex.
Highlights of the day’s play were Yousaf Haroon’s 102 runs, which enabled Pakhtoon Khawa to score a five-wicket win over Mughal in a Super League match.
In another close encounter, Mehran got the better of Khalili Stars by four wickets. Thanks to Rahan’s 117 runs, Arif’s 115 for Khalili Stars went in vain.
Khalili batted first and put on board 194 runs off 18 overs. In reply, Mehran reached their target in the penultimate over.
Game Pro, Shaheen, Insaf, Patriots, Gujranwala, Konkan, Pak Gladiators, Royal Fighters, Titans and United were the other teams that won their respective matches.
Inam. Mughal 191 in 18 over: (Asghar 43; Farman 2 wkts) lost to Pakhtoon Khawa 192 in 17 overs: (Yousaf Haroon 102; Sajjad 2 wkts) by 5 wkts. Yousaf Haroon.
Khalili Stars 194 runs in 18 overs: (Arif 115; Usman 2 wkts) lost to Mehran 195 in 19 overs: (Rahan 117; Usman 2 wkts) by 4 wkts.
Rahan Khan.
Shaheen Strikers 169 runs in 18 overs: (Waheed 44; Farooq 4 wkts) lost to Shaheen XI 170 in 17 overs: (Naeem 82; Rehman 2 wkts) by 6 wkts. Waheed.
Insaf 210 runs in 18 overs: (Hammad Raza 81; Mohsan 3 wkts) beat EverGreen 106: (Husnan 41; Zahid 4 wkts) by 104 runs. Hammad Raza.
Patriots 224 in 20 overs: (Adil 82; Mustafa 3 wkts) beat Jamia 113: (Ejaz 38; Atiq 4 wkts) by 111 runs.
Adil. Deccan Knights Glory 173 in 18 overs: (Vengy 54, Raheem 41; Masoom 1 wkt) lost to Gujranwala 174 in 16.2 overs: (Tahir 36; Ahmed 2 wkts) by 4 wkts.
Tahir.
Konkan Green 152: Tousif 44; Mustaqim 4 wkts) beat Fuchs Petrolem 128: (Waqar 72; Manoj 4 wkts) by 24 runs.
Manoj. Pak Gladiators 182 in 20 overs: (Salman 73; Waseem 2 wkts) beat South Indian Stunnerz 173: (A.B. 59; Zahid 2 wkts) by 9 runs.
Salman. Success XI 160 in 18 overs: (Rizwan 31; Hashim & Malik 2 wkts each) lost to Royal Fighters 161 in 14.4 overs: (Madani 78 n.o; Shoeib 2 wkts) by 8 wkts. Kazi. Madani Premier Green Riyadh Pacers 185 in 20 overs: (Waqas 43; Salman 1 wkt) lost to Titans 186 in 18 overs: (Rizwan 84; Asghar 1 wkt) by 5 wkts. Rizwan. Riyadh Titans 154 in 18 overs: (Feroz 45; Jabran 3 wkts) beat Chanar XI 100: (Umar & Khaled 3 wkts each) by 59 runs.
Khaled. Watan Pak 178 runs in 20 overs: (Zai 79; Ayaz 3 wkts) beat Riyadh Pirates 148: (Shamar 59; Fawad & Farhad 2 wkts each) by 30 runs.
Zai. United XI 216 in 20 overs: (Adnan 41; Nawazish 3 wkts) beat Raptors 143: (Ghazi 21; Shuja & Ikram 2 wkts each) by 74 runs.
Shuja.