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The Final:
Bahawalpur Vs Okara: (Venue: Dring Stadium Bahawalpur)
In the morning, Okara won the toss and put Bahawalpur into bat. Bahawalpur lost the devastating opener Muhammad Rashid early; he made only 1 run. Muhammad Zafar also fell without opening his account. Moeen Aslam tried to rescue Bahawalpur but he also got out after scoring 30 runs. Muhammad Ejaz’s 36 runs and Muhammad
Shahzaib’s innings of 32 runs helped Bahawalpur to reach a respectable total. Bahawalpur was bowled out after posting 183 runs on the board in 19.4 overs. Badar Munir and Neematullah took 2 wickets each.
Okara in reply played exceptionally well and chased the target of 184 runs in just 17.3 overs for the loss of 2 wickets. Badar Munir again played a superb innings of unbeaten 99 runs* off 52 balls featuring 13 (4’s) and 1 huge six whereas Neematullah chipped in with 56 runs. Usman was the only bowler from Bahawalpur to claim a wicket.
Result: Okara won by 8 wickets Man of the Match: Badar Munir
Mr. Sajid Iqbal (Business Head NBP Bahawalpur Region), Syed Sultan Shah (President World Blind Cricket Ltd & Chairman Pakistan Blind Cricket Council), Maqsood ul Hassan Divisional Officer Sports Bahawalpur, Syed Salman Bokhari (Director Cricket Operations PBCC), Mr. Anwar Ali (Director Finance PBCC) were the
guests of the occasion and distributed prizes amongst the players.
Player of the Tournament:
B1: Muhammad Asif (Peshawar)
B2: Badar Munir (Okara)
B3: Muhammad Akram (Gujranwala)
Best Wicket Keeper: Moeen Aslam (Bahawalpur)