🇵🇰 Pakistan XI led by Kashif Sharif beat 🇮🇳 India XI led by Usman Ghani in the finals by 68 runs

Pak XI 208 / 6 in 20 Overs
India XI 140 / 9 in 20 overs

Adnan Idrees declared man of the finals and player of the tournament 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🏏🏏🏏

Match Summary:

Pakistan XI won the crucial toss and elected to bat first. India XI got two early breakthroughs as Shafiq sent Khalid Butt and the pakistani skipper Kashif Shareef back to the pavilion in a span of 2 overs. Then came in Bilal Tahir, a man on a mission, who went on to counter attack the Indian bowlers scoring 71 runs in 36 balls at a strike rate of 197 with 5 fours and 6 towering sixes. Adnan Idrees then joined the party scoring 53 runs in 38 balls. The 112 runs partnership between Bilal and Adnan kept Pakistan on top of the Indian bowlers. A fantastic catch taken by Diju Xavier helped India break the threatening partnership. After the fall of Bilal and Adnan, the cameo from Usman Waheed got Pakistan to 208 runs losing 6 wickets at the end of their innings.
Shaafeq and Shiraz Khan were the pick of the bowlers for India XI picking 3 wickets and 2 wickets respectively.

India XI lost Meet Bhavsar early in the first over. Usman Gani went on to make use of the powerplay and scored 22 runs in 14 balls before he was given out LBW to Haroon. After the fall of Usman Gani, Pakistan XI bowlers didnt let the Indian batsmen settle and picked wickets at regular intervals and maintained the pressure on the in form Diju Xavier. Diju Xavier was the only Indian batsman fighting to chase a big total by scoring 67 runs in 55 balls but didnt get the required support from the other end . Adnan Idrees picked 4 wickets in his 4 overs at an economy of 5.25 from the end where bowlers gave runs at an economy of 10+. Sibtain Raza showed his international experience and class as he ended up being the most economical bowler of the match, giving away only 9 runs in 4 overs at an economy of 2.25.

Pakistan XI won by 68 runs and emerged as the well deserved champions of the Skyexch.net KCC 6 Nations Festival as they remained unbeaten in the 6 T20 matches they played.

Adnan Idress from Pakistan XI was awarded the Man Of The Match for his splendid all round performance scoring 53 runs in 38 balls and picking up 4 wickets in 4 overs at an economy of 5.25 👏👏👏

Tournament Awards:

Winners:
🇵🇰 Pakistan XI
Prize Money: 1500 KWD
Gold Medals & Individual player gifts

Runners up:
🇮🇳 Indian XI
Prize Money: 1000 KWD
Silver Medals & Individual player gifts

3rd Place:
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka XI
Prize Money: 500 KWD
Bronze Medals

Player of the tournament:
Adnan Idrees 🇵🇰
335 Runs
11 wickets
Prize Money: 100 KWD
Return ticket from Jazeera Airways to home country ✈️

Best Batsman
Diju Xavier 🇮🇳
362 Runs
Prize Money: 75 KWD
Return ticket from Jazeera Airways to home country ✈️

Best Bowler
Yasin Patel 🇮🇳
17 Wickets
Prize Money: 75 KWD
Return ticket from Jazeera Airways to home country ✈️

Man of the finals:
Adnan Idrees 🇵🇰
53 runs
4 wickets
Prize Money: 50 KWD
Return ticket from Jazeera Airways to home country ✈️

Best Fielders:
Hamoud Jandhu 🇱🇰
7 catches & excellent ground fielding
Prize Money: 50 KWD

Mohammad Rashiq 🇰🇼
7 catches & excellent ground fielding
Return ticket from Jazeera Airways to home country ✈️

Congratulations to Pakistan XI and to all the tournament award winners and best performers of the KCC 6 Nations T20 Festival 👏🏏 🤗🎉🎊

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