Central Punjab comfortably chased down the 120-run target with their captain and ace batter Babar Azam scoring his 59th T20 half-century. They ended the Rawalpindi leg of the National T20 Cup with a comprehensive win with 16 balls to spare.
During the course of his unbeaten innings, Babar broke the record for the fastest 7000 runs in the T20 format. Babar reached the milestone in only 187 innings going past former West Indies captain Chris Gayle who achieved in 192 innings.
In the first innings, Southern Punjab slipped from 85 for two to 119 all out with Hasan Ali doing the damage in the middle and death overs. Hasan finished with four wickets for 24 runs in 3.4 overs while Faheem took three for 14 in his four.
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Azam Khan and Salman Ali Agha with 45 and 40 runs respectively remained the top scorers of Southern Punjab.
Match Summary:
Southern Punjab: 119 all out in 18.4 overs (Azam Khan 45, Salman Ali Agha 40; Hasan Ali 4-24, Faheem Ashraf 3-14)
Central Punjab: 123 for 3 in 17.2 overs (Babar Azam 59 not out, Kamran Akmal 28; Hassan Khan 2-15)
Result: Central Punjab won by 7 wickets.
Player of the match: Faheem Ashraf (Central Punjab)
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