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Lineups are out:
New Zealand (Playing XI): Tim Seifert(wk), Tim Robinson, Dean Foxcroft, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell(c), Cole McConchie, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Ben Sears, Ben Lister
Pakistan (Playing XI): Babar Azam(c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan(wk), Usman Khan, Irfan Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed
Toss update: Pakistan have won the toss and opted to bowl.
That will be all from our side. For now, it's Soumarya Dutta taking your leave on behalf of Arya Sekhar Chakraborty. See you soon!
The dream has been diminished for the Paris Knight Riders and they have fallen short by just 14 runs in the end. They were in the contest for the large part of it but in the end , they ran out of steam due to those wickets. They didn't have any big hitters left in the last two overs of the game when they needed more than 30.
Waheed Ahmadzai was the star batter for the PKR as he held the innings together for the greater part of it and kept them in the game for as many as seven overs. Erfan Talach made a quick fire 14 but the rest of the batters couldn't convert their starts to big knocks which proved to be the undoing for them.
The spinners did superbly for the PXI as the duo of Stanikzay and Dawood Ahmadzai picked up four wickets between themselves. Zaheer Zahiri did extremely well at the death as he gave away only 9 runs from the final over of the innings.
Presidents XI win by 14 runs!
10
overs
113/9score
1wd
W
0
1W
1
6
0
runs
Shakeel Ahmad*
7(4)
Faridon Khpalwak
1(1)
Zaheer Zahiri
2/16
9.6 Zaheer Zahiri to Shakeel Ahmad, on a fullish-length a shade outside off, swing and a miss to end the match as President XI wins by 14 runs.
9.5 Zaheer Zahiri to Shakeel Ahmad, SIX! That' a great shot from Shakeel, a full toss around the knee height, swiped across the line and comfortably clears the deep midwicket fence.
9.4 Zaheer Zahiri to Faridon Khpalwak, fuller around middle, chipped away towards long-on for a single.
And with that wicket the chances of Paris of winning this game is all but over! Faridon Khpalwak, RHB, comes to the crease.
9.3 Zaheer Zahiri to Shakeel Ahmad, WICKET! a low full toss outside off, swung away towards the deep midwicket region, was looking for a brace and Shakeel looks to be well outside his crease when the stumps were broken. The Knight Riders losing their way.
Akbar Shah run out (Zain Ahmad / Lingeswaran Canessane) 4(3b, 1x4, 0x6)
9.2 Zaheer Zahiri to Shakeel Ahmad, on a fullish-length a tad outside off angling across Shakeel, he swings across the line and gets beaten.
Shakeel Ahmad, RHB, comes to the crease.
9.1 Zaheer Zahiri to Gul Mohammad Saleh, Saleh goes for a duck. Trying to send that into the car park but makes contact only with fresh air. On a fullish-length around the middle stump channel, Saleh clears his front leg and swings across the line, gets beaten and the middle stump has been rattled.
Gul Mohammad b Zaheer Zahiri 0(4b, 0x4, 0x6)
9.1 Zaheer Zahiri to Gul Mohammad Saleh, Zahiri starts off with a big wide, full toss well outside off and that has to be reloaded.
Zaheer Zahiri [1.0-0-7-1] comes back into the attack.
PKR have lost a bunch of wickets in the last few overs and they are in deep trouble now. They will need 24 runs from the final over now and they will need Akbar Shah to pull a rabbit out of the bag for them.
9
overs
104/7score
0
6
1wd
W
0
4
0
runs
Akbar Shah*
4(3)
Gul Mohammad Saleh
0(3)
Hossain ikbal
1/24
8.6 Ikbal Hossain to Akbar Shah, on a good-length a shade outside off, Akbar throws his hands at that without making any contact.
8.5 Ikbal Hossain to Akbar Shah, FOUR! Beautifully bowled slower delivery and the batter was fooled there, way too early into the attempted swing across the line, ends up getting a top edge which runs away towards the third man boundary.
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President XI
Shakeel Ahmad
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Zaheer Zahiri
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