Saim Ayub Stars in DLS Win as Abbottabad Clinch Last-Ball Thriller at National T20 Cup

Early results in Peshawar underline big individual statements, spotlighting Kamran Ghulam alongside Saim Ayub.

Overview

Karachi Region Whites beat Bahawalpur by 12 runs via DLS after racing to 78 without loss in nine overs, with Saim Ayub unbeaten on 53 and taking two wickets as Muhammad Umar led the bowling with 3 for 27.
Abbottabad overhauled 204 to defeat Multan by eight wickets, driven by Kamran Ghulam’s unbeaten 95 and sealed by Khushdil Shah’s last-ball six following a waist-high no-ball call.
Karachi Blues defended 201 against Sialkot, bowling them out for 161 as Usman struck 81 off 39 and Ahsan Ali added a rapid fifty before Khalil Ahmed wrapped up the chase.
Lahore Whites opened with a six-wicket win over Peshawar, anchored by Farhan Yousaf’s 61 not out and Muhammad Akhlaq’s 58 after Aamir Jamal’s 3 for 40 restricted the hosts to 167 for 9.
Karachi Whites earlier eased past Faisalabad by eight wickets while chasing 172 with 17 balls to spare, set up by Saim Ayub’s 33 and finished by an unbeaten 86-run stand between Khawaja Nafay and Abdullah Fazal.