The Eagles defeated NSK in an exciting match that eventually came down to the last ball- with 6 required to tie, NSK’s final bat was caught to give the Eagles a narrow win. NSK got off to a great start, dismissing both the Eagles openers with only 3 on the board but then Ali Raza (56) and Najaf Raza Kami put on 47 for the third wicket, and another partnership of 67 between Ali Raza and Madushanka (38) took them to 155. Abhishek Doshi took 3/23, and Neelav Deewan 2/19. After losing a wicket in the first over, Talha Riaz (14) and Taqrim Ghous (26) put on 57, but both fell on the same score. Three more wickets saw NSK in trouble at 75/6 before a good partnership between Arif (18) and Raga (41) put them back in the hunt. 21 were needed from the last two overs, and this proved just too much. Ali Raza took 5/ 27 and was clearly man of the match.
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The other match was dominated by a big innings from Rahul Vashishtha, despite being hampered by the knee injury that kept him off the field for the National T20. He made 141 from 52 balls, with eleven fours and thirteen sixes – 141 out of 175 while he was at the crease. He put on 117 with his brother Sachin (18). Madshu Bandara contributed 22 as the Avengers totalled 221. This proved far too much for the Bangladesh Tigers, who made 113 in reply, thanks to 26 from Anol Azad and 37 from Sadman Amin. Shami Khan bowled well conceding just 11 runs from 4 overs.
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