In the final weekend of league play the Tigers earned second place and a spot in the Atuil Ahuja trophy with two wins. On Saturday, they beat the Superkings in a close match, but then lost to the Avengers. They went on to beat the Eagles in Sunday’s final match to shade the Superkings for second place with a 5-4 record.
The Tigers- Superkings match was decided in the last over. The Superkings made 110, thanks mainly to a good innings from Kranthi Kumar. Hummam-bin-Saif made 46 runs for the Tigers but Abrar Khan’s fine innings of 18 runs under pressure, combined with 4 wickets in the Superking’s innings earned him man of the match.
Scorecard
The Tigers made 102 runs in the second match, thanks to 48 runs from Nazrul Shikon. The Avengers, already league champions, made it 8 wins and only one loss as man of the match Fahad Ijaz’s 43 runs took them to a 6 wicket win.
Scorecard (note by mistake Fahad’s and Gihan’s runs are switched
The Tigers needed to beat the Eagles on Sunday to take them to the Atul Ahuja Cup by placing 2nd. The Eagles made 109 runs batting first, thanks to Khurram Shezad with 20 runs, and 18 runs from captain Nadeem Saqlain. The Tiger’s best bowler was Abrar Khan with three wickets. Hummam Bin Saif took the Tigers to victory contributing 41 runs as the Tigers won by four wickets.
Final Standings
Points table (net run rate to be updated):-
M | W | L | Pts | NRR | For | Against | |||
Avengers | 9 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 2.53 | 1090 | 161.1 | 762 | 180 |
Tigers | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -0.70 | 650 | 146.4 | 729 | 142.1 |
Superkings | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0.24 | 802 | 159 | 826 | 172 |
Eagles | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | -2.47 | 571 | 158.1 | 796 | 130.5 |