Leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood (centre) demolished the Stallions by taking 5 wickets in 5 overs.Picture Credit score: PCB

Within the fourth match of the Champions One Day Cup, a brand new cricket event began in Pakistan, Markhors defeated Stallions badly. On this event being performed in Faisalabad, Markhors scored solely 231 runs and received by an enormous margin of 126 runs. The star of this victory was the participant who was dropped by Pakistan after simply 6 matches. Now this bowler alone took 5 wickets, resulting from which Stallions misplaced 8 wickets in 9 overs. Even Babar Azam failed to save lots of his workforce. 36-year-old Zahid Mahmood did this to Stallions.

Robust innings of Iftikhar and Samlan

On this match held on Sunday, September 15, each the groups got here with the intention of profitable their second match. Each had received their first matches simply. This time additionally the Markhors batted first however in entrance of the superb bowling of Jahandad Khan and Mehran Mumtaz, your complete workforce collapsed for simply 231 runs in 45 overs. Kamran Ghulam, who scored an excellent century within the final match, was additionally out after scoring simply 11 runs. Captain Mohammad Rizwan may additionally rating solely 33 runs.

The Markhors had misplaced 4 wickets for simply 94 runs by the twenty first over, after which an excellent partnership between Agha Salman (51) and Iftikhar Ahmed (60) steadied the innings. Each scored half-centuries however Mumtaz and Jahandad shortly completed off the workforce by taking 5 wickets within the final 19 balls. Mehran took 3 wickets for 56 runs and Jahandad took 4 wickets for 49 runs.

Zahid Mahmood destroyed the Stallions

In response, the beginning of the Stallions was additionally not good and the workforce misplaced the primary wicket on 13 runs. Right here Babar Azam got here to the crease and by hitting 5 consecutive fours in a single over of Shahnawaz Dahani, he expressed his intention that he’ll return solely after making the workforce win. In the meantime, Shan Masood additionally bought out however Babar was amassing boundaries. Then Tayyab Tahir bought out on the fifth ball of the fifteenth over and from right here the autumn of wickets began.

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— Bahria City Champions Cup (@championscuppcb) September 15, 2024

Within the very subsequent over, leg spinner Zahid took Babar’s wicket on his first ball. Quickly your complete workforce collapsed for simply 105 runs in 23.4 overs and thus 8 wickets fell in 53 balls. 36-year-old Zahid took 5 wickets for simply 18 runs in 4.4 overs. Zahid’s efficiency in opposition to Babar Azam and his workforce was additionally particular as a result of 2 years in the past, below Babar’s captaincy, Zahid was dropped from the workforce after taking part in solely 2 Exams and 4 ODIs and by no means bought an opportunity once more.