Match Details

KPK vs NOR 1st Semi Final, National T20 2021

KPK

161-519.1

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 5 wickets

NOR

20.0156-8

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Player of the Match

KPK - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	48	38
10 Over	69	73
14 Over	106	100

NOR - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	47	48
10 Over	78	67
15 Over	112	110
20 Over	158	156

Commentary

This is Ayan Chatterjee on behalf of my esteemed co-commentators Rohit Yadav and Tushar Garg saying Goodbye and Goodnight from the Commentary box for this game. Do catch us for the second game right away. Cheers and take care to all of you from my end. Take care. Stay Safe. BYE!

That's a wrap of the first semi-final here in Lahore. It was a thrilling game between KPK and Northern. KPK is through to the final. Northern is out of the tournament. Who will join and play them in the finals? Find out soon as the action is not far away. Switch tabs to tune in to the Second Semi-final between Central Punjab and Sindh starting at 8pm IST with toss at 7:30 PM IST. But for this game we are done.

Northern Captain | Umar Amin:- "Look we lost the toss, but we should have scored 175. Batting let us down and the batters let us down. We had Mobashir as our spinner, but the matchups have not allowed us to use him. If you look at the positives there are plenty of them. I would like to thank the PCB for conducting this tournament and the smooth conduct of it. We may have lost in the semis, close game but we go back with our heads held high"

The Player of the Match is Iftikhar Ahmed for his 45 off 17 balls. Let's hear from him. "If you see the wicket was good, but the bowlers bowled well, 157 was chaseable, we buckled under semifinal pressure but got the job done. We looked at combinations. Did a few harakiri decisions but happy to be through. I won't tell you my secret of how to dismiss him." (Laughs)

Presentations to follow soon. I have picked my player of the match. It's got to be the skipper Iftikhar Ahmed for me but I am not the adjudicator over here. Marina Iqbal with the presentation soon.

So, we have our finalist and it is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They have beaten Northern 2 on the bounce in 2 days. They had lost their previous five encounters against Northern till last night. Yesterday they thrashed them today in contrasting fashion, have beaten Northern. The star initially was Farhan but it was the skipper Iftikhar Ahmed show 45 not out of 17 balls strike rate of over 200. 156 was a bit below par on this pitch.

Nobody got going in the Northern innings. Lots of players got stranded in the 20s and the last over of Arshad Iqbal 3 runs and 3 wickets was the game-changing moment. KP's fielding was magnificent. They were in trouble in the chase but Iftikhar rescued them with this whirlwind knock for an exciting finish. Usman in the end hitting the winning runs remaining not out on 15 off 11 balls.

19.1 A Jamal to K Usman

6 Full toss on leg stump and he dispatched it over deep midwicket. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through to final

need 2 runs in last over. Northern need a miracle

OVER 19

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

155/5

Iftikhar Ahmed

45(17)

Khalid Usman

9(10)

Salman Irshad

1-41(4.0)

18.6 S Irshad to I Ahmed

4 Four. They all count. Full yorker length outside off, Iftikhar edges this one past short third man for a boundary. 21 off the penultimate over and Khyber have one foot in the final

18.5 S Irshad to I Ahmed

6 SIX. Iftikhar is delivering decisive punches here. Low full toss and smashes that over midwicket for a big six

18.4 S Irshad to I Ahmed

2 Full ball on leg, driven to long on. Batsmen call clear and early and hare across for a quick couple

18.3 S Irshad to I Ahmed

4 What a shot! Lofted up and over cover for a boundary. Iftikhar stays rooted and flays this full ball outside off for an important boundary

18.2 S Irshad to I Ahmed

4 Poor bowling. Full toss on pads, gets an edge and the ball runs away to fine leg fence

18.1 S Irshad to K Usman

1 Fuller in length outside off, chipped in the air to long on for a single

OVER 18

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

134/5

Iftikhar Ahmed

25(12)

Khalid Usman

8(9)

Zaman Khan

1-40(4.0)

17.6 Z Khan to I Ahmed

6 In the slot on leg stump. Iftikhar slog swept it over deep square leg boundary for huge six. 17 runs off the over and they are back in the game

17.5 Z Khan to K Usman

1 Short of length and Usman pulled it to deep midwicket

17.4 Z Khan to I Ahmed

1 Fuller and wider, Iftikhar drives it to sweeper cover