FMTK crowned Chinar Super League Season 7 champions
Kashmir United scored 76-4 in the allotted 6 overs.
Asad Shah remained not out on 32 off just 17 balls to be his team's leading run-getter. His knock included four sixes. Fahad Mian Channu also played a breezy innings, hitting four sixes in his 16-ball 30. Tayyab Aslam contributed 10.
For FMTK, Hasan finished with excellent figures of 2-15 while Qadir Kashmiri gave away just 12 runs in his two overs and claimed the prized wicket of Taimur Mirza.
FMTK adopted a relentless approach from the beginning and achieved the 77-run target in just 4 overs with eight wickets in hand.
Muzammil Kamunki led from the front with an excellent 29 not out, which came off just 10 balls and included four sixes. The other not out batsman was Luqman Faisal on 14.
Sarmad (17) and Osama (14) also played handy knocks.
The winners were awarded 10,000 dirhams while the runners-up pocketed 5,000 dirhams.
Like its previous editions, Chinar Super League Season 7 also proved to be a huge success. The participating teams as well spectators from all the Emirates of the UAE took part in the tournament and festivities with traditional enthusiasm.
As many as 16 teams competed for the top prize this season and just as in the last edition, top tape-ball cricketers from Pakistan and Azam Kashmir entertained the spectators with their six-hitting skills.
Chinar Super League Season 7 Chairman Raja Mohammad Ashiq, Raja Mohammad Khan and Founding Chairman of Chinar Super League Raja Asad Khalid distributed prizes among the players.
Speaking on the occasion, Raja Mohammad Ashiq said that the Chinar Super League is an excellent and positive activity for the expatriate community living in the UAE. 'The players participate in the Chinar Super League to bring glory to their country,' he said.
'We thank the UAE government for providing the best environment and facilities for the tournament. We thank all the guests who took out time to participate in this positive activity.'
Founding Chairman of Chinar Super League, Raja Asad Khalid, vowed that he would start making strategies 'from today to make Season 8 an even bigger success'.
Chinar Super League Season 7 would not have been possible without the cooperation of the following: RMK Owner Raja Mohammad Khan, Smart Creation Business Center Owner Asad Hashmi, MSK Group Owner Raja Saqib, Silver City Owner Sardar Ayaz, Al Arab Tent Owner Raja Wajid Kabir, Champion Neon Owner Shabbir Merchant, Fly Hawk Real Estate Group Owner Sajid Iqbal Abbasi, Park Group Owner Asif Jabbar, Al Abra Clinic's Dr. Shafqat Muhammad, Salman Abbas, Akram Chaudhry, Dr. Hasnain Medi Clinic, Raja Abdul Jabbar, Iftikhar Rana, Chinar Wing President Amjad Kabir, Imran Ali Jan, Nadeem Hanif, Raja Waseem, Raja Abdul Qayyum, Syed Khurram Gardezi, Sardar Nawaz, Raja Zafar Hayat, Dawood Sharif, Raja Farid, Nasir Iftikhar and others.
'I would also like to thank my friends in the media who provided full coverage to the Chinar Super League Season 7,' Raja Khalid said.
'Our aim is to unite Kashmiris from all over the world and I believe we have succeeded in our efforts. At the same time, we try that no matter which team wins, the name of our country is always kept at the top.'
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