United Challengers beat City Exchange by one wicket in a thrilling match in the QNB ISC Challengers Trophy 2017 at Asian Town
Stadium.  
After winning the toss, City exchange chose to bat first. Their opening batsmen Shareef and Ranjith gave them a decent start. After adding 26 runs for the first wicket, Ranjith was bowled by Satish.B.  
Shareef and Jithesh then added 27 more runs for the second wicket. At the team score on 53, Shareef (36) was bowled out by Imran. Later on Jithesh ( 31) and Rayeas ( 20) added 31 runs for the fourth wicket.
Later quick wickets and controlled bowling from United Challengers restricted City Exchange to 137 in their 20 overs. For United Challengers, Imran took 3 wickets for 17, Sathish.Sr claimed 2 for 34 and David took wickets for 17.
In reply, United Challengers were jolted early in the game as they lost their openers Santhosh and Raju in the first two overs. Santhosh was out to the bowling of Rayeas and Raju was dismissed by Lithin.
United Challengers reached 50 in eight overs and losing their top 5 batsmen. But quickfire knocks from Satish Sr (25) and Sunil (35) kept the chase alive.
They took the score to 99 in 14 overs before losing three wickets in quick session. That left United Challengers at 106 for 8, needing 32 runs in 27 deliveries. But Imran took full control of the batting thereafter and took the score to 132. He was out when his team required 6 runs to win.
City Exchange bowler Nishad took the wicket of Sandeep and left United challengers at 135 for 9. In the last over, Raju. B hit the needed boundary and gave his team a much deserved victory.
Imran of Untied challengers was adjudged man of the match. In the other matches, Tusker defeated Selex by 47 runs and Master CC beat Regal Strikers by eight runs.
Brief Scores
City Exchange 137 all out in 20 overs (Shareef 36, Jithesh 31, Rayeas 20. Imran 3 for 17, Sathish Sr. 2 for 34, David 2 for 17) Lost to United Challengers 141 for 9 in 19.4 overs ( Imran 36 , Sunil 35, Sathish Sr. 25.  Bukhari 3 for 22, Nishad 2 for 30)
Man of the Match: Imran of United Challengers.
Tusker 156 all out in 20 overs. (Mufiyas 35 in 20 balls with 3 6’s, Anoop 43 in 31 balls with 3 6’s, Sanu 24. Shameer 2 for 21, Mansoor 2 for 8 ) Beat  SELEX  109 for 8 in 20 overs ( Ashif Ashraf 40 in 40 balls, Shihab 23. Aneesh 4 for 16, Anoop 2 for 24 ).
Man of the match: Anoop of Tusker.
Master CC 145 all out in 20 overs ( Khalid 49 in 25 balls with 3 6’s and 4 4’s, Umar S 31, Deepak 23. Himanshu 3 for 19, Waleed 3 for 17)  Beat Regal Strikers 137 for 8 in 20 overs ( Waleed 59 in 52 balls w2ith 6 4’s, Shahid 23. Khalid 3 for 28, Deepak 2 for 16).
Man of the match: Khalid of Master CC.

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