A five-wicket haul from Salman Babar saw Singh Diesel rout Gazal Generators by 90 runs in the inaugural Musthaq Premier League.
Needing a massive 227 to win, Gazal suffered early losses with the top three batsmen failing to reach double digits.
Babar kept the pressure as he picked up five wickets in his four overs giving away only 15 runs while Fawad Gafoor bagged two before Al Gazal were all out for 136 in their allotted 20 overs.
Earlier, electing to bat, Singh Diesel openers Abdul Wahid and Salman Babar provided a fine start with the former hammering a brilliant half century.
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Wahid faced 42 balls and found the fence on four occasions and hit three maximums to score a fluent 53. Babar scored 19 off just nine balls, while Wasim Bari added 20 balls from just 11 deliveries.
Further wickets fell but Zeeshan Akmal blasted 48 from 16 deliveries (two fours and five sixes) as Singh Diesel scored 226-7.
Meanwhile, in the tournament’s other game, Hologram Players CC sealed a 41-run victory over Al Munsif Cont Co. Shaan E Alam and Vishnu K Sukumaran each scored 42 while Venu Vijayan contributed with an unbeaten 36 as Hologram posted a challenging total of 192-5.
Their target was always going to be tricky and their batsmen were unable to deal with Hologram’s bowling. Murtazaa Ali top-scored with 24 but his team-mates struggled and finished the game 153-9 with Ali Ahmed the standout bowler with three wickets.
Brief Scores: Singh Diesel 226-7 (Abdul Wahid 53, Zeeshan Akmal) beat Al Gazal Generators 136 (Javed 22, Raj 46, Salman Babar 5/15, Fawad Gafoor 2/22) by 90 runs.
Unicon Real Estate 218-4 (Naseebullah 79, Sajjad Ahmed 50) beat Aen Dubai 180-6 (Ali Boriawala 25, Hatim Patwa 79) by 39 runs.
Hologram Players CC 192-5 (Shaan E Alam 42, Vishnu K Sukumaran 42) beat Al Munsif Cont Co 153-9 (Ali Ahmed 3/22) by 41 runs.
