tt16480	Islamabad v Karachi Blues
	National T20 Cup Qualifiers 2025/26 (Group A)
Venue	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 22nd February 2026 (20-over match) (night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Karachi Blues won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Karachi Blues won by 26 runs
Points	Islamabad 0; Karachi Blues 2
Umpires	Kamran Khalil, Nasir Hussain
TV umpire	Rashid Riaz
Referee	Ali Naqvi
Player of the Match	Ahsan Ali

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Karachi Blues innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
Shah Raza Naqvi	c Musa Khan b Arsal Sheikh	15	9	12	2	1	166.67
Ahsan Ali	c Shahbaz Khan b Arsal Sheikh	45	33	65	6	-	136.36
Mohammad Taha	run out (Rizwan Ali)	25	21	34	2	1	119.05
*Ghazi Ghori	retired hurt	28	24	44	4	-	116.67
Usman Rahim	c Umair Afridi b Nusratullah	3	7	12	-	-	42.86
+Mohammad Afzal	not out	7	12	22	-	-	58.33
Wahaj Riaz	not out	21	14	18	-	-	150.00
Aarish Ali	did not bat
Mohammad Raza	did not bat
Asad Akhtar	did not bat
Rehman Ghani	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 4 w)	17
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Shah Raza Naqvi, 2.4 ov), 2-91 (Mohammad Taha, 9.4 ov), 3-115 (Ahsan Ali, 12.4 ov), 4-131 (Usman Rahim, 15.2 ov)

Islamabad bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Umair Afridi	4	0	32	0	2	-	-	8.00
Nusratullah	4	0	31	1	1	-	24.00	7.75
Arsal Sheikh	4	0	28	2	-	-	12.00	7.00
Shayan Sheikh	4	0	32	0	-	-	-	8.00
Musa Khan	4	0	25	0	1	-	-	6.25

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Islamabad innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
Raja Hamza Waheed	c Mohammad Afzal b Asad Akhtar	4	2	2	1	-	200.00
*Ali Imran	c and b Wahaj Riaz	24	23	44	3	-	104.35
Naseerullah	c Rehman Ghani b Asad Akhtar	7	9	14	1	-	77.78
+Rizwan Ali	c Ghazi Ghori b Aarish Ali	26	30	40	2	-	86.67
Hammad Siddique	c Ahsan Ali b Aarish Ali	9	9	24	-	-	100.00
Shahbaz Khan	c Aarish Ali b Wahaj Riaz	4	4	6	-	-	100.00
Arsal Sheikh	c Mohammad Afzal b Mohammad Raza	34	25	29	3	1	136.00
Shayan Sheikh	c Ahsan Ali b Rehman Ghani	15	8	10	1	1	187.50
Musa Khan	lbw b Rehman Ghani	0	2	2	-	-	0.00
Nusratullah	b Mohammad Raza	0	4	4	-	-	0.00
Umair Afridi	not out	0	1	6	-	-	0.00
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	12
Total	(all out, 19.2 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Raja Hamza Waheed, 0.2 ov), 2-23 (Naseerullah, 2.5 ov), 3-54 (Ali Imran, 8.3 ov), 4-74 (Rizwan Ali, 11.1 ov), 5-81 (Shahbaz Khan, 12.2 ov), 6-93 (Hammad Siddique, 13.4 ov), 7-122 (Shayan Sheikh, 16.4 ov), 8-122 (Musa Khan, 17 ov), 9-126 (Nusratullah, 18 ov), 10-135 (Arsal Sheikh, 19.2 ov)

Karachi Blues bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Asad Akhtar	4	0	39	2	1	1	12.00	9.75
Mohammad Raza	3.2	1	8	2	2	-	10.00	2.40
Rehman Ghani	4	0	19	2	-	-	12.00	4.75
Wahaj Riaz	4	0	21	2	-	-	12.00	5.25
Aarish Ali	3	0	28	2	-	-	9.00	9.33
Usman Rahim	1	0	14	0	-	-	-	14.00

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Notes
--> Raja Hamza Waheed made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Ali Imran made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Naseerullah made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Rizwan Ali made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Hammad Siddique made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Shahbaz Khan made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Arsal Sheikh made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Shayan Sheikh made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Musa Khan made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Nusratullah made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Umair Afridi made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Wahaj Riaz passed his previous highest score of 16 in Twenty20 matches
--> Arsal Sheikh passed his previous highest score of 11 in Twenty20 matches
--> Ghazi Ghori retired hurt in the Karachi Blues innings having scored 28 (team score 132/4) (15.5 overs)

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