The onslaughts of Rameez Raja and Asad Shafiq followed by Sohail Khan which steered Karachi Dolphins to the finals of Faisal Bank Super 8 Twenty20 Tournament after they scripted awe-inspiring 42 runs triumph over Sialkot Stallions at Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad on Thursday. Managing an ubiquitous target of 238, Dolphins bundled out Stallions for 196. Dolphins will take on Rawalpindi Rams in the final on Friday.

Karachi Dolphins VS Sialkot Stallions: Karachi Innings

According to details, Karachi Dolphins skipper Mohammad Sami won the toss and elected to bat on the track where no support for bowlers has been seen for last couple of days.

Stallions skipper Shoaib Malik snitched the fortune for his side in the visage of Shahzaib Hasan’s dismissal, who was played Malik’s tossed up delivery lankly in the air but Ali Khan at mid-on took a superb diving catch.

Asad Shafiq this time stumbled on an obliging partner in the visage of Rameez Raja Junior.

Making Stallions’ entire bowling attack anxious, the pair struck coolly to formulate speedy proceedings on the scoreboard. Duo lashed fours and sixes flowingly and completed their half centuries. .

The terrifying partnership was broken by Ali Khan, who stunned Raja when he was 3 behind from his median domestic hundred. 23-year-old right-hander was attempting to play across the line but he missed the straight ball which struck the pad plumb in front of off-stump. Raja’s stormy innings was comprised 11 boundaries and 5 gigantic sixes.

Ali Khan not permitted Khalid Latif to open his score account and stunned him on the very first ball he played.

Fawad Alam, along with his crease partner Asad Shafiq advanced some swift corollaries to accumulate utmost runs in the concluding two overs.

Sarmad Anwar made back-to-back dismissals of Fawad (14) and new batsman Mohammad Sami (0) respectively.

Asad Shafiq smashed 91 off 55 with the help of nine boundaries and four sixes which helped glowingly Dolphins to set a substantial target of 238, at the completion of specified overs.

Karachi Dolphins VS Sialkot Stallions: Sialkot Innings

Footstepping towards the target, Stallions staggered in the beginning as Tanvir Ahmed scolded the stumps of Imran Nazir for a second consecutive duck.

In the subsequent over, Sohail Khan edged Mansoor Amjad to wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed for 9.

Shahid Yousuf conducted some influential shots to diminish the consistently increasing required run-rate.

The short story of one-down Shakeel Ansar, who struck stormy fifty in the last game, was ended by Sohail when he was trying to cut but the ball just thickly edged down to third man and Azam Hussain jumped up and to take superb catch just inside the rope.

Soon after, Azam Hussain edged Shahid to keeper for 40. His tempestuous knock was comprised 4 boundaries.

After quick slump, Skipper Shoaib Malik, along with Ali Khan seized the obligation on their shoulders, and survived some optimism accelerating the flow of runs on the scoreboard.

But the party was spoiled by swinger Haaris Ayaz who ripped off Ali Khan for 24 with the assistance Asad Shafiq.

The resistant innings of Shoaib Malik was winded-up by Sohail, who snitched his wicket number three. Rameez Raja captured his catch at mid-on.

Abdur Rehman (21) was the other man attempted to defy but Mohammad Sami sealed the victory for Dolphins by clinching the two tail enders in 18.5 overs.

Sohail Khan claimed four while Mohammad Sami and Azam Hussian picked up two wickets apiece.

In reward to his turbulent knock, Rameez Raja was named Player of the Match.