DOHA: The Organising Committee for associated activities for the Qatar’s National Day celebrations conducted a successful Six-Nation Cricket Tournament, participated by expatriates teams of Qatar, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh on Thursday.
Pakistan won the event after beating in an exciting final, watched by around 11, 000 cricket enthusiasts at the West End Park Stadium in Doha.
Legendary Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas also famous as the ‘Asian Bradman’ was the Guest of Honour in the event.
The six-nation contest started with quarter finals with India and Nepal featuring in the first match. India gave a strong target of 129 to Nepal could only reached to 79 runs to hand comfortable win to their counterparts.
The second quarter-final saw Qatar - a combined team of many nationalities - beating Sri Lanka to march in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Meanwhile, India qualified for the final after beating Bangladesh by 43 runs while Pakistan overcame Qatar to set up a clash with arch-rivals.
The men in green posted a massive score of 190 runs in 15 overs after some solid hitting. India also started aggressively but they succumbed at the score of 146 in the allotted overs after a disciplined bowling from their opponents.
It was the second successive Qatar National Day Cricket trophy for Pakistan.
Apart from the matches, several other activities including draws offering coveted prizes were also arranged for the fans who turned out for the tournament.. Former Pakistan captain Abbas along with Col Muftha gave away trophies and prizes among the players. THE PENINSULA
