National ‘A’ cricket squad deserve huge admiration for title-winning performance in Emerging Asia Cup against India: Director General Sports Punjab Dr Asif Tufail

Monday, July 24, 2023

Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab on Sports and Youth Affairs Wahab Riaz has congratulated Pakistan ‘A’ cricket team for inflicting a 128-run defeat on India in final match of Emerging Asia Cup cricket tournament in Sri Lankan city Colombo.
In his greeting message on Monday, Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab on Sports and Youth Affairs Wahab Riaz said that the Pakistan ‘A’ team demonstrated excellent teamwork in the high-profile Emerging Asia Cup cricket encounter against Indian ‘A’ cricket team. “Our national ‘A’ team deserved huge appreciation for amassing a grand total of 352/8 in 50 overs and then restricted India on 224 runs in the nerve-wrecking encounter”.
Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab on Sports and Youth Affairs Wahab Riaz showered praise on all members of Pakistan ‘A’ cricket team particularly in-form batter Tayyab Tahir, who struck a 71-ball century (108), Sahibzada Farhan (65), Saim Ayub (59 runs) and bowlers Sufyan Muqeem (3 wickets), Mehran Mumtaz, M Waseem and Arshad Iqbal (2 wickets each).