RAWALPINDI: Khushdil Shah hammered his second century to help Khyber Pakhtunkhwa advance to the final of the Pakistan One-Day cricket tournament at the Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi on Wednesday.
The win against Sindh saw KP jumping to the top of the points table and face the challenge from Balochistan who aresecond in the league with five points.
Shah scored a 100 off 66 balls, enabling KP to put 300 runs on board.
After putting to bat first, KP were struggling at 120 for four in the 27th over. However, Shah who had already scored unbeaten 154 earlier in the tournament, once again batted brilliantly to take his side to a respectable total.
The 24-year-old left-hander, who hails from tribal belt punished every bowler, hitting five sixes and eight fours.
Chasing the target, Sindh lost a couple of quick wickets, but a 68-run partnership between Umar Siddiq and Umar Amin for the third wicket brought them back in the game.
Siddiq scored 69 runs off 65 balls, while Amin departed after scoring 23 runs.
Imran Rafiq made a half-century, while Asif Ali scored brisk 42 off 33 balls with the help of five fours and a towering six.
However, these efforts were not enough to take Sindh home as they managed to score 291 for the loss of nine, courtesy of spinner Zohaib Khan’s superb bowling, who grabbed three important wickets for 50 runs in nine overs.
Khushdil was declared Man of the Match.
The final between KP and Balochistan will take place on Friday.