The final of much celebrated tournament EDHI SUPER LEAGUE was held at Jahaz Ground- Rawalpindi on 6th Aug’17. It was an important final between the two most competitive teams of the tournament, STRIKERS LIONS (ESL) and RISING STARS (ESL).
STRIKERS LIONS (ESL) won the toss and decided to bat. Though the team kept on losing the wickets at the regular intervals, almost all the players contributed well to add to the score card with a high run-rate. As a result the team closed at difficult to defend score of 205 runs in 20 overs by losing 9 wickets. On the other end, bowling performance of RISING STARS (ELS) was not as expected and team ended up giving 34 runs extra at the end of the inning which went in favor of STRIKERS LIONS (ESL). Highest scorers of the inning was Aqib Khan with 46 runs in 26 balls.
While chasing the target of 206 runs, RISING STARS (ELS) started to fumble from very early overs. Though players like Raja Ubaid and Gulfraz Akhar, who were in good form throughout the tournament tried to save the match by scoring runs at a good pace did not manage to stand for long. Pick of the bowlers were Adeem Ahmad and Faisal Rasheed from STRIKERS LIONS (ESL), who took 3-3 wickets respectively in 3.1 and 2 overs sealed the inning at 136 runs in 16.1 overs.
RISING STAR (ESL), which had been the strongest team on the point table and one of the most favorite teams throughout the tournament lost the final of EDHI SUPER LEAGUE to STRIKERS LIONS (ESL) by 69 runs.
Team CricHeroes congratulates the winning team!!