Bahawalpur, May 02, 2023 (PPI-OT):A friendly cricket match between the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and Old Sadiqians played at Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur. The Islamia University of Bahawalpur won the match by 65 runs. The Islamia University of Bahawalpur won the toss and scored 165 runs in ten overs. Dr. Zahid Ihsan scored 65, Dr. Aftab Hussain Gillani scored not out 22 and Arif Ramooz scored 20. While Ayaz Imran and Ali Zameer played very well from Old Sadiqian but the aggressive batting of both players did not work for the team and Old Sadiqian could only score 100 runs.
The chief guest of this match was Mr. David Dowdles, Principal of Sadiq Public School. He thanked the Vice Chancellor of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob for sending the university’s team and welcomed the guest team. Islamia University Bahawalpur also hosted a similar friendly match and are happy to be here today. He said that it is the vision of Vice Chancellor Islamia University Bahawalpur that such friendly matches should be organized with other institutions and very soon a friendly match will be organized between IUB Sports Promotion Society and the cricket team of Sadiq Public School. He also thanked Ali Zameer, the captain of the Old Sadiqian team for making this match possible.
In the squad of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Prof. Dr. Aftab Hussain Gillani, Prof. Dr. Moazzam Jamil, Prof. Dr. Naveed Aslam Malghani, Dr. Azhar Hussain, Dr. Muhammad Latif, Dr. Zahid Ihsan, Dr. Muhammad Umair Riaz, Arif Ramooz, Shaji-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Gohar Ali, Hafiz Marjan Haider, Adnan Haider and Muneeb Ashraf were included.
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