Qatar Stars win T20 international cricket match at Asian Town Stadium

7/22/2016 4:24:02 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Organisers of the cricket tournament with the Qatar Stars team.

Doha: Cricket fans in Doha had a wonderful opportunity to witness an international T20 cricket match between Pakistan Stars and Qatar Starts last Friday at Asian Town Cricket Stadium. In the rousing match, Qatar stars beat Pakistan Stars by nine runs.

Led by Iqbal Chaudhry, Qatar Stars won the toss and Kamran Khan gave them an extra ordinary start in batting. In the first six overs he took 55 runs and hit five sixes. Qatar Stars had given a target of 151 runs in 20 overs to Pakistan Stars to win the match. Saeed Ajmal was the Man of the Match.

Both teams had renowned international players like Salman Butt, Abdul Razzaq, Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Sami.

'We are very happy to see this scale of crowd coming to watch cricket matches and each match in this stadium shows the development of the game in Qatar.

'We want to hold better tournaments frequently as we are getting a lot of appreciation from people and fans in Qatar,” said Sajjad Chaudhry, Organiser and Managing Director, Pro Events.

The tournament was organised by Ibn Ajayan Projects, the managers of Asian Town, in association with Pro Events, an international sports event management company in Qatar.

This is the third year Pro Events organised the tournament. 'We are trying to develop a cricket culture in Qatar and our aim is to raise Qatar to the level of World Cup,” Chaudhry added.

The Peninsula

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