- Seventh and last round of the tournament will begin on 2 February
Karachi, 30 January 2026: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) came back to winning ways after their record-breaking loss against Pakistan Television (PTV) in the fifth round, bagging a 53-run triumph over Khan Research Laboratories (KR) at the KCCA Stadium, Karachi on Friday noon.
The seventh round of the tournament will begin on Monday, 2 February across four venues in Karachi as all eight teams will be in action with top four vying for the two final spots.
With this win, SNGPL now sit joint-atop the eight-team points table with WAPDA as both teams have 114 points each from six games, winning four. Both the teams are well in contention for making it to the five-day final of the tournament despite second-placed KRL’s 97 points.
KRL will be looking to spoil their plans if they get a substantial win in their last round game against Ghani Glass after going down in the penultimate round.
Meanwhile, SNGPL will face seventh-placed Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and WAPDA will be up against resurgent State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), who jumped from sixth to fourth with an innings win in the sixth round.
On Friday, KRL were faced with the daunting task of overhauling the remaining 120 runs to the 234-run target with four wickets left, for a win, or bat out the day to save the game against a bowling line-up comprising a Test pacer in Mohammad Ali and Test spinner in Sajid Khan.
SNGPL took 25.1 overs to take the remaining four wickets as KRL skipper Iftikhar Ahmed and Hamza Nazar resisted with a 56-run seventh-wicket stand on both ends of the stumps. Iftikhar faced 176 balls for 63 runs but eventually fell victim to player of the match Ali, who pinned him leg-before.
Hamza fell for 32 off 76 balls striking two fours, while the nos. 9, 10 and 11 only faced a combined total of 41 balls before SNGPL made their way to victory. Apart from Ali’s outstanding figures of 20.1-5-42-4, left-arm spinner Mohammad Irfan picked up three for 24, while Sajid dismissed two batters.
Scores in brief – Round six – Day 4 of 4
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited beat Khan Research Laboratories by 53 runs at KCCA Stadium, Karachi
Target for KRL: 234
SNGPL 199 all out, 61.3 overs (Mubasir Khan 38, Muhammad Awais Zafar 38, Abid Ali 24, Aamir Jamal 23, Shan Masood 22, Mohammad Irfan 20 not out, Hamza Nazar 3-40, Mohammad Hamza 2-45, Iftikhar Ahmed 2-53) and 209 all out, 93.5 overs (Abid Ali 53, Azan Awais 34, Aamir Jamal 26; Mohammad Hamza 6-40, Sufyan Moqim 3-47)
KRL 175 all out, 61.4 overs (Shahzaib Khan 36, Sufyan Moqim 33, Sarmad Bhatti 30; Shehzad Gul 5-38, Sajid Khan 2-51) and 180 all out, 71.1 overs (Iftikhar Ahmed 63, Saad Baig 52, Hamza Nazar 32; Mohammad Ali 4-42, Mohammad Irfan 3-24, Sajid Khan 2-39)
Player of the match – Mohammad Ali (SNGPL)
On Thursday:
Sahir Associates beat Ghani Glass by six wickets at SBP Sports Complex, Karachi
Target for Sahir Associates: 189
Player of the match – Khan Zaib (Sahir Associates)
State Bank of Pakistan beat Oil and Gas Development Company Limited by an innings and 90 runs at National Bank Stadium, Karachi
Player of the match – Abdullah Fazal (SBP)
Water and Power Development Authority beat Pakistan Television by seven wickets at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi
Target for WAPDA: 180
Player of the match – Khalid Usman (WAPDA)
