Peshawar (Pakistan Point News - 10th Aug, 2018 ) The Azadi Cup 2018 fever has been spread throughout the region with the players battling out each other for the grand prize. It is a pleasant sight to see the crowd coming in huge numbers as well. On the first match of the day, Haripur Zalmi Blues defeated Abbotabad Zalmi by 4 runs. Aqib Jamshed's 58 and Hasnain Ahsan's 50* led the Haripur team to victory. In the second match, Swabi Zalmi Greens won by 5 wickets courtesy a sensational knock of 71* by Haroon.
The 3rd match was played between Battagram Zalmi and Haripur Zalmi Greens in which Battagram Zalmi won by 8 wickets. Shehryar Ahmed's 63* and Ishrat Ahmed's 28& led the Battagram team to victory. In the last match of the day, Mansehra Zalmi won by 9 wickets by chasing 101 with 9 wickets in hand. Shehr badshah 4/13 restricted the Abbotabad's team to 100 and they were all out for 100 runs. Mudassar's quick 39 sealed the victory for Mansehra.
