Pakistan overpower India in Over-50 World Cup Cricket Tournament.

KARACHI -- Pakistan overpowered arch-rivals India by four wickets in their Group B encounter of the Over-50 World Cup Cricket Tournament 2020 being staged in Cape Town, South Africa. In the other matches of the day, New Zealand whacked Canada by 98 runs, Zimbabwe defeated Sri Lanka by nine runs, Australia elbowed out West Indies by three wickets, South Africa edged out England by two runs and Wales hammered Namibia by eight wickets. The 15-member Pakistan squad, whose major sponsors are Quetta Gladiators, with Amar Cables, Turk Plast, Haseen Habib and Bank Al Falah being co-sponsors, will now be up against South Africa, Wales and England in their remaining games after having prevailed over Namibia and India. Holders Australia feature in the Group A alongwith New Zealand, Canada, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.

Electing to bat, after calling correctly, India squandered a solid start to be restricted to 193 for seven in the allotted 45 overs. Pakistan, in reply, lost wickets at regular intervals and it was the pair of Mahmood Hamid and Jaffer Qureshi which saw them home in the final over with four wickets standing. All-rounder Jaffer Qureshi, having played the pivotal role in guiding Pakistan to an emphatic triumph over Namibia in the opening game, extended his brilliant form...