Commissioner XI’s player Waqas Ali was declared Man of the Match for his brilliant unbeaten innings of 52 runs, which included 4 sixes and 3 fours.
Batting first, Mayor XI scored 82 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui scored 42 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours, while Metropolitan Commissioner Afzal Zaidi contributed 22 runs.
From Commissioner XI, Hamza Deen Mohammad took 3 wickets, while Ahmer Pasha, Yousuf Khan, and Abdul Qayyum took two wickets each. In reply, Commissioner XI chased down the target in 18 overs, losing just two wickets. Waqas Ali scored 52 not out, Abdul Qadir made 22, and Kamran Masih added 18 runs. From Mayor XI, Ikhlaq Ahmed and Aftab Qaimkhani took one wicket each.
Kashif Farooqi and Ghulam Mohammad Khan served as umpires while Nadeem Ahmed was the match referee. The 10-over match was captained by Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui for Mayor XI and Ahmer Pasha for Commissioner XI.
Meanwhile, Commissioner Karachi’s Director Sports Ghulam Mohammad Khan expressed heartfelt gratitude to Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab for naming a second ground after the legendary Hanif Mohammad. He also appealed to the mayor to dedicate cricket grounds to Javed Miandad and Iqbal Qasim and to establish stadiums named after Zaheer Abbas and Wasim Bari.