Vancouver Knights defeated Toronto Nationals by 25 runs within the final league stage match of the continuing Global T20 Canada on Thursday. Asked to bat first, the Knights posted a complete of 128/7 in 20 overs with Corbin Bosch scoring 30 off 26 balls. Later, the Nationals have been bundled out for 103 as Harsh Thaker took a four-wicket haul. Despite ending up on the dropping facet, the match turned out to be actually memorable for former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi, who surprised everybody together with his two wickets.

The dashing 43-year-old cricketer gave a troublesome competitors to all the children together with his sensible spell. In the eleventh over of the match, Afridi dismissed his former Pakistan teammate Mohammad Rizwan, who tried to go for an enormous hit however was caught by Farhan Malik on the deep mid-wicket.

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Later within the thirteenth over, South Africa batter Rassie van der Dussen was caught and bowled by Afridi and departed for two off 6 balls.

Talking concerning the match, the Vancouver Knights had a forgetful day with the bat as no different batter aside from Corbin Bosch was capable of go previous the 30-run-mark. Wicketkeeper Mohammed Rizwan additionally scored 27 runs whereas Harsh Thaker scored 23. For Toronto Nationals, Afridi and Sikandar Raza took two wickets every whereas Faheem Ashraf and Farhan Malik took one wicket every.

Later, the National batters couldn’t stand as much as the expectations as they have been bundled out for 103. Darren Bravo top-scored with 28 runs whereas Nicholas Kirton scored 19 runs. For the Knights, Harsh Thaker took 4 wickets whereas Corbin Bosch took three. Apart from them, Junaid Siddique and Ruben Trumpelmann scalped two and one wicket respectively.

After this match, the Knights confronted Surrey Jaguars within the Qualifier 1 match of the G20 Canada 2023 and confronted a 38-run defeat. They will now be squaring off towards Montreal Tigers within the Qualifier 2 and battle out for a spot within the summit conflict of the event.