{"id":8932,"date":"2020-12-13T11:30:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T12:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=8932"},"modified":"2020-12-13T12:57:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T12:57:21","slug":"intense-battles-on-cards-as-quaid-e-azam-trophy-2020-moves-into-eighth-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=8932","title":{"rendered":"Intense battles on cards as Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2020 moves into Eighth round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Waqas.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Karachi:\u00a0With all three results-oriented matches in Seventh Round, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is expected to become more exciting and enthralling in the upcoming Eighth round.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The matches\u00a0promise to sustain the momentum as teams fight for the top two slots which will enable their qualification for the final of the premium first-class tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s the Points table situation after seven Rounds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK):\u00a0<\/strong>KPK has been in top form as they rise to the top after claiming a one-sided win over Sindh by an innings and 37 runs.<\/p>\n<p>The win helped them attain 25 points and with four wins and one loss, they have 117 points\u00a0in their account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northern:\u00a0<\/strong>Last year&#8217;s runner up slipped to second after they lost to defending champions Central Punjab by six wickets. With three wins and two losses, they have 104 points in their account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern Punjab:<\/strong> SP defeated\u00a0Balochistan by 205 runs, leading them to retain the third spot in the tournament with 103 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central Punjab:<\/strong> CP have made a strong comeback after defeating Sindh and Northern consecutively under the leadership of pacer Hasan Ali. They are at the fourth spot with 76 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Balochistan:<\/strong> Balochistan are completely out of form after winning the first match of the tournament. They currently have 74 points in seven matches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sindh: <\/strong>Under the leadership of veteran Asad Shafiq, they are in a disastrous form. They also won the inaugural match of the competition and are at bottom of the table with 65 points.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Individual performances<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Nauman Ali:<\/strong> The 34-year-old became the first bowler to take 50 wickets in the ongoing season. He has 54 wickets to his name which includes five fifers.<\/p>\n<p>Kamran Ghulam: With back to back centuries, KPK&#8217;s Kamran Ghulam snatches the top spot from Southern Punjab&#8217;s Agha Salman (665 runs). The right-handed batter has 713 runs to his name and will be one to watch out for in the eighth round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eighth\u00a0Round\u2019s Fixtures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Balochistan v Central Punjab at State Bank Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Sindh v Northern at National Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Southern Punjab v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at UBL Sports Complex<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/sindh-wins-quaid-e-azam-trophy-second-xi-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sindh wins Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Second-XI Tournament<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Karachi:\u00a0With all three results-oriented matches in Seventh Round, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is expected to become more exciting and enthralling in the upcoming Eighth round. The matches\u00a0promise <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=8932\" title=\"Intense battles on cards as Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2020 moves into Eighth round\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8934,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8932\/revisions\/8934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}