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ICL 3rd Final: Lahore Badshahs beat Hyderabad Heroes to win ICL T20 Championship

Lahore Badshahs rode on Imran Nazir’s swashbuckling 44-ball 111 to rout Hyderabad Heroes by eight wickets in the high-voltage third final to lift the second edition of the ICL 20-20 championship trophy on Sunday. Imran Nazir hit the fastest century of the tournament to help the Badshahs reach the target of 159 in just 13.5 overs with a huge six over deep mid-wicket to register one of their biggest victories in the competition.

Scorecard – Lahore Badshahs beat Hyderabad Heroes in 3rd final – win ICL T20 Championship 2008

Nazir, who played with a runner in Naved-ul-Hasan, hit seven fours and 11 massive sixes in his 44-ball massacre. He reached his century with a towering six over mid-wicket in the 14th over. Nazir also reached his fifty in 16 balls, a tournament record. It is also the second fastest in international Twenty20 matches, with India’s Yuvraj Singh holding the top spot, which he scored against England in October last year.

Imran Nazir started Badshahs’ riposte with a fury, pulverising Abdul Razzaq for two sixes and a four in his first over to score 24. Nazir triggered off a flurry of fours and sixes, bringing up the fifty in just 20 balls along with Imran Farhat en route to the fastest half-century of the tournament in just 16 balls.

Nazir showed no respect for the bowlers as Lahore brought up their hundred in eight overs. Although Heroes tried to tighten the screws, picking up Imran Farhat (28 off 25 balls) and Shahid Yousuf (1) within four balls it was too late. He then clubbed three sixes and two fours in the 14th over as Lahore picked up their first ICL title. They were the losing finalists in the previous edition to the same opponents.

Tags: Hyderabad Heroes, ICL, Lahore Badshahs