LAHORE: Markhor IT Solutions became winners of the President’s Trophy Grade-I 2026-27 after they beat State Bank of Pakistan by 51 runs at the Bagh-e-Jinnah Cricket Ground on the penultimate day of the five-day final on Friday.
The Khalid Usman-led outfit completed the double of winning President’s Trophy Grade-II and Grade-I in a space of just four months.
On Friday, SBP required another 72 runs to win, while MIT Solutions needed three wickets. The eventual winners, MIT got their way first as they dismissed SBP for 185 in 71.5 overs after beginning the day with 165-7 in 59.4 overs.
Mubasir Khan, the only recognised batter, fell for 32 off 56 balls hitting three fours and became pacer Mohammad Ismail’s 32nd wicket of the season. Khalid got rid of Mohammad Abbas and Kashif Bhatti to finish with figures of 4-38.
Ismail, Sirajuddin and Mohammad Amir Khan finished with 32 wickets each. SBP’s opening batter Hasan Raza racked up 807 runs in eight matches.
Aamir Jamal of MIT Solutions was declared man-of-the-final for his all-round show (55 and 7-32) in the match.
Scores in brief:
Markhor IT Solutions beat State Bank of Pakistan by 51 runs.
MIT SOLUTIONS 112 in 29.5 overs (Atizaz Habib Khan 29; Sirajuddin 6-39, Shahid Aziz 4-39) and 296 in 75 overs (Abuzar Tariq 85, Aamir Jamal 55, Atizaz Habib Khan 32 retired hurt, Salman Khan 28, Atiq-ur-Rehman 23, Muhammad Farooq 22; Muhammad Abbas 5-70, Sirajuddin 3-88)
SBP 172 in 44.4 overs (Hasan Raza 36, Sirajuddin 32 not out, Ali Shan 27; Aamir Jamal 7-32, Mohammad Ismail 2-80) and 185 in 71.5 overs (Hasan Raza 73, Mubasir Khan 32, Abdullah Fazal 25; Khalid Usman 4-38, Mohammad Ismail 2-42).
Published in Dawn, October 31st, 2026
