KARACHI, Sept 25: Debutants AKD XI made a perfect start in 21st Karachi Gymkhana AKD Twenty20 Ramazan Cup Cricket Championship by defeating PIA Academy by four wickets at KG Ground on Monday.

Imran Javed blasted an unbeaten 44 off 30 balls with three fours and a huge six to grab the Man-of-the-Match award.

Imran with Sharjeel Ashraf (32) added 70 for the sixth wicket.

Earlier, PIA Academy were restricted to 148 for eight.

Summarised scores:

PIA ACADEMY 148-8 in 20 overs (Mahmood Hamid 33, Khurram Manzoor 21, Agha Sabir 20; Mohammad Yousuf 2-27); AKD XI 151-6 in 19.2 overs (Imran Javed 44 not out, Sharjeel Ashraf 32, Tanvir Ahmed 25, Mohammad Farrukh 26; Tahir Khan 3-15).—APP