LAHORE, May 1: Two matches of the National U-22 Football Championship ended in draw at the Dring Stadium Bahawalpur on Monday night.

Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa played a 2-2 draw in the first match. Riaz (66th min) and Rehmatullah (74th min) shared the scoring honours for Balochistan while Mohammad Insar (68th min) and Arslan (86th min) scored for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

In the second match, Bahawalpur and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were also locked at 1-1 at the end of the regulation time with Tariq finding the net for the latter in 25th minute while Bahawalpur’s Zeeshan scoring in the 47th minute.

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