Twenty20
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cricket
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tournament organized by the
Pakistan Cricket Board
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. The season began on 25 March 2012 and was held at the
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
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in
Rawalpindi
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. 15 matches were played during the tournament.
Sialkot Stallions
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The Stallions was the most successful team in Pakistani Twen ...
won the tournament after beating
Karachi Dolphins
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The Dolphins were considered one ...
in the final, and, therefore, qualified for the
2012 Champions League Twenty20
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.
Venue
All the matches were played at
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium located in DKS Rawalpindi in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is near to Pir Meher Ali Shah University, Rawalpindi, and Rawalpindi Arts Council, Rawalpindi. The first international match at the ...
,
Rawalpindi
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.
Squads
The squads are as follows:
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Mohammad Talha
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Naved Latif
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Zohaib Khan
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Kamran Akmal
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Abdul Razzaq
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Aizaz Cheema
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Jahangir Mirza
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Kashif Siddiq
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Nasir Jamshed
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Raza Ali Dar
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Sohail Ahmed
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Umar Akmal
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Wahab Riaz
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Khurram Manzoor
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Zohaib Shera
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Abdur Rehman
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Mansoor Amjad
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Naved-ul-Hasan
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Naved Arif
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Qaiser Abbas
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Usman Salahuddin
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Faraz Ahmed
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Rameez Raja
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Rumman Raees
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Sohail Khan
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replaced
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as
Karachi Dolphins
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captain
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Results
Teams and standings
: Qualified for semifinals
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Full table on ESPNCricinfo /div>
Fixtures
:''All match times in
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(UTC+5:30).''
Group stage
Group A
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Knockout stage
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Karachi Dolphins
The Karachi Dolphins was a limited overs cricket team based in Karachi which played in National One-day Championship and domestic Twenty20. The Dolphins' home ground was National Stadium in Karachi's north end.
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won the toss and elected to bat, and the decision seemed to have paid off when they powered past 60 in the Powerplay. Their attack was led by opener Khalid Latif, who
carried his bat
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through the innings to finish with 81 off 59. The main support was provided by
Shahzaib Hasan
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and
Asad Shafiq
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, who scored 30 and 38 respectively. They made 167 for 8 in 20 overs. Raza Hasan's 4 wickets came for 33 runs.
Chasing 168,
Sialkot Stallions
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lost Shakeel Ansar early but took control thereafter. Imran Nazir scored a rapid 41 (20 balls), before an unbroken stand of 119 at close to nine an over between
Shoaib Malik
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(62) and
Haris Sohail
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(55) sealed the game in the 19th over.
For the final, 20,000-odd people thronged the
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
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, with its newly renovated stands. There were a further 15,000 fans outside the stadium, doing their best to catch glimpses of the action.