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Cricket has become a popular sport all around the world. Despite that, different countries are providing several leagues in which the players from all over the world take part on high levels. Regarding that, the national leagues are also held in which they provide each player opportunities to come out with their talent.
Pakistan T20 league, a domestic Twenty20 tournament was held in Pakistan, just before 2017 ended. This was the fourteenth season of the national T20 cup. The tournament took place in November 2017 at the Rawalpindi cricket stadium. In this tournament, eight teams competed from different regions like Faisalabad, FATA, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi. From Lahore, there were two teams, Lahore Blues and Lahore whites.
Some ups and downs also took place as the semi-finals were postponed by PCB due to a protest by a religious party and further after two days the semi-finals were played. As the main purpose of this tournament was to come up with new talent for the national team, the show had to go on.
It is rightly said that records are made to be broken. Kamran Akmal, the shining star of the National T20 cup from Lahore whites, broke many records respectively. The highest partnership record was broken by Akmal and Salman Butt of 209 runs, beating the best of 207 runs by Joe Denly and Daniel Bell-Drummond of Kent in 2017 Natwest T20 Blast. Similarly, Akmal became the first batsman to score 150 runs in a T20 match, also hitting the most sixes in a domestic T20 match in Pakistan, becoming the third batsman to make five consecutive fifties in T20 cricket. Akmal also scored 432 runs in this tournament, most among all players.
Kamran Akmal was the player who provided a perfect stand to Lahore Whites to survive to the final. However, Lahore whites were not able to win the National T20, as they were beaten by Lahore Blues. But the innings of Kamran Akmal had left a deep impact on PCB’s selectors. Having to prove himself after being dropped from the international side, he has come back stronger than ever.
