Falken Tires cricket team fired all their guns to snatch a convincing 6 wicket victory over Indian Veterans in the ongoing Kuwait Swedish Cleaning Company tournament organized by KVCC. Falken team deserved their victory to an astonishing all round performance by the team as a single unit where they excelled in all departments of the game.

Winning the toss & electing to bat first, IVCC started with a bang as the hard hitting Asghar smashed 3 boundaries in the very first over to give the team a rousing start. Unfortunately, Alwa who was batting in prime form was run out by a direct throw from Ahmed and the well settled Freddy who started in a confident note was caught & bowled by Nadeem to put IVCC in the back seat. Falken Tires opening bowlers, Ahmed & Nadeem bowled a hostile spell of superb swing bowling and IVCC struggled to find their way out. The lanky Ameen & Shakeel then steadied the innings with some thoughtful batting strategy and their fruitful partnership yielded 34 runs. Falken bowlers Nadeem 2-7, Ahmed 2-13, Zahid Butt 2-18 & Naeem 2-16 were at their best and the combined effort by the team in taking some brilliant catches resulted in IVCC folding for a paltry 117 runs in 20 overs.

IVCC put up a spirited fight back as they first removed Arshad Shams in the very first over and then it was a match winning partnership by Zahid Butt & Binu Mathew who combined well to post 78 runs second wicket partnership. Zahid was at his best as he pulled and cut with awesome power and as the duo were about to wind up the match, Zahid was caught at gully for a well made 38 runs. Binu Mathew went on to score 24 runs and Falken passed the target of 117 runs in 13.4 overs.