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American Premier League 2023: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Premium Indians vs Premium Paks semifinal (Updated) ft. Sunny Patel

Premium Indians beat Premium Paks in the first semifinal of the American Premier League 2023 by six runs on Saturday, December 30, at the Moosa Stadium in Pearland.

Premium Indians opted to bat first in the knockout game reduced to ten overs per innings. West Indies all-rounder Rakheem Cornwall gave a brisk start, with 41 off 20, scoring three boundaries and four sixes, at a strike rate of 205.

Asad Pathan played a decent knock of 24 off 17, walloping two big sixes, as Premium Indians scored 103-5. Ali Umair (2 for 18) and Ariful Haque (2 for 16) claimed two scalps each, while Nakash Ali (1 for 21) added one.

Premium Paks were dealt an early blow in their chase, with opener Zeeshan Ashraf departing for a nought. Stephen Wiig and Sunny Patel got the wickets of Ryan Scott-I (14 off six) and Suliman Arabzai (19 off 12) before the duo could further cause any damage.

Ariful Haque made 16 off 11 before he was caught by Adil Bhatti off his own bowling. Hamad Hussain’s late fireworks (22 off 8) was not enough to get his team past the finish line as Premium Paks fell six runs short.

On that note, let’s take a glance at the highest run-scorers and wicket-takers of the American Premier League 2023.


American Premier League 2023 Most Runs List

RankPlayerTeamRunsMatInnsHSAvgSR100504s6s
1Usman GhaniPAFG1766510144145.45101012
2Gerhard ErasmusPAC166557741.5149.5501128
3Aaron JohnsonPWI144665228.8126.3201109
4Kevin StoutePWI118437139.33128.260086
5Kjorn OttleyPAC108545136121.3501123
6Abdul WasiPAFG103654434.331030074
7Ravi BoparaPIND92335530.671150186
8Ben CuttingPAUS85446321.25163.460039
9Shawn FindlayPAC83556816.694.320063
10Mehran KhanPAFG74435437121.310109

The run-scoring charts of the American Premier League 2023 remain the same after the league stage. Ravi Bopara is the only player to feature in the top-10 from either Premium Indians or Premium Paks. However, Bopara didn’t play the semifinal, so the charts are the same.

Premium Afghans opener Usman Ghani leads with 176 runs in five innings at a strike rate of 145.45. He's the only player to notch up a century in this tournament. Premium Americans batter Gerhard Erasmus is second with 166 runs at a strike rate of 149.55. Erasmus won’t be a contender for the top spot, as his side is out of the competition.

However, Premium Americans batter Aaron Jones is certainly a challenger for Usman Ghani. With 144 runs in six games, the local boy is third. His teammate Kevin Stout is in the next slot with 118 runs in three innings.


American Premier League 2023 Most Wickets List

PlayerTeamWicketsMatInnsBBIAvgER4W+5W+
Hayden WalshPWI16555/1754.1711
Raj NannanPWI12554/66.423.8510
Imran KhanPAC11445/148.096.7602
Sunny PatelPIND8543/145.633.2100
Amad ButtPIND8555/25115.8701
Ariful HaquePPAK6542/1612.676.9100
Stephen WiigPIND6443/2515.17700
Mario LobbanPWI5552/219.66.1300
Waqarullah IshaqPAFG5543/12127.200
Simi SinghPAUS5442/1919.67.5400

Premium Paks pacer Ariful Haque claimed two wickets to enter the top-10 wicket-takers list in sixth. He's the only latest inclusion in the list with six wickets in five games at an economy rate of 6.91.

Premium Indians leg-spinner Sunny Patel added two wickets against Premium Paks in the semifinal to take his tally to eight dismissals and occupies the fourth position.

Stephen Wiig also picked a wicket but slid one position to seventh. Premium Windies spinners Hayden Walsh (16) and Raj Nannan lead the bowling charts in first and second place, respectively.

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