A splendid skipper’s thump from Sohail Akhtar and a fine showcase of tight bowling assisted Qalandars with incurring a 33-run rout on Deccan Gladiator in the twelfth match of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Sheik Zayed Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Akhtar broke 72 runs, and that fell off 31 balls with five sixes and six limits. He was all around upheld by opener Tom Banton with 36 runs off 20 balls that included five limits and a six. Together they helped Qalandars posted a difficult absolute of 118 for 3 of every 10 overs.
Pursuing the objective, Deccan Gladiators battled against Qalandars’ precise bowling drove by Chris Jordan, who packed away three wickets for eight runs, and UAE’s left-arm spinner Sultan Ahmed who took two brisk wickets in his second finished, which incorporated the hazardous Kieron Pollard’s wicket. Deccan Gladiators could marshal just 85 for 8 of every 10 overs.
Prior, Deccan Gladiators Akhtar chose for field. Ravi Rampaul dumbfounded a tight first parting with only five runs. Sunil Narine, who astonished the second, got opener Sharjeel Khan to edge on to his foot and into the wicket for 5. Banton at that point scored two limits off Narine. He likewise took a limit out Anwar Ali who amazed the third. Captain Sohail Akhtar hit Imran Tahir for two sixes in the fourth over to get 13 runs off that over.
Fighters presented UAE’s Zahoor Khan, the legend of their last game dominate over Team Abu Dhabi on the third day, to amaze the fifth. He parted with 10 runs in his over. At the midway imprint, Qalandars were 54-1, requiring some successes.
Akthar oversaw just a six off Narine in the 6th over. In the seventh over bowled by Imran Tahir, Banton hit a six and oversaw 13 runs. Zahoor, who was presented for the eighth over, caught Banton leg before for 36. Akhtar arrived at his 50 years in 23 balls hitting Anwar Ali for a six to long-off. He additionally hit the following ball for a six over mid-wicket to control his group past the 100 run mark. Akhtar rebuffed Rampaul by hitting the initial two wads of the last over for limits. Rampaul excused Asif Ali, splendidly got by a jumping Sharafuddin Ashraf at fine leg for 2 in the equivalent over.
Pursuing a run pace of 11.80, opener Mohammad Shahzad took two limits out Sultan Ahmed’s first finished. Cameron Delport also got two limits off Sohail Tanvir. Shahid Afridi was presented for the third finished and Shehzad hit him effectively to the long-off limit. The fight for runs proceeded as Shehzad floated Ahmed Daniyal for a six over third man.
In the fifth over from Afridi, Delport got run out for 19 from an immediate hit to the bowler’s end by Azmatullah Omarzai at point. With the fifth conveyance, Afridi got Shehzad baffled for 27. With just two runs falling off that over, Gladiators required 72 runs from the following five overs.
At the point Akhtar Azam Khan befuddled for a duck and furthermore clean bowled Kieron Pollard for 3, the match shifted in support of Qalandar. Sunil Narine excessively fast followed hitting Chris Jordan to Asif Ali at profound cover for a duck. With a large portion of the side back in the uncovered for 52, Qalandars went for the execute and cruised to a simple triumph.
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Brief Scores: Qalandars 118/3 of every 10 overs (Sohail Akhtar 71*, Tom Banton 36); Akhtar of 10 overs (Mohammad Shehzad 27, Sultan Ahmed 2-14, Chris Jordan 3-8)