Match 35, Abu Dhabi, November 30, 2024, 09:30 PM
Deccan Gladiators
102/5(10.0ov)
Delhi Bulls
99/7(10.0ov)
Deccan Gladiators beat Delhi Bulls by 3 runs
Right then! The Deccan Gladiators won the game today and both the teams have already qualified for the upcoming playoffs as today was the last day for the league matches. Qualifier 1 will be played between Deccan Gladiators and Morrisville at 5.00 pm IST (11.30 am GMT) on the 1st of December 2024. Join us here for all the pre-match excitement as we bring everything to you. Till then, have a good night!
Nicholas Pooran, winning captain, says that he spoke about the challenge with the team and they were very clear in their thinking about giving the best. Adds that they have proved as a group that they can win this tournament and it is important to play as a complete team. Mentions that, tonight gives them a big confidence in defending the totals and they are tactically very well and they can defend over 130 or 140 but defending around 100 is different. Concludes that he is very happy with the team’s performance
Anrich Nortje Is the Man of the Match for taking important wickets. He says that he enjoyed bowling that tight length and lines with pace and rattles the stumps. Adds that it was a big challenge to bowl in this T10 tournament where you don’t get many balls to settle in in compare to T20 where you can take one or two balls. Informs that Zahoor bowled really well and he was mentally really tough and executed the plans very well. Concludes that the boys are training very hard and that has paid off in this match.
... TIME FOR THE PRESENTATIONS ...
The game started with Deccan Gladiators batting first and managing 102 runs on the board with the loss of 5 wickets and in response to that, the Delhi Bulls started off well with both the openers batting brilliantly at the top. Tom Banton and James Vince managed to score 48 runs off the first 4 overs of the game and then everything changed for them. Both James Vince and Tom Banton were dismissed along with the entire middle order of the Delhi Bulls. It was Tim David who stood till the end and took the match to the final over where they needed 14 runs. The game went down to 5 runs off the final delivery and Tim David could only manage a single.
What a game of cricket as it went down till the final delivery. Superb entertainment for viewers all around the world! Deccan Gladiators sealed the victory with a margin of just 3 runs and its a good day with the ball for Nicholas Pooran and his men, especially Anrich Nortje who got them back in the game with his couple of overs. Smiles all around the Deccan Gladiators camp and a well-deserved victory.
In over# 10
1
4
0
4
0
1b
Zahoor Khan 25/0(2)
9.6
1
Superb yorker on the off stump line and Tim David smashes it hard but straight to long off and only gets a single. Deccan Gladiators win the game in the end by a margin of just 3 runs.
9.5
4
FOUR! BANG! 5 runs off the final delivery! Much fuller again on the off stump line from Zahoor Khan and Tim David takes the front foot out and slams it through covers for a superb boundary. GAME ON!
9.4
.
Nails a yorker just outside the leg stump line and Tim David wears it straight on the front leg. Dot ball. 9 required off 2 balls now!
9.3
4
FOUR! Slapped outside off from Tim David to a length ball outside the off stump line from Zahoor Khan and Tim David gets a boundary off the third ball of the over.
9.2
.
Nails a yorker on the stumps. Tim David blocks it off and sends Sam Cook back.
9.1
1b
BYE! Zahoor Khan pitches the ball outside off and Sam Cook misses the ball. The batters steal a single from Nicholas Pooran who misses to hit the stumps at the batter's end. A single as BYES. Tim David comes back on strike.
Sam Cook walks out to bat.
In over# 9
4
0W
0W
1
6
1
Anrich Nortje 15/3(2)
8.6
4
FOUR! 14 runs required off 6 now! Anrich Nortje nails a wide yorker outside off and Tim David slashes it hard, up and over short third man for a boundary to end the over.
OUT! RUN OUT! fuller from Anrich Nortje on the line of the stumps and Shahid Bhutta taps it straight to Tom Kohler-Cadmore at mid-wicket and runs a quick single. Tom Kohler-Cadmore picks the ball up and hits the wickets on the bowler's end with Shahid Bhutta way out of the crease.
8.5
W
OUT! RUN OUT! fuller from Anrich Nortje on the line of the stumps and Shahid Bhutta taps it straight to Tom Kohler-Cadmore at mid-wicket and runs a quick single. Tom Kohler-Cadmore picks the ball up and hits the wickets on the bowler's end with Shahid Bhutta way out of the crease.
Shahid Bhutta walks out to bat!