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ABU DHABI KNIGHT RIDERS 176/9 (20 OVERS)
- Joe Clarke24 (18)
- Michael Pepper57 (35)
- Blessing Muzarabani2/28 (4)
- Aayan Afzal Khan4/16 (4)
GULF GIANTS 139/8 (20 OVERS)
- Gerhard Erasmus24 (23)
- Ibrahim Zadran24 (22)
- Jason Holder2/25 (4)
- Ali Khan2/23 (3)
Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar
END OF OVER:20 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | GG: 139/8 (38 runs required, RR: 6.95)
- Tymal Mills8 (5b)
- Uzair Khan0 (1b)
- Ali Khan3-0-23-2
- Jason Holder4-0-25-2
9:53pm That will be all from us for tonight. We hope you enjoyed our coverage and we will be back soon with more cricketing action. Until then, this is goodbye from Chetan and myself!
Michael Pepper, Player of the Match: When I went in, when the ball was hard, it came on nicely. Not too much bounce in the wicket. Through the innings, it got slower and slower, started turning a little bit more. (On if he had to change his natural game based on the surface) A little bit. There is a lot of instinct that goes onâŠwaiting for your areas and then going from there. It is a long order, everyone can hit it out of the ground but it still has to be the batters that score runs. Take responsibility and cash in when it is your day. (On the difference between Abu Dhabi and Dubai) Quite different. There is more swing and seam in Abu Dhabi, more pace and bounce there as opposed to the two wickets we have played on here.
Sunil Narine, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders captain: (On Ibrar) We have seen him in the T10 so we know what he is about. He has been putting in the work in training and he showed what he is about. We were always thinking two steps ahead and there were more hands on deck. We could have gone closer to 200 (after our start). Losing wickets in clusters denied (us) and that is something we can work on (moving ahead). (On the batting depth) It is a good problem. You have players batting down the order who might be playing higher otherwise. The guys are willing and it is about them trying to make the best of whatever position they get.
James Vince, Gulf Giants captain: (On Aayan) He was superb, bowled well last night too. Seen him grow in the last couple of years. Four big wickets and a brilliant spell. In the first half of our bowling innings, we made scoring easier than it should've been. We fought back well and restricted them. With the bat, I guess one of our top order not getting in. We were outplayed across all departments. They bowled well, hit the top of the stumps. There was a bit of variable bounce. We were not able to combat (their bowling).
9:38pm A fairly easy win for the Knight Riders. The Giants never got going and were always playing catch-up after losing both openers inside the powerplay. There were cameos from Ibrahim, Erasmus and Hetmyer but none of their batters lasted long enough to transfer any pressure onto the Knight Riders, who were tight with their lines and lengths. Ibrar was perhaps the most impressive of the lot, regularly hassling the batters for pace. The rest were not shabby either, and each of them did what was expected of them.
Mills in at 10
MR Adair c Mayers b Ali Khan 19 (22m 17b 1x4 0x6) SR: 111.76
Unless something dramatic happens, this game is in ADKR's bag. Adair wanted strike for the start of the last over and hence denied the single. Can he reduce the margin of defeat? Ali Khan to bowl
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