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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MS Pepper
57(35) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 15 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
3 0 10 3 19 8 4 10
JM Clarke
JM Clarke
24(18) 2x4 - 0x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 6 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 0 2 1 6 3 1 7

Best performances - Bowlers

Aayan Afzal Khan
Aayan Afzal Khan
O4
M0
R16
W4
Eco4
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Ali Khan
Ali Khan
O3
M0
R23
W2
Eco7.66
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Gulf Giants , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20

Match days

19 January 2025 - night match (20-over match)

Twenty20 debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 2, Gulf Giants 0

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 on
waiting 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.

19.6
4
Ali Khan to Mills, FOUR, that will be that! A comfortable win for the Knight Riders! Ali Khan goes for the wide yorker. Mills counters it by shuffling across. Gets down low and then scoops it brilliantly over short fine leg. All in vain in the end, with the Giants succumbing to a healthy 37-run defeat!
19.5
4
Ali Khan to Mills, FOUR, streaky! Ali Khan tests out the middle of the track again. Gets this up to Mills' shoulder and the ball flies off the top edge over the keeper's head as Mills swiped at it
19.4
0
Ali Khan to Mills, no run, searing yorker that tails in and tails in too much for the bowler's liking. Sneaks past the inside edge of the bat and also sneaks past leg stump
19.3
0
Ali Khan to Mills, no run, another short ball. Mills tries to upper-cut this but is beaten for pace for the second ball running
19.2
0
Ali Khan to Mills, no run, banged into the track on off. Mills swings himself off his feet but still cannot lay bat on ball

Mills in at 10

19.1
W
Ali Khan to Adair, OUT, Mark Adair falls off the first ball of the 20th! Length outside off. Adair was always going to have a go at it but slices across it a little too much. Mayers is stationed at deep backward point for exactly that sort of miscue and gobbles up the chance. Should have probably run the single, eh?!

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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Giants 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st3A LythJM Vince
2nd21JM VinceIbrahim Zadran
3rd21Ibrahim ZadranJM Cox
4th14MG ErasmusIbrahim Zadran
5th37MG ErasmusSO Hetmyer
6th0MG ErasmusMR Adair
7th35MR AdairAayan Afzal Khan
8th0MR AdairUzair Khan
9th8TS MillsUzair Khan