MI Emirates beats Dubai Capitals by 8 wickets in the Eliminator Match of the International League T20, 2023.
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The Eliminator Match of the International League T20, 2023 played yesterday between MI Emirates vs Dubai Capitals at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah. In which MI Emirates beats Dubai Capitals by 8 wickets.
MI Emirates won the toss and invited Dubai Capitals to bat first, Dubai Capitals batted first and started the inning very brilliantly, although the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 15 runs, Robin Uthappa and George Munsey came to start the inning, and the first wicket has gone for 15 runs in last ball of the 2nd over, Robin Uthappa dismissed just for 6 runs in 8 balls, next batsman Sikandar Raza came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 78 runs with George Munsey, the second wicket has gone for 93 runs in 12.4 over, George Munsey dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 51 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 43 balls, next batsman Rovman Powell came to bat and played well with Sikandar Raza, the third wicket has gone for 120 runs in 16.2 over, Sikandar Raza was dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 38 runs in 34 balls, followed by Yusuf Pathan came to bat and was dismissed very quickly just for 4 runs as the fourth wicket in 17.5 overs, the team score was 133 runs, next batsman Dasun Shanaka came to bat, after few moments the fifth wicket has also gone for 144 runs in last ball of the 19th over, Rovman Powell dismissed after scoring 30 runs in 22 balls, followed by Ravi Bopara came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball with Dasun Shanaka, and Dasun Shanaka also remains unbeaten for 7 runs in 7 balls. In this way, Dubai Capitals scored 151 runs after losing 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 152 runs for MI Emirates.
MI Emirates bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Rashid Khan took 2 wickets just for 20 runs, Trent Boult 2 wickets just for 19 runs, and Dwayne Bravo 1 wicket for 35 runs.
MI Emirates chasing 152 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily by losing just 2 wickets in 16.4 overs. MI Emirates started the inning very well, although the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 2 runs, Muhammad Waseem and Andre Fletcher came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone just for 2 runs, Muhammad Waseem dismissed just for 2 runs, next batsman Lorcan Tucker came to bat and he had a good strike rotate with Andre Fletcher for a while, the second wicket has gone for 48 runs in 6.3 overs, Lorcan Tucker dismissed just for 10 runs in 16 balls, followed by Nicholas Pooran came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Andre Fletcher, Andre Fletcher played a very brilliant half-century and victory inning of 68 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 45 balls, and Nicholas Pooran played a very brilliant quick half-century and victory inning of 66 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 36 balls. In this way, MI Emirates chased the target very easily by losing just 2 wickets in 16.4 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.
Dubai Capitals bowlers Dubai Capitals got 1 wicket for 23 runs in 3 overs, and Dasun Shanaka got 1 wicket for 24 runs in 2 overs.
MI Emirates batsman Nicholas Pooran was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick half-century and victory inning of 66 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 36 balls.
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