Shaheen Throws Bat In Celebration During Desert Vipers’ Victory Over MI Emirates In ILT20. Watch | Cricket News

Desert Vipers registered a nail-biting two-wicket win over MI Emirates within the 14th match of the ILT20 season 2 on the Dubai International Stadium on Tuesday. The Vipers gained the sport off the final ball following a fierce battle. MI Emirates have been restricted to 149 for 9 in 20 overs, however they fought again to scale back Vipers to 62 for five. The destiny of the match swung like a pendulum until the final over. Vipers’ Sherfane Rutherford lit up hopes of a victory by way of a fast 35 runs after taking 17 runs off Boult’s seventeenth over with a six and two boundaries. Then Bravo had Rutherford caught by Kusal Perera at mid-on off a slower supply.

Shaheen Afridi and Luke Wood took up the problem of scoring 17 runs from the final 12 balls and 10 off the final over from Trent Boult to win off the final ball. They ran for the three runs wanted to win off the final ball.

As quickly as Shaheen accomplished the third run on the non-striker’s finish with a full-fledged dive, he stood on his knees and threw his bat behind in celebration.

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MI Emirates’ batting cracked in opposition to the tight bowling of Mohammad Amir (3 for 26), Luke Wood (2 for 32) and Matheesha Pathirana (2 for 32).

Their whole was formed by Ambati Rayudu and Akeal Hosein’s 49-run partnership in 45 deliveries for the fifth wicket by way of knocks of 23 and 24 runs respectively. Tim David’s cameo of 28 off 14 balls gave some respectability to the overall.

Chasing the goal, Vipers’ opener Rohan Mustafa went for his photographs and scored 18 runs with two boundaries and a six earlier than being bowled by Fazalhaq Farooqi. UAE’s left-arm pacer Muhammad Rohid struck twice within the fifth over to scrub bowl opener Alex Hales for 3 and had Adam Hose brilliantly caught by a leaping Dwayne Bravo at first slip for a duck. Farooqi picked the worth wicket of skipper Colin Munro caught behind by wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran for 4.

With the rating studying 28 for 4 in 5.3 overs, Azam Khan walked in and hit two successive boundaries off the primary two deliveries he confronted off Farooqi. Wanindu Hasaranga too sped up the run stream and placed on 34 runs for the fifth wicket earlier than Rohid dismissed the aggressive Khan, caught by Boult at deep mid-wicket for 20.

At the midway mark, the Vipers wanted 76 extra runs. When Hasaranga too slapped Dwayne Bravo straight to Boult at deep additional cowl for 26, Emirates took a agency grip on the match. Sherfane Rutherford, nonetheless, modified the course of the match by way of his 35 runs earlier than the final over drama.

(With ANI Inputs)