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10.10 PM IST| Tugral: Denmark dominated today's game with ball and bat and registered a massive 7 wickets win over Sweden to clear the way to the Final game.
Chasing 98, Denmark starts an innings in the opposite manner. Taranjit Bharaj and Shangeev Thanikaithasan opened the innings for Denmark. Zahid dismissed Bharaj in his first and showed the way to the pavilion without scoring. The Star player of the previous game Shangeev hit one boundary but got out cheaply after scoring only 4 runs. Saran Aslam departed after scoring 10 runs off 7 balls. Denmark's team was completely on the back foot after losing the three wickets of their top-order batters.
Magnus Kristensen and Musa Mahmood looked positive from the moment they arrived at the crease. Kristensen and Mahmood played an unbeaten crucial knock of 41* and 38*. This duo steadied the ship of Denmark's innings as they stitched a good 81-run partnership off 45 deliveries. Denmark chased down the target with 5 balls to spare and won the knock-out match by 8 wickets.
From the bowling side, Shahzeb Choudhry was the pick of the bowlers. He scalped 2 wickets and gave away 15 runs in his two overs. Zahid scalped one solitary wicket in his two-over spell and gave away just 18 runs.
Earlier in the match, Sweden won the toss and decided to bat first. They got off to a poor start. Umar Nawaz was in absolutely beast mode he scored 33 runs off just 13 balls. He was the top scorer for his team. Lack of support from the other end and none of the batters capitalize on their innings.
Denmark bowlers were just exceptional today. The surface looked like it was a batting-friendly one but Denmark bowlers didn't leak the easy runs and were able to scalp the wickets at regular intervals. Ehsan Karimi was the pick of the bowlers.He scalped 2 wickets and gave away 11 runs in his two overs. Shakeel, Abdullah, Raizul, and Shangeev took one wicket each respectively.
9.1 A Khalil to M Mahmood
6 And Mahmood finishes it in a style. Denmark wins the match as Mahmood hits six over deep square leg boundary and takes his team to the finals. Fuller length delivery on the stump line, Mahmood stays on his backfoot and pulls it over square leg boundary and gets the maximum. Mahmood batted sensibly till the end and wins the match for his team.
Denmark needs 6 runs to win in 6 balls
OVER 9
Denmark
92/3
Magnus Kristensen
41(24)
Musa Mahmood
32(22)
Share Ali
0-11(1.0)
8.6 S Ali to M Mahmood
1 Fuller length delivery outside off, Mahmood plays it towards the cover for a single.
8.5 S Ali to M Mahmood
0 Slower delivery on the fourth stump line, Mahmood looking to pull it gets beaten outside off, no run.
8.4 S Ali to M Mahmood
6 SIX!!!!!! They get the much-needed maximum. Dances down the track and hits it over the long-on boundary to a full toss delivery for a six. Ali gets predictable with the length of the ball and that gives the chance to Mahmood who dances down the track and hits the maximum.
8.3 S Ali to M Kristensen
1 Fuller length delivery on the stump line, Kristensen plays it towards the mid-wicket for a single.
Free Hit!! Big moment for Denmark.
8.3 S Ali to M Mahmood
1nb NO BALL!!! Fuller length delivery on the stump line, Mahmood gets the leading edge of the bat towards the cover-point for a single.
8.2 S Ali to M Kristensen
1 Full-toss delivery outside off, Kristensen plays it straight over the bowler's head and gets the single.
8.1 S Ali to M Kristensen
0 Fuller length delivery straight on the block hole. Kristensen gets hit straight on the shoe. No run.
1 Low full-toss outside off, Kristensen plays it towards the long-off for a single.
7.5 R Safi to M Mahmood
1 Good length delivery outside off, Mahmood plays it towards the long-off for a single.
7.4 R Safi to M Kristensen
1lb Fuller length delivery straight on the pads, Kristensen gets hit on the pad and will get a single of leg bye.
Tugral: Kristensen is playing a monstrous inning that is threatening Sweden, if he bats like this for a couple of overs then the match will turn upside down.