That would be all from our side as we come to the end of this Abu Dhabi T10 contest between the Deccan Gladiators and the Bangla Tigers. For now, it's Soumarya Dutta taking your leave on behalf of my co-commentator Gourav alongside our Scorer/Analyst Raju Khariya. See you soon!
Nicholas Pooran (Captain Deccan Gladiators)-βAfter the last game, we analyzed the condition and gave opportunities to some other players and it worked out for us. I spent some more time in the nets and found the momentum. Jos Buttler has been brilliant for us throughout the tournament. We need to play according to the conditions and look to perform well. Maheesh Theekshana did well in picking two quick wickets for us at the start of the game and Richard Gleeson joined him with the wickets which helped us to build pressure in the first innings.β
Richard Gleeson (Deccan Gladiators) - "I think we learnt from playing a day game yesterday and executed it well today. I've played a bit of T10 including the tournament in Zimbabwe. I try to take the wickets and try to take the game on. It comes with experience and I know that there will always be another opportunity and I try to make use of that mindset."
Player of the Match-Richard Gleeson
Power hitter of the Match- Nicholas Pooran
Catch of the Match- Marcus Stoinis
Moment of the match-Maheesh Theekshana
Time for Presentation.
6:24 PM IST and 4:54 PM Local Time- The Deccan Gladiators have cruised home to a 9 wicket win here as they've achieved this small target in just 5.1 overs. Nicholas Pooran played an absolute blinder of an innings and finally found some form in this tournament.
He scored 36 runs from just 13 balls. Jos Buttler on the other hand, remained unbeaten on 29 runs from 13 balls and gave him great company. The veteran English batter took on fellow English bowler David Payne and smashed him around the park.
Tom Kohler-Cadmore started off well in the powerplay but he was dismissed for 9 by Imran Khan. However the Deccan Gladiators were in no mood to let the game drift away. They got 24 runs from the powerplay.
Nicholas Pooran took the floating powerplay right away and big went after Ollie Robinson. He smacked the English bowler for three maximums. It was the over that took the game away from the Bangla Tigers.
It was an incredibly one sided game and the bowlers of the Bangla Tigers travelled all over the park. There was no intent from skipper Shakib and he gave one over to Rashid Khan, that too after the game had already slipped from their hands. In the end, the Gladiators found it way too easy to smack around the other bowlers as they negated Khan's one over without taking any risks.