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ADKR vs DV, 2nd T20, ILT20 2025 live

168-3(18.4)

Desert Vipers won by 7 wickets 🏆

ADKR

(20.0)166-5

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That marks the end of our coverage from the 2nd match of the ongoing ILT20 2025 between Abu Dhabi Knight Riders and Desert Vipers. Desert Vipers have won the match by 7 wickets and started the campaign on a high.

For now, this is Saptak Sanyal signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Soumarya Dutta and our scorer/analyst Zeeshan Naiyer. Switch tabs to follow our live coverage of the second game of the ILT20 double-header today and the upcoming SA20 match.

Dan Lawrence (Desert Vipers, Player of the Match)- " I think that the situation was well suited for me. I allowed myself to get in and understand the pace of the pitch. We have a really experienced bowling attack and we executed the plans today. We have a really professional set up here and it has been a great experience. The weather has been good. Certainly a lot warmer over here than it is back home. "

Player of the Match: Daniel Lawrence

Lockie Ferguson (Desert Vipers Captain): "It was good to get a wicket first ball. Haha. It was a grassy wicket and there was some help for the pacers. It feels good to get a win against a strong side.

The plan of the boys are clear. It is good to have a chat with these guys after coming here. And overall a good win to start the tournament."

Sunil Narine (Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Captain)- "We had a tough powerplay and the pair of Salt and Sharafu did well to help us come back in the end. Russell was brilliant. It became easier to bat in the second half. It was about keeping wickets in hand for us. I think the pitch had a bit more pace in it. Hopefully we can learn from this and come back better. Bravo has a lot of knowledge regarding the game and he helps us execute the plans."

Dispatch of the Day: Phil Salt

Time for the post-match presentations.

6:57 PM IST and 5:27 PM Local Time | Desert Vipers have done well to come out victorious against the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders by 7 wickets and with 8 balls to go.

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders were sent to bat first and were off to a shoddy start. Kyle Mayers struggled 10 balls to score just 2 runs. Joe Clarke got out in the first ball bowled by Lockie Ferguson. Michael-Kyle Pepper got out scoring just 11.

Phil Salt who was going slowly till the halfway stage, was joined by Alishan Sharafu then. The duo played 60 balls to add 86 runs in their partnership. Sharafu got retired out in the onset of the 18th over. He scored 46 from 34 balls and was replaced by Andre Russell. Russell got off the mark with a maximum and went berserk at the bowlers to score 30 runs off 14 balls. But the star was Phil Salt. Salt scored an unbeaten 71 off 43 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes.

Mohammad Amir, Lockir Ferguson took one wicket each for the Desert Vipers.

ADKR bowlers were hammered by Fakhar Zaman in the start but Andre Russell got the better of the Pakistani southpaw for 23 runs off 15 balls with 3 fours and a maximum. Alex Hales, who is fresh from his BPL return got out for 10 off 17 balls.

But Daniel Lawrence and Sam Curran- two Englishman took the onus. Lawrence was playing his shots but Curran was a bit sloppy in the start. Lawrence took the aggressor's role and played a fine knock of 70 runs. He hit 7 fours and 3 maximums on his way to score the run. On the other end, Sam Curran kept his cool and he finished with an unbeaten 50 off 37 balls with just 2 fours and a maximum. Sherfane Rutherford finished the innings with a boundary and he played a fine knock of 9 runs from 4 balls.

For ADKR, Andre Russell, skipper Sunil Narine and Shahid Bhutta claimed a wicket each.

Stay tuned for the post-match presentations.