Abu Dhabi T10 2021: Gayle and Stirling’s knocks help Team Abu Dhabi secure big win over Bangla Tigers

Chris
Gayle’s
unbeaten
innings
of
49
runs
from
23
balls
and
Paul
Stirling’s
knock
of
59
runs
from
23
balls
helped
Team
Abu
Dhabi
post
a
total
of
145/4
in
their
10
overs
before
Marchant
de
Lange’s
bowling
effort
of
5/23
restrict
Team
Abu
Dhabi
to
a
40-run
win.

Andre
Fletcher
smacked
Sheldon
Cottrell
for
three
boundaries
and
two
sixes
in
the
first
over
of
Tigers’ innings.
However,
the
Tigers
suffered
a
massive
blow
when
Marchant
de
Lange
dismissed
Captain
Faf
du
Plessis
for
nought
in
the
very
next
over.

Following
the
wicket,
Johnson
Charles
and
Andre
Fletcher
smashed
a
six
each,
but
the
latter
was
bowled
out
for
24
runs
(8
balls)
on
the
last
ball
of
the
second
over.
Team
Abu
Dhabi
put
even
more
pressure
on
the
Tigers
when
captain
Liam
Livingstone
removed
Charles
for
7
runs
(4
balls)
in
the
third
over
and
thereafter
Jamie
Overton
dismissed
Will
Jacks
(1
run
from
5
balls)
leaving
the
Tigers
at
43/4
in
3.3
overs.

Benny
Howell
and
Hazratullah
Zazai
strung
a
partnership
of
28
runs
and
took
the
Tigers
to
71/4
in
6
overs,
but
De
Lange
tilted
the
match
completely
in
favour
of
Team
Abu
Dhabi
by
dismissing
Hazratullah
Zazai,
Benny
Howell
and
James
Faulkner
in
the
seventh
over,
leaving
the
Tigers
reeling
at
81/7.
Thereafter,
Team
Abu
Dhabi
bowled
three
clinical
overs
and
ensured
that
they
walked
off
the
field
as
winners.

Earlier,
Philip
Salt
and
Paul
Stirling
got
Team
Abu
Dhabi
off
to
a
flyer
by
striking
a
six
and
a
four
in
the
first
five
deliveries
of
the
first
over
of
the
match.
However,
Luke
Wood
pulled
things
back
for
Bangla
Tigers
after
running
out
Salt
on
the
last
delivery
of
the
first
over.

Liam
Livingstone
came
in
and
smashed
James
Faulkner
for
two
consecutive
sixes
in
the
second
over,
but
Faulkner
bowled
him
out
on
the
last
delivery
of
the
second
over,
leaving
Team
Abu
Dhabi
at
27/2.

Thereafter,
Paul
Stirling
and
Chris
Gayle
started
the
fireworks
for
Team
Abu
Dhabi.
Stirling
smacked
Wood
for
two
boundaries
and
a
six
in
the
third
over
and
Gayle
struck
three
sixes
and
a
four
off
Sabir
Rao’s
bowling
in
the
fifth
overtaking
Team
Abu
Dhabi’s
score
to
81/2
in
5
overs.

Gayle
and
Stirling
plundered
Qais
Ahmad’s
over
for
31
runs
in
the
sixth
over
and
added
another
12
runs
before
Benny
Howell
bowled
out
Stirling
(59
runs
from
23
balls)
in
the
seventh
over.

James
Faulkner,
Isuru
Udana
and
Benny
Howell
managed
to
pull
things
back
for
the
Bangla
Tigers
in
the
last
three
overs
as
they
conceded
just
21
runs
in
the
last
three
overs.
However,
Team
Abu
Dhabi
posted
a
mammoth
total
of
145/4
at
the
end
of
their
10
overs
with
Gayle
remaining
unbeaten
on
49
runs
from
23
balls.