Abu Dhabi T10: Explosive Gayle and Salt propel Team Abu Dhabi to humungous victory

After
The
Chennai
Braves
scored
107/6
in
their
10
overs,
Philip
Salt’s
innings
of
63
runs
from
20
balls
helped
Team
Abu
Dhabi
chase
their
total
down
in
just
7
overs.

Salt
started
off
in
typical
fashion,
smashing
Nuwan
Pradeep
for
three
boundaries
and
a
six
in
the
first
over.
However,
Mark
Deyal
put
pressure
on
Team
Abu
Dhabi
by
picking
up
the
wickets
of
Paul
Stirling
and
Liam
Livingstone
in
the
very
next
over.

Team
Abu
Dhabi
quickly
regained
control
of
the
match
when
Chris
Gayle
struck
a
six
and
a
four
off
Curtis
Campher’s
bowling
in
the
third
over.
Thereafter,
Salt
and
Gayle
put
on
a
explosive
stand
of
71
runs
and
put
Team
Abu
Dhabi
in
the
driver’s
seat.
Salt
smashed
4
boundaries
and
7
sixes
in
his
innings,
while
Gayle
hammered
2
boundaries
and
2
sixes
in
his
innings
of
30
runs
from
16
balls.

Curtis
Campher
dismissed
Philip
Salt
in
the
seventh
over,
but
Colin
Ingram
wrapped
up
the
chase
with
a
six
and
four
in
the
same
over.

Earlier,
Mohammad
Shahzad’s
blistering
innings
of
53
runs
from
30
balls
helped
The
Chennai
Braves
reach
an
imposing
total
in
their
10
overs.
The
opening
batter
didn’t
find
much
support
from
the
other
end,
but
he
found
a
way
to
strike
the
big
shots
and
move
the
game
forward.
The
wicketkeeper-batsman
hit
the
very
first
ball
of
the
innings
for
six,
thereafter,
he
smacked
Jamie
Overton
for
two
consecutive
boundaries
in
the
third
over.

In
the
fifth
over,
Shahzad
struck
two
boundaries
and
a
six
off
Naveen-ul-Haq’s
bowling,
gathering
17
runs
in
total
from
the
over.
However,
Team
Abu
Dhabi
Captain
Liam
Livingstone
completely
tilted
the
match
in
his
side’s
favour
when
he
dismissed
Dasun
Shanaka,
Samiullah
Shinwari
and
Mohammad
Shahzad
in
the
eight
over,
reducing
The
Chennai
Braves
to
82/4.

Therafter,
Ravi
Bopara’s
flourishing
innings
of
15
runs
from
7
balls
helped
his
side
post
a
total
of
107/6.

Brief
scores:
Team
Abu
Dhabi
113/3
(Philip
Salt
63,
Chris
Gayle
30*,
Mark
Deyal
2/16)
beat
The
Chennai
Braves
107/6
(Mohammad
Shahzad
53,
Ravi
Bopara
15*,
Liam
Livingstone
3/17)

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