Team Abu Dhabi clinch third place in Abu Dhabi T10 after tied game with Bangla Tigers

After
Team
Abu
Dhabi
posted
a
total
of
98/5
in
their
10
overs,
Bangla
Tigers
were
restricted
to
98/6
in
their
10
overs.
Since
Team
Abu
Dhabi
finished
at
the
third
spot
and
the
Bangla
Tigers
finished
at
a
lower
position
(fourth
spot)
in
the
league
stage,
Team
Abu
Dhabi
clinched
the
third
place
in
Abu
Dhabi
T10.

The
Bangla
Tigers
openers
Johnson
Charles
and
Hazratullah
Zazai
set
a
good
platform
by
gathering
23
runs
off
the
first
two
overs,
but,
Zazai
was
dismissed
by
Naveen-ul-Haq
and
Ahmed
Daniyal
effected
a
brilliant
run
out
to
remove
Charles
in
the
third
over.
Daniyal
made
matters
worse
for
the
Tigers
when
he
dismissed
Captain
Andre
Fletcher
for
6
runs
off
6
balls
in
the
fifth
over.

Team
Abu
Dhabi
were
in
the
driver’s
seat
when
they
reduced
the
Tigers
to
59/4
in
7
overs,
however,
Will
Smeed
and
Karim
Janat
had
other
plans.
Janat
smacked
Marchant
de
Lange
for
a
four
and
a
six
in
the
eighth
over
and
Smeed
smashed
two
boundaries
and
a
six
off
Captain
Liam
Livingstone’s
bowling
in
the
ninth
over,
taking
the
Tigers
to
92/4.
However,
Naveen-ul-Haq
bowled
a
brilliant
last
over
and
ensured
that
Team
Abu
Dhabi
tied
the
match.

Earlier,
Tom
Hartley
got
the
Bangla
Tigers
off
to
a
great
start
by
trapping
Daniel
Bell-Drummond
LBW
in
the
first
over,
however,
Philip
Salt
smacked
Hartley
for
two
sixes
and
a
boundary
on
the
last
three
deliveries
of
the
opening
over.
Mohammad
Amir
got
the
Tigers
back
into
the
match
by
bowling
out
the
dangerous
Philip
Salt
for
21
runs
off
7
balls
in
the
next
over.
Thereafter,
the
Bangla
Tigers
kept
a
check
on
the
run
flow
by
picking
up
wickets
in
regular
intervals.

Colin
Ingram
was
the
only
highlight
in
Team
Abu
Dhabi’s
batting
card.
The
South
African
played
a
brilliant
innings
of
41
runs
from
24
balls,
laced
with
four
sixes.
Ingram
took
on
Sabir
Rao,
smashing
him
for
a
six
in
the
sixth
over
and
he
struck
two
more
sixes
in
the
last
over
off
Karim
Janat’s
bowling,
propelling
Team
Abu
Dhabi’s
score
to
98/5
in
their
10
overs.

Brief
scores:
Team
Abu
Dhabi
98/5
(Colin
Ingram
41*,
Philip
Salt
21,
Mohammad
Amir
1-9)
tie
with

Bangla
Tigers
98/6
(Will
Smeed
25*,
Will
Jacks
20,
Naveen-ul-Haq
2-11).

Source:
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