ILT20 2023, Desert Vipers vs MI Emirates: Highlights, Player of The Match, Award Winners List

Desert
Vipers,
through
a
fine
display
of
intelligent
bowling,
had
also
restricted
MI
Emirates
to
169
for
5
despite
half-centuries
from
Kieron
Pollard
and
Nicholas
Pooran.

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Hales
hit
an
unbeaten
62
runs
off
44
balls
with
six
boundaries
and
two
sixes
while
Sherfane
Rutherford
scored
a
breezy
unbeaten
56
off
29
balls
with
four
boundaries
and
three
sixes
to
put
on
an
unbeaten
94
off
52
balls
for
the
fourth
wicket.
Desert
Vipers’ skipper
Colin
Munro
set
the
momentum
through
a
fine
knock
of
41
runs
off
22
balls
with
four
boundaries
and
three
sixes.
Their
brilliant
batting
overshadowed
Kieron
Pollard’s
67n.o
off
39
balls
with
one
boundary
and
six
sixes
and
Nicholas
Pooran’s
57
off
49
balls
with
four
boundaries
and
two
sixes.
Together
they
had
put
on
116
runs
for
the
fourth
wicket
in
69
balls.

Desert
Vipers
thus
moved
to
the
top
position
in
the
points
table
with
eight
points
from
five
matches
while
MI
Emirates
will
remain
in
the
third
slot
with
six
points
from
five
matches.

Desert
Vipers
had
won
the
toss
and
elected
to
bowl.
UAE
players
Muhammad
Waseem
and
Vriitya
Aravind
opened
the
innings
for
MI
Emirates.
Gus
Atkinson
clean
bowled
Aravind
on
3
with
the
last
ball
of
the
second
over
through
an
in-dipper.
With
the
first
ball
of
the
third
over,
Sheldon
Cottrell
forced
Waseem
to
edge
to
wicketkeeper
Sam
Billings
for
5.
With
both
the
openers
back
in
the
dug-out
for
just
10
runs,
Andre
Fletcher
and
Nicholas
Pooran
began
the
rescue
act.
From
the
first
five
overs,
MI
Emirates
could
score
only
24
runs.

Fletcher
and
Pooran
managed
to
keep
the
scoreboard
moving
only
through
singles
and
doubles
rather
than
boundaries.
They
added
43
runs
in
six
overs
when
Wanindu
Hasaranga
at
backward
point
got
Fletcher
run
out
through
a
direct
hit
for
21.
At
the
halfway
mark,
MI
Emirates
reached
65
for
3.

Pooran
hit
Harsaranga
for
a
six,
over
long-on
in
the
11th
over.
Cottrell
was
re-introduced
for
the
12th
over
but
he
failed
to
break
the
partnership.
Matheesha
Pathirana
bowled
a
tight
13th
over
giving
away
just
six
runs.
Rohan
Mustafa
too
bowled
brilliantly
give
away
just
nine
runs
from
his
two
overs.
MI
Emirates
thus
posted
109
in
15
overs.

The
last
five
overs
began
with
Pooran
hitting
Mustafa,
who
bowled
the
16th
over,
for
a
six
over
long-on.
Pollard
reached
his
half
century
in
31
balls
hitting
Atkinson
for
two
consecutive
sixes
in
the
18th
over.
Pooran
too
reached
his
half
century
in
46
balls
and
the
pair
recorded
their
100
runs
partnership
in
68
deliveries.
Tom
Curran
yorked
Pooran
for
57
with
the
fifth
ball
of
the
last
over
and
also
got
Najibullah
Zadran
caught
by
Alex
Hales
at
long
on
with
the
next
ball.
In
the
final
five
overs,
MI
Emirates
added
60
runs
for
a
total
of
169
for
5
in
10
overs.

Chasing
a
run
rate
of
8.45.
Desert
Vipers
began
shakily
losing
their
opener
Rohan
Mustafa
to
the
third
ball
of
the
first
over
from
Trent
Boult.
Mustafa
on
1,
wanting
to
hit
Boult
over
the
covers,
got
a
top
edge
and
was
caught
by
Pooran,
running
back
from
covers.
Brad
Wheal
was
punished
for
16
runs
in
the
second
over
with
Hales
hitting
a
boundary
and
skipper
Colin
Munro
cracking
a
six
and
a
boundary
off
successive
deliveries.
Munro
also
flicked
Boult
for
a
six
in
the
third
over.
The
score
went
past
the
50-run
mark
in
the
sixth
over.

Munro
hit
Samit
Patel’s
first
delivery
for
a
six
over
long
on.
He
tried
for
another
six
off
the
next
ball
but
Pollard,
leaping
high
at
long-on,
pulled
off
a
brilliant
catch.
Munro
hit
41
runs,
and
along
with
Hales,
the
pair
put
on
72
runs
in
41
deliveries.
Next
man
Sam
Billing
fell
to
the
fifth
ball
from
Patel,
top-edging
to
Waseem
at
extra
cover.
Sherfane
Rutherford
joined
Hales
and
went
for
his
shots.
He
lifted
Patel
for
two
consecutive
sixes
in
the
10th
over.
At
the
halfway
mark,
Desert
Vipers
were
strongly
placed
at
101
for
3
needing
another
69
runs
to
win.
Hales
and
Rutherford
took
their
team
to
the
target
with
21
balls
to
spare.

Speaking
about
their
performance
Desert
Vipers’ Sherfane
Rutherford
said,

“I
want
to
keep
things
simple
and
just
watch
the
ball.
I
was
just
trying
to
react
to
the
ball.
The
key
was
just
to
use
the
pace
and
that
worked
for
me.”

Meanwhile,
MI
Emirates’
Trent
Boult
said,

“It
becomes
easier
to
bat
on
in
the
second
innings
here.
I
thought
they
played
extremely
well.
They
timed
their
innings
quite
nicely.
That’s
a
luxury
when
you’re
chasing
170.”

Brief
Scores:

Desert
Vipers
bt
MI
Emirates
by
7
wickets.
MI
Emirates
169
for
5
in
20
overs
(Andre
Fletcher
21,
Nicholas
Pooran
57,
Kieron
Pollard
67n.o,
Tom
Curran
2
for
38)
Desert
Vipers
170
for
3
in
16.3
overs
(Alex
Hales
62n.o,
Colin
Munro
41,
Sherfane
Rutherford
56n.o,
Samit
Patel
2
for
23)

Award
Winners
List:

Player
of
Match
($1500):
Sherfane
Rutherford

DP
World
Smart
delivery
of
the
day
($1500):
Tom
Curran’s
yorker
to
dismiss
Nicholas
Pooran

Fairplay
News
biggest
hit
of
the
match
($
1500):
Colin
Munro’
six
of
106
metres.

Skytech.Net
Super
4s
of
the
match
($1500):
Alex
Hales
(six
boundaries)

Sportsbuzz
Buzzmaker
of
the
match
($1500):
Kieron
Pollard
for
scoring
106
fantasy
points

Green
Belt
Holder:
Alex
Hales

White
Belt
Holder:
Chris
Jordan