ILT20 2023, Dubai Capitals vs Desert Vipers: Highlights, Player Of The Match, List of Award Winners

Though
Desert
Vipers
could
post
only
a
moderate
total
of
149
for
9
through
a
captain’s
knock
of
40
off
32
balls
by
Colin
Munro,
Dubai
Capitals
were
restricted
to
137
for
5
in
20
overs
thanks
to
splendid
and
accurate
bowling
by
Rohan
Mustafa
(2
for
27).

Mustafa
was
backed
well
by
Matheesha
Pathirana
and
Tom
Curran.
For
Dubai
Capitals,
Adam
Zampa
playing
his
first
match,
bowled
brilliantly
take
three
wickets
for
16
to
bag
the
Player
of
the
match
award.

Dubai
Capitals’ skipper
Rovman
Powell
(34n.o)
and
Yusuf
Pathan
(35n.o)
put
on
an
unbeaten
partnership
of
52
runs
in
6.3
overs,
but
their
effort
went
in
vain
before
the
tight
bowling.

Dubai
Capitals
won
the
toss
and
elected
to
bowl.
Desert
Vipers’ opener
and
UAE’s
Mustafa
fell
to
the
fifth
ball
of
the
first
over
from
Jake
Ball
edging
to
wicketkeeper
Robin
Uthappa
for
1.

Skipper
Munro
joined
their
prolific
scoring
opener
Alex
Hales.
After
scores
of
83n.o,
64,
110,
99,
62n.o,
Hales
failed
for
the
first
time,
charging
out
to
Akif
Raja
and
missing
a
good
length
delivery
to
be
bowled
for
12.

Munro
hit
Fred
Klaassen
for
a
six
and
a
boundary
off
successive
deliveries.
Sam
Billings
too
picked
a
boundary
to
mid-wicket
off
Raja.

Munro
then
hit
Raja
for
his
second
six.
Desert
Vipers
scored
68
runs
during
their
powerplay.
Munro
went
on
to
pick
two
more
boundaries
off
Jake
Ball’s
sixth
over,
but
after
that
they
failed
to
maintain
the
momentum.

Sikandar
Raza
and
Zampa,
who
bowled
the
seventh
and
eighth
over
respectively,
tightened
the
run
flow
giving
away
only
five
runs
each.
In
the
tenth
over,
Zampa
trapped
Billings
leg
before
for
25
with
a
googly
ending
the
65
runs
partnership
off
44
balls
for
the
third
wicket.

Wanindu
Hasaranga
lasted
only
seven
balls
to
score
nine
runs
before
lifting
Zampa
straight
to
Raza
at
long-on.
Zampa
picked
his
third
wicket
in
the
14th
over,
when
Munro
pulled
him
into
the
hands
of
Dasun
Shanaka
for
40.

With
half
the
side
back
in
the
dug-out
for
110
in
15
overs,
Sherfane
Rutherford
and
Curran
added
40
more
runs
in
32
balls
for
the
sixth
wicket
before
Ball
had
Rutherford
brilliantly
caught
by
a
diving
Shanaka
at
extra
cover
for
22.
Curran
fell
to
the
first
ball
of
the
last
over,
caught
by
Rovman
Powell
at
long
off
for
21.

Desert
Vipers’
innings
ended
one
run
short
of
the
150
mark
after
Klaassen
got
Ali
Nasar
out
caught
by
Shanaka
for
1
to
the
fifth
ball
and
Gus
Atikinson
getting
run
out
to
the
last
ball.
In
the
last
five
overs
Desert
Vipers
scored
only
39
runs
and
lost
four
wickets.

Exciting
chase

Chasing
a
target
of
150
runs,
Dubai
Capitals
lost
opener
Robin
Uthappa
for
1
in
the
second
over
when
Curran
took
a
running
catch
at
mid-on.
In
the
third
over,
opener
Hazratullah
Zazai
too
fell
edging
Sheldon
Cottrell
to
wicketkeeper
Billings
for
6.

UAE’s
Chirag
Suri
and
Shanaka
took
the
score
to
45
in
8.1
overs
when
Hasaranga
had
Shanaka
brilliantly
caught
and
bowled
for
24.
Suri
scored
16
before
lifting
Mustafa
to
Hasaranga
at
deep
mid-wicket.

At
the
half
way
mark,
Dubai
Capitals
were
53
for
4,
needing
another
97
runs
to
win.
Raza
joined
his
skipper
Powell.
In
the
13th
over
from
Hasaranga,
Powell
hit
a
huge
six
to
long-on
and
also
cracked
a
boundary
to
take
14
runs
off
the
over.

Raza
hit
Mustafa’s
first
two
deliveries
of
the
14th
over
for
two
consecutive
sixes
but
perished
to
the
third
ball
caught
behind
off
his
gloves
to
wicketkeeper
Billings
for
15.

With
65
runs
needed
off
39
balls,
Yusuf
Pathan
joined
Powell
and
hit
Pathirana
for
a
boundary
and
a
huge
six
over
long-off.
He
also
cracked
another
boundary
and
a
six
off
Curran
over
mid-off.

Pathirana
bowled
a
tight
17th
over
giving
away
only
three
runs.
Curran
made
it
tougher
giving
away
only
seven
runs
in
the
18th
over.

The
Saturday
crowd
moved
to
the
edge
of
their
seats
with
23
needed
of
the
last
12
deliveries.
Pathirana
yielded
only
six
runs
in
the
19th
over
making
it
17
needed
from
the
last
over
from
Curran.
He
gave
away
only
four
runs
and
helped
Vipers
win
by
12
runs.

Powell’s
unbeaten
34
came
off
26
balls
with
one
boundary
and
two
sixes
while
Pathan’s
unconquered
35
came
off
26
balls
with
three
boundaries
and
two
sixes.
Dubai
Capitals
remain
on
fifth
slot
with
two
victories
and
four
defeats
and
only
five
points.

Speaking
about
their
performance,
Desert
Vipers’
Mustafa
said,
“The
Dubai
Capitals
bowled
really
well
towards
the
end
of
our
innings.
Credit
to
them.
It
wasn’t
an
easy
wicket
to
bat
on.
I
thought
we
had
enough
on
the
board
at
the
end
of
our
innings.”

Meanwhile,
Dubai
Capitals’
Zampa
expressed,
“Curran
and
Pathirana
bowled
impressively
for
the
Vipers.
The
batting
group
will
talk
about
what
they
can
do
better
and
think
about
what
they
could
do
if
they
find
themselves
in
the
same
situation
again.”

Dubai
Capitals
vs
Desert
Vipers
Brief
scores

Desert
Vipers:
149
for
9
in
20
overs
(Colin
Munro
40,
Sam
Billings
25,
Tom
Curran
21,
Sherfane
Rutherford
22,
Jake
Ball
2
for
43,
Fred
Klaassen
2
for
35,
Adam
Zampa
3
for
16)
beat

Dubai
Capitals:
137
for
5
in
20
overs
(Dasun
Shanaka
24,
Rovman
Powell
34
not
out,
Yusuf
Pathan
35
not
out,
Rohan
Mustafa
2
for
27)

Dubai
Capitals
vs
Desert
Vipers
Award
Winners

DP
World
Smart
delivery
of
the
day
($1500):
Akif
Raja
to
Alex
Hales

Fairplay
News
biggest
hit
of
the
match
($1500):
Sikandar
Raza
six
of
100
metres

Skytech.Net
Super
4s
of
the
match
($1500):
Yusuf
Pathan

Sportsbuzz
Buzzmaker
of
the
match
($1500):
Adam
Zampa
for
scoring
89
fantasy
points

Green
Belt
Holder:
Alex
Hales

White
Belt
Holder:
Chris
Jordan