ILT20 2023, Gulf Giants vs MI Emirates: Highlights, Player Of The Match, List of Award Winners

After
Chris
Jordan’s
three
wicket
spell
backed
by
Dominic
Drakes,
David
Wiese
and
Rehan
Ahmed
with
two
wickets
each
bowled
out
MI
Emirates
for
139
runs
in
19.5
overs,
Gulf
Giants
finished
the
match
in
a
last-ball
thriller.

Chasing
a
moderate
total,
Gulf
Giants
opener
Tom
Banton
hit
45
off
39
balls
with
five
boundaries
and
six
carried
the
team
closer
to
the
target
but
with
11
runs
needed
off
the
last
over,
Hetmyer
hit
the
last
ball
of
the
match
for
a
six
to
ensure
an
exciting
victory
that
also
sealed
a
place
in
the
playoff.

Jordan
with
figures
of
3
for
12
and
Drakes
(2
for
21),
Wiese
(2
for
14)
and
Ahmed
(2
for
27)
set
the
stage
for
victory.
Gulf
Giants
batsmen
batted
with
caution
and
MI
Emirates
bowled
tightly
giving
nothing
away
till
the
exciting
last
over.

MI
Emirates
are
in
third
slot
two
points
ahead
of
Dubai
Capital
and
Sharjah
Warriors
in
the

ILT20
points
table
but
it
will
be
an
exciting
three-way
shoot-out
between
these
teams
for
the
last
two
slots
in
the
knock
out.

Gulf
Giants
won
the
toss
and
elected
to
bowl.
MI
Emirates’ opener
Andre
Fletcher
fell
to
the
second
ball
of
the
first
over
trapped
leg
before
by
Drakes.

UAE’s
Basil
Hameed
joined
his
national
team
and
prolific
scorer
Muhammad
Waseem.
They
took
the
score
to
27
in
3.4
overs
when
Hameed
going
for
a
pull
shot
off
Wiese
edged
to
his
helmet
and
got
caught
by
Chris
Lynn
at
short
fine
leg
for
9.
Only
36
runs
came
off
the
powerplay.

Nicholas
Pooran,
well
known
for
his
six
hits,
cracked
the
first
six
off
the
match
off
Ahmed
over
long-on.
The
ninth
over
from
Ahmed
turned
costly
when
Waseem
hit
one
six
and
Pooran
hit
him
for
two
sixes
and
take
21
runs
off
that
over.

In
the
10th
over,
Waseem
hit
Wiese
for
a
huge
six
over
long-on.
At
the
half
way
mark,
MI
Emirates
were
76
for
2.
In
the
12th
over
Chris
Jordan
struck
to
clean
bowl
Waseem
for
29.
Pooran
and
Waseem
had
put
on
61
runs
in
46
balls
for
the
third
wicket.

Ahmed
took
the
prize
wicket
of
Pooran
in
the
13th
over
forcing
him
to
pull
into
the
hands
of
Hetmyer
at
deep
mid-wicket
for
42.
The
task
of
accelerating
the
run
flow
fell
on
skipper
Kieron
Pollard
and
Najibullah
Zadran
but
Pollard
departed
pulling
Ahmed
to
Drakes
at
mid-wicket
for
19.

With
half
the
side
back
in
the
dug-out
for
112
by
the
15th
over,
MI
Emirates
continued
to
lose
wicket
in
every
over
that
followed.

In
the
16th
over,
Zadran
going
for
a
pull
top
edged
to
wicketkeeper
Banton
off
Jordan
for
1.
This
was
followed
by
Jordan
Thompson
falling
to
Drakes
in
the
next
over
caught
by
Chris
Lynn
at
gully
for
1.
In
the
18th
over,
Trent
Boult
got
caught
by
James
Vince
at
mid-off
for
1
off
Wise.

In
the
last
over,
Jordan
picked
his
third
wicket
having
Dwayne
Bravo
caught
at
covers
by
Drakes
for
3
while
Fazalhaq
Farooqi
got
run
out
for
a
duck.
In
the
last
52
deliveries
MI
Emirates
lost
eight
wickets
for
51
runs
and
could
score
only
18
runs
and
lost
five
wickets
in
the
last
five
overs

Chasing
the
gettable
target,
opener
and
skipper
James
Vince
with
Banton
batted
at
a
very
slow
pace
and
with
caution.
In
the
powerplay
they
scored
just
35
runs
and
went
on
to
register
a
half
century
partnership
in
7.4
overs.

At
the
score
on
61,
Vince
fell
to
the
last
ball
of
the
ninth
over
to
Jordan
Thompson
caught
by
Bravo
at
long
off
for
26.
Lynn
joined
Banton
with
79
runs
needed
in
66
balls.

Banton
went
on
to
score
freely
and
hit
45
before
Bravo
got
him
out
caught
by
Waseem
at
deep
mid-wicket.
Gerhard
Erasmus
with
Lynn
kept
the
scoreboard
moving.
Lynn
hit
Thomspon
for
three
consecutive
boundaries
in
the
14th
over
to
take
17
runs
off
that
over.

In
the
last
five
overs,
Gulf
Giants
needed
38
runs
only.
Lynn
and
Erasmus
put
on
42
runs
in
4.5
overs
to
pull
their
team
closer
to
victory
before
Erasmus
got
caught
by
Bravo
off
Fazalhaq
Farooqi
for
20.

Lynn
fell
for
28
caught
by
Waseem
at
deep
extra
cover
when
Gulf
Giants
needed
17
runs
in
the
last
11
deliveries.
Wiese
slashed
at
Bravo
to
get
a
boundary.
Bravo
got
Jordan
run
out
while
trying
to
steal
a
single
to
make
it
11
runs
needed
off
the
last
over.

Jordan
Thompson
bowling
the
last
over
bowled
a
wide,
gave
two
runs
to
the
second
delivery,
a
single
to
the
third
and
made
it
seven
runs
off
the
last
four
balls,
then
six
runs
off
the
last
three
through
a
single.

Another
wide
made
it
four
runs
off
two
balls
and
a
single
off
the
next
to
make
it
three
off
the
last
ball.
Hetmyer
hit
the
last
ball
for
a
mighty
six
over
long
on
to
pull
off
a
thrilling
win

Gulf
Giants
vs
MI
Emirates
Brief
scores

MI
Emirates:
139
in
19.5
overs
(Muhammad
Waseem
29,
Nicholas
Pooran
42,
Dominic
Drakes
2
for
21,
David
Wiese
2
for
14,
Chris
Jordan
3
for
12,
Rehan
Ahmed
2
for
27)
lost
to

Gulf
Giants:
143
for
5
in
20
overs
(Tom
Banton
45,
James
Vince
26,
Chris
Lynn
28,
Gerhard
Erasmus
20,
Dwayne
Bravo
2
for
32)

Gulf
Giants
vs
MI
Emirates
Award
Winners

Player
of
Match
($1500):
Chris
Jordan

DP
World
Smart
delivery
of
the
day
($1500):
Chris
Jordan
to
Muhammad
Waseen

Fairplay
News
biggest
hit
of
the
match
($1500):
Kieron
Pollard’s
six
of
97
mts.

Skytech.Net
Super
4s
of
the
match
($1500):
Tom
Banton
(5
boundaries)

Sportsbuzz
Buzzmaker
of
the
match
($1500):
Chris
Jordan
for
scoring
101
fantasy
points

Green
Belt
Holder:
Alex
Hales

White
Belt
Holder:
Chris
Jordan