ILT20| Twitter lauds Sharjah Warriors’ clinical performance as they beat Desert Vipers in Sharjah

01/29/2024

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Sharjah Warriors beat Desert Vipers by 7 runs paving the way for a playoff berth. A clinical bowling bowlingಌ and fielding performance by the Sharjah Warriors helped them to defend the total of 174 runs while the Vipers struggled at keeping wickets and ultimatel🌌y fell short of reaching the target.

‌Choosing to bowl first worked well for the Desert Vipers as they restricted the Sharjah Warriors to 55/2 at the end of the powerplay. Sharjah openers Niroshan Dickwella and Johnson Charles failed to provide a great start as Vipers pacer Luke Wood scalped both of them just after the powerplay. However, the Warriors looked relentless in the middle order with Martin Guptill and skipper Tom Kohler-Cadmore putting up a splendid partnership of 101 runs paving the way for their side to put up a solid total on board. Vipers spinners Wanindu Hasaranga and Shadab Khan proved expensive, conceding 30 and 25 runs in their quota. However, after Guptill’s departure, things looked bleak for Sharjah as there were no proper partnerships. In the end, Joe Denly and Chris Woakes put up a 27-run partnership, taking their side to 174/7.

Desert Vipers had a wobbly start as skipper Colin Munro departed for a duck in the first power. The Vipers, however, looked determined with Al꧟ex Hales and Adam Hose’s steady partnership of 26 runs. However, these meagre partnerships lacked further acceleration for the Vipers to chase the target. The shift came in t🦹he 13th over with Azam Khan and Alex Hales putting up a 52-run partnership. But a disciplined bowling unit by Sharjah, especially Luke Wood and Hasaranga, gave the Vipers some tough challenge to chase the target. Ultimately, wickets kept falling at regular intervals as the Vipers could put up 167/7 in 20 over.

He can do both!

Azam Khan can play these classical shots too🔥
— Ahsaan Elahi (@Callme_ahsaan)

He was looking goood in the middle!

Azam khan ran out 35 runs 22 balls in
— ＡｈｓａｎＭａｌｉｋ (@Malik_Ahsan_56)

He should hav made it!

Azam Khan's runout proved to🎉 be a game changer for the Desert Vipers. If Azam remained at t🍌he crease, he could have finished the match.
— Ahmer Najeeb Satti (@AhmerNajeeb)

May be but he does the most with bat!

Better fitn𝓡ess and a dive migꦑht have save Azam khan and Desert Vipers here🤔😡😓
— Tayyab Abbasi (PCT💚) (@DeviLhunmaiiin)

Hahaha!

Alex Hales 50 HALESTORM 🌪️
— ZAFAR 🇵🇰 (@Champ6677)

He was in mood today!

Magnificent six by Alex Hales 🔥

Out of stadium!!

Remember the name!
— KrrishnaTweets🚩 (@KAakrosh)

He need to continue this!

A̶l̶e̶x̶a̶ Alex, please play some attacking shots for us

Attacking Alex Hales💥
— Tharun (@surakshaengg)

They couldn't make it!

21 runs were needed from 11 balls and Shadab Khan scored just 3 runs in 4 balls against Daniel Sams.

After that the situation was 16 🍎to win from 6 balls. 😁
— Suhana (@suhana18_)

Teriible!

Shadab Khan performance in

With Bat:

3 mats, 22 runs, avg 22,sr 104.76

With Ball:

3 mats, 101 runs, 0 wick, eco 11.22

Horrible performance with both bat and ball from Shadab Khan 😕🤯

What's wrong with him nowadays? 👀
— Iqbal 🇵🇰 (@its_Iqbal01)

Hmmm!