That's all from this match and the day in the Emirates D20 2020. Do join us tomorrow for another action packed day, as the twilight of the tournament approaches. For now, I have been Ankit Sharma, along with Prashanth Satish, bidding farewell.
Ali Naseer is the man of the match for his spell of 3-1-13-3.
Abu Dhabi did show character, by coming and giving everything they have on the field. I'm sure they will be happy to get to play again, after their COVID scare, having missed a couple matches. Their team looks to have a strong bond within each other, supporting each other, uplifting each other especially when things weren't going their way. It is great to see the team boost so much of team morale.
No surprises today, with the favourites Dubai taking the game away. To be fair, Abu Dhabi were never in the game, barring the toss, nothing went their way. Dubai put their foot down from the first delivery, getting early wickets, putting pressure on the opposition, a sensational bowling performance by every bowler. Dubai will be really happy with the performance, ticking all boxes, as we approach the final stages of the tournament.
Haider sees his team off with a boundary. As expected, a comfortable win for Dubai, as they add another 2 points to their table tally.
12.4 Jishnu Balan to Syed Haider, FOUR! Short ball pulled away to the square-leg boundary and it completes a clinical win for the Dubai side.
12.3 Jishnu Balan to Bilal Cheema, INSIDE EDGE! Full-length ball outside off-stump and the batsman gets an inside edge past the stumps for a single
12.2 Jishnu Balan to Bilal Cheema, good-length ball outside off-stump and the batsman has guided it straight to the point fielder.
12.1 Jishnu Balan to Bilal Cheema, full-length ball outside off-stump and the batsman can't time this one well enough.
Good over for Dubai as they inch closer to their well deserved victory, just a couple runs more needed.
11.6 Karthik Nagendran to Bilal Cheema, full-toss outside off-stump casually driven towards long-off for another single.
11.5 Karthik Nagendran to Bilal Cheema, full-length ball in the block hole and the batsman can't quite get this one away.
11.4 Karthik Nagendran to Syed Haider, good-length ball on stump line turned over to the leg side for a single this time.
11.3 Karthik Nagendran to Syed Haider, FOUR! Full-length ball outside off-stump and the batsman goes down on one knee and chips it over the infield for a boundary here.
11.2 Karthik Nagendran to Bilal Cheema, good-length ball on stump line and it's defended back past the bowler for a quick single
11.1 Karthik Nagendran to Bilal Cheema, good-length ball outside off-stump is played off the back foot towards the fielder at point
Jishnu gets to a good start, gives away only the one run, but it seems a little to late for him to bother the batsmen a lot.
