Ajman Vs Emirates Blues Match 2 22 May 2023

2nd T10 • Malek Cricket Stadium 1 • Abu Dhabi

Emirates Blues

109/6 (10)

Ajman

110/1 (6.5)

AJM won by 9 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Player of the Match Abdul Sher Shakoor

50(21)

EMB

AJM

Info

Emirates Blues

109/6 (10)

Batters

Alishan Sharafu

183.33

c M-U Mani b Muhammad Sameer Chand

Fahad Nawaz

50.00

c A S Shakoor b Muhammad Sameer Chand

Zawar Farid

220.00

c A S Shakoor b A Sangwan

Ashwant-Valthapa

163.64

c A S Shakoor b M-U Mani

Ansh Tandon

226.67

Not out

Aryan Saxena

0.00

c A S Shakoor b SA Piya

Yash Sabnani

50.00

runout (SA Piya / A S Shakoor)

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(10 Ov, RR: 10.9)

109/6

Did not Bat

Adithya Shetty, Harsh Desai, Akasha Tahir, Sabir Rao Ali

Bowlers

EXT

Muhammad Sameer Chand

7.00

Mohd-Usman Mani

4.50

Nasir Aziz

14.00

Ankur Sangwan

12.50

Sheraz Ahmed-Piya

15.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Fahad Nawaz

c A S Shakoor b Muhammad Sameer Chand

1-19

2.1

Alishan Sharafu

c M-U Mani b Muhammad Sameer Chand

2-20

2.3

Zawar Farid

c A S Shakoor b A Sangwan

3-72

6.2

Ashwant-Valthapa

c A S Shakoor b M-U Mani

4-101

8.4

Aryan Saxena

c A S Shakoor b SA Piya

5-102

9.2

Yash Sabnani

runout (SA Piya / A S Shakoor)

6-109

9.6

Ajman

110/1 (6.5)

Batters

Sagar Kalyan *

316.67

Not out

Abdul Sher Shakoor

238.10

c S Rao b A Sharafu

Rahul Chopra

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(6.5 Ov, RR: 16.1)

110/1

Did not Bat

Hashit Kaushik, Syed Essam, Mohammed Ajmal , Nasir Aziz, Ankur Sangwan, Mohd-Usman Mani, Muhammad Sameer Chand, Sheraz Ahmed-Piya

Bowlers

EXT

Sabir Rao Ali

14.00

Zawar Farid

25.00

Adithya Shetty

1.5

8.18

Akasha Tahir

30.00

Alishan Sharafu

12.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Abdul Sher Shakoor

c S Rao b A Sharafu

1-102

5.6

Match Info

Date & Time

22 May, 06:45 PM IST

Venue

Malek Cricket Stadium 1, Abu Dhabi

Match

2nd T10,

Emirates D10

Umpires

Waqar Latif(UAE), Giby Alex(UAE)

Toss

Emirates Blues elected to bat

Player of the Match Abdul Sher Shakoor

50(21)

Commentary

So that will be all from our coverage of this contest. Two clinical run chase to kickstart the Emirates D10 2023 and it only promises to get bigger and better. Do stay tuned to Sportskeeda for further coverage of this tournament, as well as plenty more cricketing action and news from around the world. For the moment, this is the duo of Karthik Raj and Sooryanarayanan Sesha taking your leave. Thank you so much for joining us as we hope you enjoyed our coverage. See you around soon - buh-bye and take care!

Abdul Shakoor: It was hard. After a long time, we were playing in a day match. It was good. We have batted together in domestic games previously. The wicket was good and we decided to play our shots.

Abdul Shakoor has been named as the 'Player of the Match'

Match Summary: Ajman beat Emirates Blues by 9 wickets.

Sagar Kalyan 57* (18) | Muhammad Sameer Chand 2/14 (2)
Ansh Tandon 34* (15) | Alishan Sharafu 1/12 (1)

An absolute breeze in the park in the end for Ajman. 110 is never easy to chase in 10 overs and mind you, it could have been much more had their seamers not pulled things back with Ansh Tandon going all guns blazing with the bat for Emirates Blues. What followed in the second innings though was sheer carnage!

Abdul Shakoor and Sagar Kalyan came out taking the attack to the bowlers and not letting them settle one bit. Sabir Rao was taken apart for 16 runs off the first and once Zawar Farid was meted out even more severe treatment and 41 runs came off the first two overs, it seemed like this game was only headed one way. It was Shakoor who dictated terms as he rocketed along without any fuss. He was given a lifeline the next over when a sitter went down in the deep but it just summed up everything that was to go wrong for the Blues.

Kalyan then took over and matched his partner shot for shot. Clearly, he was in a real hurry himself as he butchered Akasha Tahir for five consecutive sixes, even forcing the umpires to change the ball not once, but twice, having sent it disappearing out of the ground. The openers racked up belligerent half-centuries and almost got the job done themselves, only for Alishan Sharafu to nip Shakoor in the bud.

It was just a consolation though for the Blues skipper, as Kalyan duly wrapped things up with 19 deliveries to spare, tonking Adithya Shetty down the ground to seal a thumping victory for Ajman, who begin their Emirates D10 campaign in style. Loads to work on though as far as Emirates Blues are concerned and they will hope that this was nothing but an aberration. Time will tell if that is indeed the case of course!

That's some way to finish it off alright! Fitting that Kalyan has the last say in this contest as he wraps things up in style. What a victory for Ajman!

6.5 Adithya Shetty to Sagar Kalyan, SIX! THAT'S THAT! Dragged short by Shetty, Sagar slaps it straight down the ground for a maximum. So, Ajman wrap up a nine-wicket victory!

6.4 Adithya Shetty to Sagar Kalyan, turning away off a length, Sagar cuts it to point. No run

6.3 Adithya Shetty to Rahul Chopra, straightening off a length, Chopra clips it in front of square. Single taken

6.2 Adithya Shetty to Rahul Chopra, full, wide of off googly. Chopra drives it to short extra-cover. No run

6.1 Adithya Shetty to Sagar Kalyan, touch short and turning away, Sagar cuts it to deep point. Single taken

Rahul Chopra, RHB, comes to the crease.

Some respite at long last for the Blues. But alas, it is just a case of 'too little, too late'. Ajman are just 8 runs away from victory and the upcoming over could well be the last for the game.

overs

102 /1 score

runs

Abdul Shakoor *

50 (21)

Sagar Kalyan

50 (15)

Alishan Sharafu

1 /12

5.6 Alishan Sharafu to Abdul Shakoor, WICKET FINALLY! Slower bouncer from Sharafu, Shakoor looks to reverse-slap it over short third but he miscues it. Easy catch for the short third fielder as Emirates Blues get a wicket!

A 20-ball half-century for Abdul Shakoor! He was the one who started the carnage and he has turned in quite a show today!

5.5 Alishan Sharafu to Abdul Shakoor, full outside-off, Shakoor drives it to extra-cover where Shetty fumbles. He runs back and saves the boundary but the batters complete a brace. Shakoor also has a fifty on his own!

A 15-ball half-century for Sagar Kalyan! This has been quite an onslaught and he has made an early statement in the tournament. 100-run stand up as well between Kalyan and Shakoor!

5.4 Alishan Sharafu to Sagar Kalyan, short and slow outside-off, Sagar cuts it to deep point. This brings up his fifty off just 15 balls!

5.3 Alishan Sharafu to Abdul Shakoor, short delivery, Shakoor pulls it to deep backward square-leg for a single

The smiles in the Ajman dugout tells a story alright! They're loving every bit of this.

5.2 Alishan Sharafu to Abdul Shakoor, BACK-TO-BACK FOURS! Short outside-off, Shakoor moves across and scoops it over short fine-leg for a boundary