GG vs DC Full Scorecard, International League T20 2023 Updates

8th Match, Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Gulf Giants

181/6 (20)

Dubai Capitals

80/10 (14.3)

GG won by 101 runs.

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Player of the Series Carlos Brathwaite

Gulf Giants Inn

181/6 (20)

Dubai Capitals Inn

80/10 (14.3)

Batters

Robin Uthappa

25.00

c AC Valthapa b RJ Gleeson

Joe Root

105.26

b R Ahmed

Chirag Suri

75.00

lbw b D Wiese

Rovman Powell

0.00

c & b D Wiese

Dasun Shanaka

121.05

c CJ Jordan b SM Sharma

Yusuf Pathan

27.27

c LA Dawson b D Wiese

Fabian Allen

57.14

b CJ Jordan

Chamika Karunaratne

66.67

b CJ Jordan

Isuru Udana

116.67

c JM Vince b RJ Gleeson

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

200.00

Not out

Akif Raja *

0.00

b CJ Jordan

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(14.3 Ov, RR: 5.71)

80/10

Bowlers

EXT

4.67

6.50

1.50

2.3

4.80

Rehan Ahmed I

6.33

Fall Of Wickets

Score

Over

Robin Uthappa

c AC Valthapa b RJ Gleeson

1-2

0.6

Chirag Suri

lbw b D Wiese

2-29

4.2

Rovman Powell

c & b D Wiese

3-31

4.6

Joe Root

b R Ahmed

4-39

6.4

Yusuf Pathan

c LA Dawson b D Wiese

5-44

9.2

Dasun Shanaka

c CJ Jordan b SM Sharma

6-61

11.2

Fabian Allen

b CJ Jordan

7-67

12.2

Isuru Udana

c JM Vince b RJ Gleeson

8-76

13.4

Chamika Karunaratne

b CJ Jordan

9-80

14.1

Akif Raja

b CJ Jordan

10-80

14.3

Player of the Series Carlos Brathwaite

Commentary

With that, we come to the end of our coverage of the International League T20 today. Join us tomorrow at 7 in the evening for more of the same. This is Rajarshi, signing off on behalf of myself and Mohul. Good night!

James Vince, player of the match and captain of Gulf Giants: Very happy with the performance. Glad that we could get the win as well. Some of us have an idea of how the conditions are here. We thought 140-150 was a decent total. Hetmyer and Dawson finished well. This is a great country for our families to visit. We spend a lot of time away from them, so to get them around is nice. We did well as a bowling group.

Rovman Powell, captain of Dubai Capitals: I think we made the right decision to bowl first. The aim is to bowl well and restrict our opponents for as little as we can. Bowlers like CJ (Chris Jordan) are very handy on this surface, and they used him well. One bad game doesn't make you a bad team. We will take confidence from our previous games and go further in this competition.

Chris Jordan: Being the highest wicket-taker is a nice reward. What matters is that we have got three wins out of three. It is important for our batters to keep getting runs on the board and for the bowlers to do their job. Everyone's looking forward to training and working hard. It is a nice and healthy setup.

Match summary:
Dubai Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl

Gulf Giants 1st innings 181/6 (20 Overs)
James Vince 76(48) | Akif Raja 2/23 (4)

Dubai Capitals 2nd innings 80 all out (14.4 Overs)
Dasun Shanaka 23(19) | David Wiese 3/3 (2)

Gulf Giants win by 101 runs

James Vince's knock of 76 turned out to be all the more crucial in the outcome of the game. The Gulf Giants captain, who has been instrumental in this tournament thus far, and especially in both the matches against the Capitals, read the wicket really well and played the situation accordingly. From the Dubai Capitals camp, though, there was no one to play a knock like that. Joe Root promised for a bit, though, but he was soon undone by a wrong-un from Rehan Ahmed.

Richard Gleeson had the ball on strings in his first over. The keeper, Ashwanth Valthapa Chidambaran had trouble gathering the ball due to the late swing, but he had no problems gathering the snick off Robin Uthappa's outside edge after the India veteran nicked off off the last ball of the over. David Wiese came into the attack soon after and accounted for Chirag Suri and Rovman Powell, the latter coming thanks to a tremendous return catch. The dot balls continued to pile up, Joe Root was looking for a partner to grind through the run-chase, until Rehan Ahmed did for him.

The power-packed middle order of the Gulf Giants merely wilted under scoreboard pressure. Out of them, Dasun Shanaka looked good for a bit but holed out soon after. Chris Jordan mopped up the tail without much fuss, and the Gulf Giants registered a monumental victory.

Ah well, that is an anti-climatic run-chase. The Gulf Giants have been bundled for 80, the lowest total in this year's International League T20.

15.0

14.3 Chris Jordan to Akif Raja, BOWLED HIM! THE GULF GIANTS WIN! Full and straight on off and middle yet again. Raja tries to work it away but his bat comes down a tad too late. He is beaten and sees his stumps being shattered! Jordan bags another wicket here! Another beautiful delivery from the Englishman.

14.2 Chris Jordan to Akif Raja, fullish outside off, Raja pats it back to the bowler.

Akif Raja, LHB, comes to the crease

14.1 Chris Jordan to Chamika Karunaratne, BOWLED HIM! Full and straight on the stumps, Karunaratne tries to slog it away but gets beaten. He turns around to see his stumps being shattered completely! Jordan has been excellent tonight and here he bags another wicket. The Capitals are nine down now!

Mujeeb just about manages to get behind that last ball and pierce the gap on the leg side! Just the formalities remain to be completed in this clash.

overs

80 /8 score

runs

Mujeeb Ur Rahman *

4 (2)

Chamika Karunaratne

4 (5)

Richard Gleeson

2 /14

13.6 Richard Gleeson to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, FOUR! Fullish on middle and leg. Mujeeb makes some room for himself and flicks it away past square leg for a boundary! That was timed very well.

13.5 Richard Gleeson to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, at a length outside off, Rahman pokes it to cover for a dot.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman, RHB, comes to the crease

13.4 Richard Gleeson to Isuru Udana, OUT! SIMPLE CATCH! At a length outside off. Udana feels that he can try and clear the infield on the off side but ends up hitting it straight to the fielder at mid off, James Vince, for a simple catch! Gleeson bags a wicket. Things are quickly going downhill for the Capitals!

13.3 Richard Gleeson to Chamika Karunaratne, fullish outside off, Karunaratne mistimes his drive to long on for a run.

13.2 Richard Gleeson to Isuru Udana, short of length delivery, Udana punches it to long-on for a run.

13.1 Richard Gleeson to Chamika Karunaratne, at a length on middle, Karunaratne flicks it away for a run.