Live Cricket Score | Singapore vs Kuwait Live Score & Commentary | SGP vs KUW Scorecard, Asia Cup Qualifier

5th T20I • Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1) • Al Amarat

Singapore

104/10 (19.5)

Kuwait

105/4 (7.5)

KUW won by 6 wickets

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Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Yasin Patel

4/22

SGP s

KUW s

Info

Singapore s

104/10 (19.5)

Batters

Aritra Dutta

123.53

c M Shafeeq-M b Y Patel

Surendran Chandramohan

40.00

c S Monib b Y Patel

Rezza Gaznavi

50.00

st UG Patel b Y Patel

Avi Dixit

57.14

c UG Patel b Y Patel

Aman Desai

86.67

lbw b SK Shereef

Janak Prakash

87.88

c Y Patel b S Monib

Aryaman Sunil

120.00

c Y Patel b SK Shereef

Vinoth Baskaran

50.00

c & b SK Shereef

Amjad Mahboob

55.56

c A Zaheer b S Monib

Adwitya Bhargava

250.00

runout (M Shafeeq-M / UG Patel)

Akshay Puri

25.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(19.5 Ov, RR: 5.24)

104/10

Bowlers

EXT

Mohammed Shafeeq-M

3.5

6.26

6.25

5.50

3.75

4.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Surendran Chandramohan

c S Monib b Y Patel

1-17

3.1

Aritra Dutta

c M Shafeeq-M b Y Patel

2-31

5.3

Rezza Gaznavi

st UG Patel b Y Patel

3-31

5.5

Avi Dixit

c UG Patel b Y Patel

4-40

7.5

Aman Desai

lbw b SK Shereef

5-57

11.3

Aryaman Sunil

c Y Patel b SK Shereef

6-71

13.3

Vinoth Baskaran

c & b SK Shereef

7-82

15.2

Janak Prakash

c Y Patel b S Monib

8-96

18.4

Amjad Mahboob

c A Zaheer b S Monib

9-96

18.5

Adwitya Bhargava

runout (M Shafeeq-M / UG Patel)

10-103

19.5

Kuwait s

105/4 (7.5)

Batters

Meet Bhavsar

242.86

c A Dutta b V Baskaran

Ravija Sandaruwan

200.00

c J Prakash b A Puri

Bilal Tahir *

175.00

Not out

Edson Silva

200.00

b V Baskaran

Usman Ghani Patel

0.00

b V Baskaran

Sayed Monib

320.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(7.5 Ov, RR: 13.4)

105/4

Did not Bat

Ali Zaheer, Shiraz Khan Shereef, Mohammed Aslam, Mohammed Shafeeq-M, Yasin Patel

Bowlers

EXT

Amjad Mahboob

10.50

Vinoth Baskaran

2.5

13.76

Janak Prakash

14.00

Akshay Puri

15.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Meet Bhavsar

c A Dutta b V Baskaran

1-27

1.6

Ravija Sandaruwan

c J Prakash b A Puri

2-52

4.1

Edson Silva

b V Baskaran

3-60

5.3

Usman Ghani Patel

b V Baskaran

4-60

5.4

Match Info

Date & Time

24 Aug, 05:30 PM IST

Venue

Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amarat

Match

5th T20I,

Asia Cup Qualifier

Umpires

Harikrishna Pillai(Oman), Tabarak Dar(Hong Kong), Shiju Sam(United Arab Emirates, TV)

Referee

Sarika Prasad(Singapore)

Toss

Singapore elected to bat

Player of the Match Yasin Patel

4/22

Commentary

That's it from me, Rajarshi, and my friend and co-commentator Sooryanarayanan, as we close out the coverage for the first of the two Asia Cup Qualifier matches today. In just over an hour's time, Hong Kong and UAE go up against each other in what can be defined as a three-horse race, with Kuwait, the third horse, having smashed Singapore with 73 balls left in the chase, comfortably placed on the top of the table. The equation - UAE need to win by 56 runs or 40 balls to beat Kuwait for the qualification spot. As for Hong Kong, all they need to do is win the game to book an Asia Cup berth for themselves. Do join us as Pragadeesh and Sudheervar bring you the coverage for the same, from us, it's goodbye!

Yasin Patel is the Player of the Match for his magnificent returns of 4/22. Here's what he has to say: Thanks to the Almighty. When I started in the Powerplay, it was good to bowl on. It gripped in the wicket and it was nice to bowl on. Ravindra Jadeja is my role model. The way he bowls with the arm, I observe how he bowls and get inspired by him. The captain always backs me and gives me confidence. He always tells me 'you will do it'. Everyone fielded well and we batted well too. Hopefully we get a chance (to qualify).

Mohammed Aslam, Kuwait captain: This is a great win. When we came here, we were the weakest team of the lot. Ended on a good position, and now we wait and see the next match! What we planned, it happened here. I advised my main bowlers to keep the correct line and length to get them all out. We also needed to not leak runs as well. My bowlers, especially Yasin, did really well. End of the day, we got the chance to win! We planned to finish the game in 10 overs, Raviju and Monib played very well, we said among ourselves that losing wickets won't be a problem, but we need to chase this before the 10 overs. We are watching the next game now, a little bit of hope is there, we'll see what happens!

Amjad Mahboob (Singapore Captain): Definitely wasn't a good score to defend. Credit goes to Kuwait - they outclassed us in all departments starting with the bowling and fielding, and then the batting also. We are a young side - lot of guys under 20. We will learn from this. I just told them to bowl in the right areas and let them do whatever they want to do. While batting it was on the slower side but we have to learn how to play on such wickets.

Match summary:
Singapore won the toss and opted to bat

Singapore 104 all out (19.5 Overs)
Janak Prakash 29(33) | Yasin Patel 4/22 (4)

Kuwait 105/4 (7.5 Overs)
Sayed Monib 32*(10) | Vinoth Baskaran 3/39 (2.5)

Kuwait win by 6 wickets with 73 balls to spare.

A total of 10 sixes were smashed within the span of 47 deliveries! Every single Kuwait batter walked out with fire in their belly, Sandaruwan set the tone having taken 10 off the first over itself, Meet Bhavsar perished the next over to Baskaran's left-arm spin, but not before depositing him into the stands on the leg-side on a couple of occasions! Edson Silva and Usman Patel failed to get going, both of them went to ungainly slogs to Baskaran, and Kuwait were feeling a tinge of pressure as Sayed Monib walked in looking rather laidback, strapping his left glove up while meeting his partner in the middle.

Monib's laidback bod-language merely was a sign of the carnage that was to follow, it was as if depositing spin bowling into the stands repeatedly on a tricky surface was a cinch for him! It took him just two overs to get his team past the line, as he absolutely obliterated the spin of young Akshay Puri and then Vinoth Baskaran! He finished with a blockbuster 10-ball 32, and Kuwait, by virtue of this victory, are in the driver's seat in terms of Asia cup Qualification!

WHAT A RUN-CHASE! Kuwait have done more than what they could have to secure the Asia Cup berth, and their destiny lies on one more game! Kuwait are top of the table now with a NRR 1.63, miles above both Hong Kong and UAE!

8.0

7.5 Vinoth Baskaran to Sayed Monib, THAT'LL BE ALL! KUWAIT STAY ALIVE! A touch short on middle and leg and Monib looks to seal it in grand fashion. He can only hack it along the carpet to deep mid-wicket though as the batters cross over but that'll do quite well for Kuwait. My word, they have absolutely annihilated Singapore today and have left the UAE way behind on net run-rate. Boy, doesn't this spice things up!

7.4 Vinoth Baskaran to Sayed Monib, SIX AGAIN! THE SCORES ARE LEVEL! Dropped short on off stump, Monib rocks back and clobbers it high and mighty over cow corner. The boundary rider remains a spectator as he watches it sail over!

7.3 Vinoth Baskaran to Sayed Monib, skids off a length on middle and leg, Monib clears his front leg but is rapped on the pads as he plays all around his whip.

7.2 Vinoth Baskaran to Bilal Tahir, fired full outside off, Tahir sits low and drags it across the line to long on for a single.

7.1 Vinoth Baskaran to Bilal Tahir, SIX MORE! IT'S GETTING OVER IN A FLASH! In the slotsville on leg stump and he sits on one knee to mousse a slog sweep over mid-wicket. Retrieve that from about 10 rows back!

Turns out Monib needed just one sighter to take Kuwait home all by himself! Poor Akshay Puri was carted to all parts, Monib, instead of swinging himself off his feet, kept his eye on the ball, picked out the areas to smash the ball into, and Kuwait are leaping towards qualification for the Asia Cup now!

overs

91 /4 score

runs

Bilal Tahir

14 (10)

Sayed Monib *

25 (7)

Akshay Puri

1 /31

6.6 Akshay Puri to Sayed Monib, ADD FOUR MORE! OH HE'S UNSTOPPABLE! Drifting into middle and leg this time, Monib stays low and helps it with a sweep up and over short fine leg as he picks his spot to perfection once again. 24 off the over! Carnage!

6.5 Akshay Puri to Sayed Monib, FOUR! NEARLY A THIRD ON THE TROT! Tossed up on a length outside off, Monib gets forward and blasts it up and over extra cover as it just falls shy of the ropes before crossing it for a boundary. Boy this is some hitting on display!

6.4 Akshay Puri to Sayed Monib, SIX MORE! HE'S IN A HURRY! Not at all short on off stump but Monib is so quick to pick length and pounce on it. It was a wrong 'un and he rocks back to pound it miles back over long on with a thud!

6.3 Akshay Puri to Sayed Monib, SIX! WHOA! Dismissed by Monib - flighted into a back of a length radar outside off and what follows is an open-faced cross-batted smash over extra cover. Absolutely clobbers it over the ropes and the Kuwait dugout sure loved it!

6.2 Akshay Puri to Sayed Monib, googly again on a length on off stump, forces Monib back in his crease as he whips it to mid-on.

6.1 Akshay Puri to Sayed Monib, FOUR! THUMPED! Shortish googly outside off, Monib rocks back for a cross-batted smack that races flat over extra cover and rockets to the fence.