- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.2 Beauty from Rumman. Lovely yorker bang on target, Pooran tries to flick it away, misses it and hits it on the toe plumb in front of stumps, loud shout for lbw, up goes the finger of umpire 35/18.3 Back of length with slight change in pace, TKC tried to hit it over midwicket, hit high in the air and van der Merwe at deep midwicket took another good high catch 118/53.3 Rumman strikes again! Back of length, just outside off and moves away, Russell tries to cut that one, ended up a thick outside edge in the gloves of keeper. He is on a hat-trick 35/27.3 Gone! Nicely tossed up, Fletcher came down the wicket and hit it really high, Van der Merwe at long-on took a very high catch 114/38.1 Gone! Fuller in length, on middle and leg stump, flicked away in the air and went straight in the hands of deep midwicket fielder, who makes no mistake 117/49.5 Gone! Arm ball, on middle stump, Wiese goes for the big heave, he misses and ball hits the middle stump 138/6Extras10 (w 10)TOTAL141/6 (10 Overs, RR: 14.1)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Nicholas Pooran, 3.2 ov), 2-35 (Andre Russell, 3.3 ov), 3-114 (Andre Fletcher, 7.3 ov), 4-117 (Fabian Allen, 8.1 ov), 5-118 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 8.3 ov), 6-138 (David Wiese, 9.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RE van der Merwe 2 0 38 1 19 3 2 4 1 0 Rumman Raees 2 0 15 2 7.5 6 2 0 3 0 TS Mills 2 0 13 2 6.5 3 1 0 0 0 D Pretorius 1 0 20 0 20 0 1 1 3 0 Noor Ahmad 2 0 28 1 14 2 0 3 1 0 KR Mayers 1 0 27 0 27 0 1 3 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.2 Gone! Full and fast on middle stump, tries to play a big shot across the line, misses it and got bowled 1/13.3 Gone! Short in length, on middle stump, goes for the pull shot, hits the bottom of the bat and went straight in the hands of Aleen at deep midwicket who took a sharp catch 12/24.1 Good length ball, just outside off, tries to hit it on the up and over extra cover, mistimed it and Pooran at extra cover took a simple catch 16/39.3 Gone! Full ball, on middle stump, goes for a big shot, hits high in the air and Wiese at long-on took a well judged catch 73/57.3 Gone! Lovely slower delivery on middle stump, Ingram flicked it away in the air straight at the throat of Boult who took it with ease 57/4Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL78/5 (10 Overs, RR: 7.8)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kyle Mayers, 1.2 ov), 2-12 (Alex Hales, 3.3 ov), 3-16 (Tom Banton, 4.1 ov), 4-57 (Colin Ingram, 7.3 ov), 5-73 (Leus du Plooy, 9.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB L Wood 2 0 8 0 4 7 1 0 0 0 N Thushara 2 0 5 2 2.5 7 0 0 0 0 Imad Wasim 1 0 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 TA Boult 2 0 24 1 12 2 1 1 4 0 Mohammad Zahid 1 0 18 0 18 0 4 0 0 0 Zahoor Khan 2 0 16 1 8 4 2 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Team Abu Dhabi , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.30 Start, First Session 15.30-16.10, Interval 16.10-16.20, Second Session 16.20-17.00
Match days
2 December 2023 (10-over match)
Team Abu Dhabi replacement
AD Hales for Rumman Raees (Deccan Gladiators innings, 4.6 ov)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Deccan Gladiators 2, Team Abu Dhabi 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 2.0 (Mandatory - 28 runs, 0 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 3.1 - 4.0 (Batting side - 27 runs, 2 wickets)
- Deccan Gladiators: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 5
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 17 balls (T Kohler-Cadmore 24, ADS Fletcher 23, Ex 4)
- Deccan Gladiators: 100 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Deccan Gladiators - 141/6 in 10.0 overs (Imad Wasim 6, L Wood 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 2.0 (Mandatory - 3 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 2.1 - 3.0 (Batting side - 13 runs, 1 wicket)
- Team Abu Dhabi: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 2
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