Poor shot selection cost Ahmedabad Rockets dear in their Indian Cricket League (ICL) 20s Challenge match against Lahore Badshahs
AHMEDABAD: Poor shot selection cost Ahmedabad Rockets dear in their Indian Cricket League (ICL) 20s Challenge match against Lahore Badshahs at the Sardar Patel Stadium on Sunday. After their extraordinary performance against Mumbai Champs the other day, the home team crashed to a 31-run defeat.
Chasing a target of 137, the home team collapsed for 105.
Ryan Campbell (1), the last match hero, tried an adventurous shot against Mohammad Sami in very first over and saw his furniture disturbed. Captain Damien Martyn joined Parvez Aziz in the middle, but looked very different from his earlier outings. Badshahs stand-in-captain Azhar Mahmood’s (later declared Man-of-the-Match) breached the Australian’s defense to crash on to his stumps.
Badshahs look in total control of the green top offered to them. Sami and Naved-ul-Hasan’s deliveries were too hot for Rockets to handle. Suddenly the modest total of 136 suddenly looked like Mt Everest.
Earlier, when Imran Farhat welcomed Rockets’ Rakesh Patel with a boundary over point in the second over of their innings, the Lahore Badshahs made their intentions clear.
Scorecard
Lahore Badshahs: I Nazir lbw Kalia 25, I Farhat c Martyn b Gillespie 18, N Hasan st Campbell b Kalia 15, S Yousuf c Patel b Kalia 5, N Latif c Sriram b Aziz 11, K Mahmood hit wicket b Aziz 27, A Mahmood c Gillespie b Aziz 8, T Mughal c Sodhi b Rao 11, M Sami c Streak b Rao 2, S Mushtaq n.o. 1, S Nazir n.o. 0; Extras (lb-8, w-5) 13; Total (9 wkts; 20 ovs) 136 (6.80 rpo); FoW: 1-28, 2-62 , 3-72, 4-72, 5-107, 6-113, 7-125, 8-133, 9-135; Bowling Gillespie 2-0-14-1, Patel 2-0-19-0, Streak 2-0-17-0, Kalia 4-0-19-3, Sriram 4-0-14-0, Rao 4-0-29-2, Aziz 2-0-16-3
Ahmedabad Rockets: R Campbell b Sami 1, P Aziz b Nazir 26, D Martyn b Mahmood 7, M Goodwin c Nazir b Hasan 4, S Sriram lbw Saqlain 2, R Sodhi b Nazir 14, H Streak c Khalid b Mughal 8, Bhima Rao n. o. 13, S Kalia b Saqlain 1, J Gillespie b Saqlain 9, R Patel c Latif b Hasan 1; Extras (lb-9, w-8, nb-2) 19; Total (all out; 19.1 ovs) 105 (5.47 rpo); FoW: 1-3, 2-20, 3-29, 4-38, 5-61, 6-68, 7-76, 8-79, 9-96, 10-105; Bowling: Sami 4-0-20-1, Mahmood 3-0-15-1, Hasan 3.1-0-11-2, Saqlain 4-0-26-3, Nazir 2-0-8-2, Mughal 3-0-16-1
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