ILT20| Twitter lauds Sharjah Warriors’ clinical performance as they beat Desert Vipers in Sharjah

01/29/2024

Sharjah Warriors beat Desert Vipers by 7 runs paving the way for a playoff berth. A clinical bowling bowling and fielding performance by the Sharjah Warriors helped them to defend the total of 174 runs while the Vipers struggled at keeping wickets and ultimately fell short of reaching the target.

‌Choosing to bowl first worked well for the Desert Vipers as they restricted the Sharjah Warriors to 55/2 at the end of the powerplay. Sharjah openers Niroshan Dickwella and Johnson Charles failed to provide a great start as Vipers pacer Luke Wood scalped both of them just after the powerplay. However, the Warriors looked relentless in the middle order with Martin Guptill and skipper Tom Kohler-Cadmore putting up a splendid partnership of 101 runs paving the way for their side to put up a solid total on board. Vipers spinners Wanindu Hasaranga and Shadab Khan proved expensive, conceding 30 and 25 runs in their quota. However, after Guptill’s departure, things looked bleak for Sharjah as there were no proper partnerships. In the end, Joe Denly and Chris Woakes put up a 27-run partnership, taking their side to 174/7.

Desert Vipers had a wobbly start as skipper Colin Munro departed for a duck in the first power. The Vipers, however, looked determined with Alex Hales and Adam Hose’s steady partnership of 26 runs. However, these meagre partnerships lacked further acceleration for the Vipers to chase the target. The shift came in the 13th over with Azam Khan and Alex Hales putting up a 52-run partnership. But a disciplined bowling unit by Sharjah, especially Luke Wood and Hasaranga, gave the Vipers some tough challenge to chase the target. Ultimately, wickets kept falling at regular intervals as the Vipers could put up 167/7 in 20 over.

He can do both!

Azam Khan can play these classical shots too🔥 #ILT20 pic.twitter.com/uffGctqj6f
— Ahsaan Elahi (@Callme_ahsaan) January 28, 2024

He was looking goood in the middle!

Azam khan ran out 35 runs 22 balls in #ILT20 pic.twitter.com/17TvI5BIXy
— ＡｈｓａｎＭａｌｉｋ (@Malik_Ahsan_56) January 28, 2024

He should hav made it!

Azam Khan's runout proved to be a game changer for the Desert Vipers. If Azam remained at the crease, he could have finished the match.#ILT20 pic.twitter.com/sGYY0vxhR6
— Ahmer Najeeb Satti (@AhmerNajeeb) January 28, 2024

May be but he does the most with bat!

Better fitness and a dive might have save Azam khan and Desert Vipers here🤔😡😓#AzamKhan pic.twitter.com/9s4dvntdPv
— Tayyab Abbasi (PCT💚) (@DeviLhunmaiiin) January 28, 2024

Hahaha!

Alex Hales 50 HALESTORM 🌪️#AllInForCricket #DPWorldILT20 #DVvSW #ILT20 #AlexHales pic.twitter.com/ocyJn1Rwfr
— ZAFAR 🇵🇰 (@Champ6677) January 28, 2024

He was in mood today!

Magnificent six by Alex Hales 🔥

Out of stadium!!

Remember the name! pic.twitter.com/vHBUY010vy
— KrrishnaTweets🚩 (@KAakrosh) January 28, 2024

He need to continue this!

A̶l̶e̶x̶a̶ Alex, please play some attacking shots for us

Attacking Alex Hales💥#INDvsENG #AUSvsWI #KSBharat #BenStokes pic.twitter.com/k258jrTF7U
— Tharun (@surakshaengg) January 28, 2024

They couldn't make it!

21 runs were needed from 11 balls and Shadab Khan scored just 3 runs in 4 balls against Daniel Sams.

After that the situation was 16 to win from 6 balls. 😁#ILT20
— Suhana (@suhana18_) January 28, 2024

Teriible!

Shadab Khan performance in #ILT20

With Bat:

3 mats, 22 runs, avg 22,sr 104.76

With Ball:

3 mats, 101 runs, 0 wick, eco 11.22

Horrible performance with both bat and ball from Shadab Khan 😕🤯

What's wrong with him nowadays? 👀 pic.twitter.com/X50jpg3Jue
— Iqbal 🇵🇰 (@its_Iqbal01) January 28, 2024

Hmmm!

It keeps happening. Got to do better than this #ILT20 #Cricket #abuksports #BiggBoss17GrandFinale #BB17 #AbhishekKumar #AnkitaLokhande #خان_کی_کال_پر_لبیک #snowfall #MannaraChopra #IshqMurshid #MKJW #BilalAbbasKhan #Elections2024 #ImranKhanPTI #ووٹ_نہ_دیا_تو_پانی_بندکریں_گے pic.twitter.com/F72PD6w0dJ
— Basit Khan (@ABUKALEX) January 28, 2024