Northern Warriors defeated Deccan Gladiators in T10 League 2019:
Northern Warriors: 107/5
Deccan Gladiators: 97/3 (10/10 overs, target 108)
Northern Warriors won the match by 10 runs.
Northern Warriors vs Deccan Gladiators, the 21st match of the T10 League 2019, resulted in a win for Northern Warriors. The Warriors scored 107 runs at the cost of 5 wickets while batting first. The Gladiators could only score 97 runs for 3 wickets in 10 overs, losing the match by 10 runs.
Northern Warriors’ Lendl Simmons was named the “Player of the Match” for his outstanding innings of 70 runs that played a crucial role in setting up a 100+ total while the rest of the team struggled even to make it to the double digits.
Northern Warriors vs Deccan Gladiators, Shane Watson’s 75 in vain:
The Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to bat first. Lendl Simmons and wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran came to bat. Nicholas Pooran lost his wicket after scoring 13 runs from 4 balls. Sam Billings added 9 runs before getting bowled by Ben Cutting. Andre Russell added 4 runs.
After 5 overs, Northern Warriors are 63/1.#AbuDhabiT10 #t10league #t10season3 #inabudhabi #AldarProperties #northernwarriors #deccangladiators pic.twitter.com/8cDUySPfsq
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Lendl Simmons played exceptional innings of 70 runs for 39 balls with 8 fours and 4 huge sixes as his team finished on 107/5. Zahoor Khan took 2 wickets for 8 runs while also bowling a maiden over. Ben Cutting also claimed 2 wickets, and Fawad Ahmed secured 1.
Deccan Gladiators required 108 runs to win the match. Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad scored 1 run for 6 balls before getting bowled by Nuwan Pradeep. The Gladiators’ captain Shane Watson smacked an unbeaten 75 runs from 35 balls for 6 fours and 6 sixes.
After 7 overs, Deccan Gladiators are 78/1.#AbuDhabiT10 #t10league #t10season3 #inabudhabi #AldarProperties #deccangladiators #northernwarriors pic.twitter.com/KIe0rAbVBE
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Shane Watson’s innings was not enough to secure the game alone for his team as the Deccan Gladiators finished on 97/3 after the 10 overs. Nuwan Pradeep conceded only 10 runs for 1 wicket. Junaid Siddiqui and Andre Russell also claimed 1 wicket each for their team.