After Gurbaz’s 70, Delhi Bulls Are Back To Winning Ways

After Gurbaz’s 70, Delhi Bulls are back to winning ways

Abu Dhabi, Nov 26, : The Delhi Bulls won an eight-wicket win over Northern Warriors to move up to second place in the Abu Dhabi T10 points table.Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Afghanistan cricketer, stole the show here with a stunning 70.
Rovman Powell of Jamaica scored another half-century in a late Wednesday game to help the Warriors face a difficult 128, but it was Gurbaz, the Bulls’ opener, who took the batsmanship seriously from the beginning.His opening stand of 116 runs with Luke Wright, England cricketer, ensured that the Bulls were always in front in their chase and they had no difficulty securing their fourth win in this tournament.

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Wright opened the tournament and did a good job.But it was Gurbaz, 19, who stole the spotlight by showing off his entire arsenal of shots against the Warriors’ bowling attack.Gurbaz was supported by Wright, who found the boundary rope every now and again to get his team to 76.

Oshane Thomas was facing Gurbaz in the seventh over.Gurbaz ended his half-century with a six off the off-side, which took 24 balls.His team reached the triple-figure mark with a flick of the wrist six on their next ball.

The Bulls were left with just 21 runs to complete the final three overs.Although Gurbaz, Shepherd and Wright were out quickly, Wright and Eoin Morgan guided the Bulls to safety.

The English white-ball skipper finished the match with a six in the penultimate delivery.

The Delhi Bulls won the toss earlier and elected to bowl.

The duo, which had been a hundred-run partnership between Moeen Ali (now Kennar Lewis) and Sheraz Ahmed on the previous evening, was split in the second ball of the innings.

Samit Patel, Ali’s companion, tried to repair the damage but was unable to do so due to Adil Rashid’s guile in over 4.Eoin Morgan caught Ali in the outfield with a spectacular catch on the first ball of the second over.

Powell, the Warriors’ skipper, arrived at the crease and joined his team looking down the barrel for the umpteenth tournament.

He was quick to get going and took 17 runs from Romario shepherd’s over.Ross Whiteley, who defeated Rashid’s leg spinners for consecutive boundaries in his next over, seemed to feel the same confidence.

Powell continued to punish Shepherd’s half-trackers with severe punishments, hitting him for a hat trick of sixes.Whiteley joined the party with six of his own.Farooqi disqualified Powell to end an entertaining 66-run partnership that ended with Powell falling in the penultimate game for 56.Umair Ali had a few big hits during his brief stint at the crease, helping the Warriors reach 128.

Brief scores: Northern Warriors 128/6 (Rovman Powell 56, Ross Whiteley 26 and Shiraz Ahmed 2/22) lost against Delhi Bulls 133/2 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 70; Luke Wright 40 not out; Umair Aziz 1/19) by eight wickets.

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