ILT20 FINAL Highlights – Desert Vipers vs Gulf Giants FINAL – Gulf Giants win by 7 wickets: Chris Lynn scored a fine half-century to hand Gulf Giants the title in a fine run chase. Chasing 147, Lynn anchored the innings to help his side to the ILT20 title. Earlier, Wanindu Hasaranga’s unbeaten fifty helped Desert Vipers post 146 on the board against Gulf Giants in the ILT20 final on Sunday, 12th February 2023. After losing four early wickets, Hasaranga along with Sam Billings helped the Vipers claw their way back in the contest. Carlos Brathwaite took three wickets. Follow VIP vs GUL FINAL LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
ILT20 FINAL Highlights: Gulf Giants crowned ILT20 Champions, Chris Lynn 68 guides James Vince and co to 7-wicket win – Watch Highlights
Chris Lynn’s stubborn unbeaten 72 backed by Gerhard Erasmus’s elegant 30 runs and Shimron Hetmyer’s timely and aggressive unbeaten 25 runs helped Adani Gulf Giants emerge as the champions of the inaugural DP World ILT20 beating Desert Vipers by seven wickets in the final at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday night.
Gulf Giants won the toss and promptly elected to bowl. Desert Vipers’ opener Rohan Mustafa bravely stepped out and smashed Colin de Grandhomme through extra cover for a boundary. His opening partner Alex Hales fell to the first ball of the second over from Carlos Brathwaite, caught by James Vince at mid-off for 1. In the same over Mustafa too got run out in the fifth ball. As an appeal for leg before was being turned down, Mustafa tried to steal a single but an alert Qais Ahmad at point passed the ball to bowler Brathwaite, who ran him out for 6.
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Adam Lyth pulled Grandhomme to Brathwaite after a run-a-ball 13. Skipper Colin Munro walked in with his team struggling at 25 for 3 in 4.3 overs. Grandhomme produced a wicket maiden and the powerplay yielded just 30 runs. Sam Billings then reverse swept Qais Ahmed for a boundary in the eighth over while Munro departed in the ninth over falling to Chris Jordan’s slower delivery resulting in a brilliant one-handed caught and bowled for 6.
Wanindu Hasaranga picked two boundaries off Qais Ahmad, and by the halfway mark, the score read 62 for 4. Billings hit David Wiese for two consecutive boundaries. In the 12th over Hasaranga also hit consecutive boundaries off Sanchit Sharma. He hit the last ball of that over for a boundary as well. In the 14th over, Hasaranga hit Wiese’s first delivery for a huge six over cow corner into the packed stands and pulled the third delivery for another six over mid-wicket to reach his half-century in 21 balls.
ILT20 FINAL Highlights: Gulf Giants crowned ILT20 Champions, Chris Lynn 68 guides James Vince and co to 7-wicket win – Watch Highlights
Brathwaite provided the breakthrough in the 15th over, having Billings caught at mid-off by Wiese who had to run back for the catch. It was a one-handed blinder of a catch and despite tumbling, he ensured the ball did not drop off. The pair had put on 72 runs in 37 balls.
Hasaranga then followed at his score on 55 falling to the first ball of the 16th over with Wiese at long-off pulling off another catch. This sank Desert Vipers’ hopes of a big score. Qais Ahmed then removed Luke Wood for 3 and Tom Curran was not allowed to play his big shots with Brathwaite clean bowling him for 13. In the end, Desert Vipers could not even cross the 150-run mark.
ILT20 FINAL Highlights: Gulf Giants crowned ILT20 Champions, Chris Lynn 68 guides James Vince and co to 7-wicket win – Watch Highlights
Gulf Giants began their chase with opener and skipper James Vince, fresh from his match-winning unbeaten knock of 83 against MI Emirates, going for his shots. He hit Gus Atkinson’s fourth ball off the second over for a superb six over fine leg. Opener Chris Lynn too picked a boundary off Sheldon Cottrell. Vince also lifted Luke Wood for a straight boundary.
When it looked like Vince had settled down for a big knock, Wood forced him to edge to wicket-keeper Sam Billing while attempting to steer the ball down to third man for 14. Curran, who replaced Cottrell, had Grandhomme clean bowled for 1. At the end of the powerplay, Gulf Giants were 34 for 2, four runs more than Desert Vipers at this stage who had lost three wickets.
Gerhard Erasmus and Lynn then began the repair work. They prevented Hasaranga and Curran from making inroads. Lynn even swept Hasaranga over backward square leg for a six and took 13 runs of the ninth over. Erasmus too hit Atkinson for a six over backward point to take 12 runs off the tenth over.
ILT20 FINAL Highlights: Gulf Giants crowned ILT20 Champions, Chris Lynn 68 guides James Vince and co to 7-wicket win – Watch Highlights
By the halfway mark, Gulf Giants needed another 73 runs. Hasaranga fought back giving away only four runs from the 11th over. Cottrell was re-introduced for the 12th over and although he yielded only five runs, he gained no success. Atkinson, who replaced Hasaranga, was pulled for a boundary by Lynn and ten runs scored off it.
The match inched towards an exciting finish when at the score on 99, Erasmus stepped out and lifted Hasaranga into the hands of Curran at long-on for 30 when 48 runs were needed off 33 balls. All eyes now turned towards the aggressive Shimron Hetmyer. Lynn reached his half-century in 39 balls.
Hetmyer hit Wood for two consecutive boundaries while Lynn too hit two consecutive boundaries off the fourth and fifth deliveries to take 18 runs off that over and reduce the margin to a gettable 24 off 18 balls. Hetmyer took the game totally away from Desert Vipers smashing Curran for three consecutive boundaries. Lynn ultimately hit the winning boundary of the tournament.
Gulf Giants Scorecard
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Vince(C) | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| Chris Lynn | 72 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 144.00 | |
| Colin de Grandhomme | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Gerhard Erasmus(WK) | 30 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 90.91 | |
| Shimron Hetmyer | 25 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 192.31 | |
| Extra | 7 (b 0, w 4, nb 0, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 149/3 (18.4) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Sanchit Sharma, D Wiese, Aayan Afzal Khan, Chris Jordan, Qais Ahmad, CR Brathwaite | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Cottrell | 3.4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.55 |
| Gus Atkinson | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 10.33 |
| Luke Wood | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 |
| Tom Curran | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| JM Vince | 1-25 | 3.5 |
| Colin de Grandhomme | 2-26 | 4.1 |
| Gerhard Erasmus | 3-99 | 14.3 |
Desert Vipers Scorecard
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohan Mustafa | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 | |
| Alex Hales | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Adam Lyth | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Sam Billings(WK) | 31 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 106.90 | |
| Colin Munro(C) | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.55 | |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 55 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 203.70 | |
| Tom Curran | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Luke Wood | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Gus Atkinson | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 | |
| Ali Naseer | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Extra | 6 (b 0, w 6, nb 0, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 146/8 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Sheldon Cottrell | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin de Grandhomme | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Carlos Brathwaite | 4 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4.75 |
| David Wiese | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 11.67 |
| Qais Ahmad | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 |
| Chris Jordan | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 |
| Sanchit Sharma | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| AD Hales | 1-8 | 1.1 |
| Rohan Mustafa | 2-13 | 1.5 |
| A Lyth | 3-25 | 4.3 |
| C Munro | 4-44 | 8.3 |
| Sam Billings | 5-116 | 14.4 |
| W Hasaranga | 6-116 | 15.1 |
| L Wood | 7-130 | 17.4 |
| Tom Curran | 8-134 | 18.2 |
Gulf Giants Playing XI: James Vince(c), Chris Lynn, Colin de Grandhomme, Gerhard Erasmus(w), Shimron Hetmyer, David Wiese, Carlos Brathwaite, Aayan Afzal Khan, Chris Jordan, Qais Ahmad, Sanchit Sharma
Desert Vipers Playing XI: Rohan Mustafa, Alex Hales, Colin Munro(c), Sam Billings(w), Adam Lyth, Wanindu Hasaranga, Tom Curran, Gus Atkinson, Luke Wood, Sheldon Cottrell, Ali Naseer
ILT20 FINAL Highlights: Gulf Giants crowned ILT20 Champions, Chris Lynn 68 guides James Vince and co to 7-wicket win – Watch Highlights
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