00:00My emirates were put in a bat by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in their ILT 20 match in Abu Dhabi.
00:08Kusal Pereira and Mohamed Waseem put on a partnership worth 42 runs.
00:17Pereira was out for 23 with Jason Huler getting the wicket.
00:24Waseem would go on to get a useful 38 of 35 deliveries.
00:31But wickets started falling quickly with Kyron Pollard being bowled by Ali Khan for 5.
00:39When Khan took his second, my emirates were 119 for 5.
00:45A lot depended on skipper Nicholas Puran who had his work cut out for him.
00:53He hit 49 of 26 balls with 5 4s and 2 6s.
01:01Getting Puran out was Holder who ended with 2 wickets.
01:08Romario Sheppard played a swashbuckling cameo for my emirates.
01:15He made 38 not out of only 13 deliveries to take his team to a healthy 186 for 6.
01:24In reply, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders got off to a flyer thanks to Kyle Mayers.
01:31But the West Indian was run out for 22 of 14 balls.
01:39More trouble as Aqil Hussain had Joe Clark leg before for 3.
01:46Then Sheppard took 2 wickets to make it 56 for 4.
01:53Andres House chipped in with 34 but it wasn't enough.
02:01He was out to Zahur Khan with Pollard taking the catch.
02:09Andre Russell would provide some pyrotechnics in a losing cause scoring 37 not out.
02:17Captain Sunil Narine was out for 13 with Hussain taking a superb catch to give Al Zari Joseph his first wicket.
02:25Joseph also got rid of Holder cheaply with Tom Banton taking a brilliant catch.
02:31Abu Dhabi Knight Riders were restricted to 158 for 9.
02:35That gave my emirates victory by 28 runs.
02:38Vinod Nawani Team 6 Sport
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