ILT20 Final Highlights: MI Emirates vs Dubai Capitals: In the final of the International League T20 tournament played in Dubai, MI Emirates won the trophy by defeating Dubai Capitals by 45 runs.
Big news is coming for MI fans before IPL 2024. MI Emirates has won the International League T20 (ILT20) title. The team captained by Nicholas Pooran won the trophy by defeating Dubai Capitals by 45 runs in the final match played on Saturday (18 February). Thanks to the stormy innings of Pooran and Andre Fletcher, MI had scored a huge score of 208 runs. In response to which Dubai team could score only 163 runs.
Pooran’s storm in the final : ILT20 Final Highlights
ILT20 Final Highlights: Dubai captain Sam Billings won the toss and invited MI to bat first. The opening pair of Muhammad Wasim and Kushal Perera gave a good start to MI. Both the batsmen made a partnership of 77 runs in 6.2 overs for the first wicket. Fletcher, who came to bat after the dismissal of Wasim (43 runs in 24 balls), along with Perera maintained the run pace. However, Perera became the victim of Sikandar Raza after scoring 38 runs in 26 balls. At this time MI’s score was 102 runs in 11.2 overs.
MI Emirates wins ILT20 title, beats Dubai Capitals by 45 runs; This player became a hero
ILT20 Final Highlights: Pooran, who came at number four, scored a single-double in the beginning and thought it right to support Fletcher who was batting stormily. Meanwhile, Fletcher completed his fifty in 34 balls by hitting a skyscraper six of 110 meters off Scott Kugline. In the next over, Olly Stone sent him to the pavilion. Fletcher scored 53 runs in 37 balls, which included 3 fours and 4 sixes. After his dismissal, Pooran adopted a ferocious form and hit Jason Holder for two consecutive sixes in the 18th over of the match.
Pooran sent the last ball of Stone’s spell over long off and took the score close to 200. Kugline, who brought the last over of MI’s innings, gave only 4 runs on the first three balls. It seemed that MI would not be able to cross the two hundred mark, but Pooran was adamant on his insistence. He hit first fours and then two consecutive sixes to take his team to the score of 208. He scored 57 runs in just 27 balls at a strike rate of 211.11. During this, 2 fours and 6 sixes came from his bat. At the other end, Kieron Pollard remained unbeaten after scoring 9 runs in seven balls.
Dubai Capitals could not withstand the pressure of big score : ILT20 Final Highlights
ILT20 Final Highlights: Dubai Capitals, chasing the same score in the final match, did not have a good start. The team’s account had not even been opened when the first blow came. Loy Duploy was out LBW on the ball of Akil Hussain without scoring any runs. Tom Banton, who appeared as Super-Sub, showed his attitude, but could not last long. He was out as the third wicket after scoring 35 runs in 20 balls. Apart from him, no batsman from Dubai could play freely. Billings played an inning of 40 runs in 29 balls but it was insufficient. Trent Boult and Vijayakanth Viyaskrant took two wickets each for MI.
MI Emirates was a few steps away from the trophy last season : ILT20 Final Highlights
ILT20 was started last year. In the first season of this six-team league, MI came very close to the Emirates Trophy, but were out of the title race after facing defeat at the hands of Gulf Giants in Qualifier 2. Gulf Giants became the first champion team of ILT20 by defeating Desert Vipers in the final.
