Colin Munro played for Dallas Lonestars in NCL Sixty Strikes© Videograbber
An exciting encounter took place in the National Cricket League Sixty Strikes tournament, with the result being decided in the final of the match. Angelo Mathews' Atlanta Kings were pitted against Dinesh Karthik's Dallas Lonestars, with the match proving to be a nail-biter. Batting first, Atlanta posted a total of 124/5 in 10 overs, with skipper Mathews leading the scoring charts for his team. Mathews added 68 runs to Atlanta's total, taking just 28 balls to reach the score.
Gajanand Singh, 15 off 8, and Denmark's Aziz, 16 off 5, were the other batters who helped Mathews a little in the innings, although none of the Atlanta stars managed to cross the 20-run mark. For Dallas, former India spinner Pragyan Ojha was the star with the ball, picking up 3 wickets for 24 runs in 2 overs.
Chasing the target, Dallas lost the wickets of Shoaib Maqsood and Samit Patel early on, although Colin Munro put in a fiery show at the top. He scored 66 runs off 26 balls and thus emerged as the highest scoring batsman of his team. Dwaine Pretorious remained unbeaten till the end, scoring 40 runs off just 14 balls to help his side chase down the target with 4 balls to spare.
It was another night to forget for former Indian wicketkeeper-batsman and Dallas skipper Dinesh Karthik, who suffered a golden duck in the match. Since the start of the tournament, Karthik has not shown the form that made him one of the best performers in T20 cricket.
Saad Humayun was the bowlers' favorite for Atlanta, taking three wickets for 5 runs in a single over. But he couldn't lead his team to victory.
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