- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.6 got him!! The ball goes up miles in the air, but hardly gets any distance. It was a carrom ball on the stumps, and bowled on a length. Hales advanced down the pitch and went for a powerful heave, but it wasn't well timed at all. In fact, the fielder from long-on ended up very close to the circle, where he finally took the catch with a reverse cup. ADKR lose a set batter ahead of the death overs 80/41.1 gone!! Direct hit at the bowler's end. Fletcher has the look of a hero. Pepper was nowhere near the frame, as Fletcher, placed at point, swooped on the ball, and hit the stumps at the far end. This is what happened earlier: Ghazanfar gave the ball some air, and got it to dip around off. Pepper drove and the batters took off, with Hales having nearly made it even as Pepper was only watching the ball 2/13.1 a little for lbw, and given!! McMullen has a word with Hales, and reviews after a while. There's no inside edge from what seems likely after the first replay. Yup, no bat involved. The ball is short of a length, and pitching on middle. It goes on straight after pitching, and McMullen misses while looking to punch it with an angled bat. He's hit on the inside of his pad, and replays show the ball would have smashed the top of middle stump 17/26.4 Banton takes it at point!! He did really well to reach that far while keeping his eyes on the ball all along. Rohid angled the ball across, and bowled on a length just outside off. I think the ball went really slowly off the pitch, and as Livingstone went for the hoick across the line, he ended up skying it. The ball went up quite a bit, and Banton completed the catch comfortably 33/316.5 stabbed to short third!! Russell's struggle ends, and Farooqi wears a smile. Shepherd didn't have to move a step to catch that. It was a short delivery from Farooqi, who went outside off. Russell shaped to pull at first, but seeing the line of the ball, realised he was better off going to the off side. Amid the confusion, he awkwardly ended up fending it to short third 99/517.1 gone!! Pollard pouches a simple catch at slip, and the move pays off. Holder looked to lap sweep this full delivery just outside off, but the ball popped up off the outside edge. Once again, Holder may have played the shot early, while the ball went much slower towards him 100/617.4 good catch at deep square leg!! It's Krishnamurthi there. The ball from Ghazanfar is short on leg, and Narine gets his front leg out of the way in looking to pull at it. He throws all his power behind that, and only ends up sending it wayyyyy up. Krishnamurthi dives to his right to complete the catch 104/718.4 caught at deep square leg!! Another slower ball, and Chand departs. It was on a fullish length on off or thereabouts, and Chand went for the big heave across the line. But the bigger boundary at square leg added to the lack of pace on the ball, and Chand fell. Farooqi has his second as ADKR lose their way 113/8Extras10 (lb 7, w 3)TOTAL120/8 (20 Overs, RR: 6)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Michael Pepper, 1.1 ov), 2-17 (Brandon McMullen, 3.1 ov), 3-33 (Liam Livingstone, 6.4 ov), 4-80 (Alex Hales, 13.6 ov), 5-99 (Andre Russell, 16.5 ov), 6-100 (Jason Holder, 17.1 ov), 7-104 (Sunil Narine, 17.4 ov), 8-113 (Unmukt Chand, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shakib Al Hasan 4 0 20 0 5 10 0 1 0 0 AM Ghazanfar 4 0 24 3 6 12 2 1 0 0 Muhammad Rohid 4 0 19 2 4.75 10 1 0 0 0 Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 0 30 2 7.5 11 3 1 2 0 Arab Gul 4 0 20 0 5 13 1 1 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.1 confident appeal for lbw, and given!! Waseem has a word with Banton... and reviews. He went for the paddle sweep, and missed, and there's no bat involved there, with the ball going below the bat. Narine bowled it on a short of a length on fourth stump, and got the ball to turn back in. Replays show the ball would have hit the top of leg stump, and it confirms Waseem's departure. MIE pushed back, as Narine gets the batter he dropped a few overs back 36/21.2 flayed away... but straight to deep third!! The ball lands into the hands of the fielder Fletcher beat last ball with his nice slashing shot. Ajay bowls another length delivery, angling it across from over the wicket. The ball comes to Fletcher outside off again, except this time he attempts the big heave across the line. The ball takes off from the leading edge, and Fletcher falls 6/115.6 taken by Sharafu!! Shakib perishes in looking to finish off with the big shot. It was another slower ball from Ajay, who bowled full and wide of off. Shakib went slicing, but only as far as mid-off, from where Sharafu went to his right while keeping an eye on the ball. In the end, he slid and completed the catch to hand ADKR some consolation 118/3Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL122/3 (16.1 Overs, RR: 7.54)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Andre Fletcher, 1.2 ov), 2-36 (Muhammad Waseem, 7.1 ov), 3-118 (Shakib Al Hasan, 15.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JO Holder 3 0 25 0 8.33 9 5 0 1 0 Ajay Kumar 3 0 13 2 4.33 11 1 0 2 0 OP Stone 2 0 18 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 20 1 5 12 2 0 0 0 PP Chawla 2.1 0 21 0 9.69 3 3 0 0 0 LS Livingstone 1 0 17 0 17 0 2 1 0 0 AD Russell 1 0 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
MI Emirates , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
MI Emirates advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50
Match days
2 January 2026 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 3.1: Review by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MJ Saggers, Batter - B McMullen (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 46/3 in 9.0 overs (AD Hales 19, A Sharafu 7)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 88/4 in 16.0 overs (A Sharafu 31, AD Russell 1)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 9
- Innings Break: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 120/8 in 20.0 overs (A Sharafu 50, PP Chawla 3)
- A Sharafu: 50 off 40 balls (2 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 26 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 7.1: Review by MI Emirates (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MJ Saggers, Batter - Muhammad Waseem (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: MI Emirates - 49/2 in 9.0 overs (T Banton 26, Shakib Al Hasan 6)
- MI Emirates: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (T Banton 17, Shakib Al Hasan 33, Ex 0)
- MI Emirates: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 3
- T Banton: 50 off 49 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: MI Emirates - 118/3 in 16.0 overs (T Banton 60)
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