Britannia seemed to be down in the dumps after the second over of this innings, in which Kapil Chandnani came out of the blue to pick up three wickets.
This meant that the other batters in their side had to put their hands up and take the responsibility to chase these runs down. The fall of wickets in clusters had impeded the chase for Britannia for sure, but they managed to come back strongly to seal the deal.
Himanshu and Gurpreet Singh were responsible for ending things for Britannia after Sanish Goyal had got them off to a good start. Dresden will consider themselves to be extremely unfortunate to have missed out on winning this game.
They will feel that they had the game by the scruff of the neck but missed out on making it count when it mattered the most. This win will give Britannia a lot of confidence.
8.2 Belal Zadran to Himanshu, SIX MORE! Full and on the fourth stump line angling away, Himanshu holds his ground and absolutely launches it over the long off region for a huge maximum! Oh wow! Himanshu has finished it off in style!
8.1 Belal Zadran to Himanshu, SIX! BANG! Length ball on the middle stump swinging in, Himanshu hangs back and slams it over the bowler's head to send that packing for a maximum!
Belal Zadran [1-0-17-0] is back into the attack.
This game is now back in Britannia's court. They can win it in the next two balls if they so desire. Dresden have let this game slip away from them.
8
overs
90/6score
0
0
6
0
1
4
runs
Gurpreet Singh-II*
18(8)
Himanshu Himansh
20(10)
Vivek Nandkumar Chakankar
1/13
7.6 Vivek Nandkumar to Gurpreet Singh, FOUR! SHOT! Back of a length ball outside off, Gurpreet hangs on the back-foot and slashes it through the backward point region for a boundary!
7.5 Vivek Nandkumar to Himanshu, length ball outside off, Himanshu cuts it towards backward point for a quick single. The keeper could've sent the batter packing but he dislodged the bails with his gloves without the ball in hand.
7.4 Vivek Nandkumar to Himanshu, short of a length and on the middle stump line, Himanshu gets onto his toes and pats it down into the point region.
7.3 Vivek Nandkumar to Himanshu, SIX! LAUNCHED! Full and on the fourth stump line, Himanshu holds his ground and muscles it over the mid-wicket region for a huge maximum!
7.2 Vivek Nandkumar to Himanshu, full and outside off, keeps low as Himanshu has a big heave at it but fails to make any connection.
7.1 Vivek Nandkumar to Himanshu, short of a length and outside off, Himanshu rides the bounce and glides it towards short third man. No run!
This game has come back in the grips of Britannia yet again! They need just nineteen runs to win this match. Dresden have let it slip away from them.
7
overs
79/6score
4
6
1
1
1
6
runs
Gurpreet Singh-II*
14(7)
Himanshu Himansh
13(5)
Rahul Grover
1/27
6.6 Rahul Grover to Gurpreet Singh, SIX! BANG! Tossed up and on the middle stump line, Gurpreet gets his front foot out of the way and sends that packing over the long on region for a huge maximum!
6.5 Rahul Grover to Himanshu, full and on the middle stump spinning in, Himanshu has a big heave at it and drags it towards deep square leg for a single.
6.4 Rahul Grover to Gurpreet Singh, full and on the leg stump line, Gurpreet heaves it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
6.3 Rahul Grover to Himanshu, full and outside off, Himanshu pushes it out into the point region for a quick single.
6.2 Rahul Grover to Himanshu, SIX! LAUNCHED! Tossed up and on the fourth stump line spinning in, Himanshu shuffles across and absolutely pummels that over the long on region for a huge maximum! That's out of the park!
6.1 Rahul Grover to Himanshu, FOUR! Misfield! Full and outside off, a low full toss which is thumped down the ground. The long off fielder fails to keep it in and lets the ball go over the rope!