President Xi Vs Paris Universite Club Qualifier 26 April 2024

Qualifier • Dreux Sport Cricket Club • Dreux

Paris Universite Club

121/4 (10)

President XI

127/5 (9)

PXI won by 5 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Lingeswaran Canessane

67(26)

PUC

PXI

Info

Paris Universite Club

121/4 (10)

Batters

Zafar Iqbal

300.00

runout (Zahiri)

Usman Shahid-I

112.50

c Mangal b Stanikzay

Mukhtar Ghulami

176.92

b Stanikzay

William Singh

(C)

190.00

c Zahiri b Malikzada

Zika Ali

212.50

Not out

Tahseenullah Safi

275.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(10 Ov, RR: 12.1)

121/4

Did not Bat

Waseem Bhatti, Mirwais Dawlatzai, Abdullah Anwari, Shabbir Haras, Manish Kapoor

Bowlers

EXT

Hossain ikbal

14.50

Zaheer Zahiri

10.00

Ahmaddullah Malikzada

14.00

Dawood Ahmadzai

9.50

Sajad Stanikzay

12.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Zafar Iqbal

runout (Zahiri)

1-17

1.1

Mukhtar Ghulami

b Stanikzay

2-56

4.6

Usman Shahid-I

c Mangal b Stanikzay

3-73

6.3

William Singh

c Zahiri b Malikzada

4-86

7.4

President XI

127/5 (9)

Batters

Zain Ahmed

0.00

c Anwari b Zafar Iqbal

Lingeswaran Canessane

257.69

Not out

Shayan Iftikhar

112.50

b Singh

Jamshid Nasiri

183.33

c Ghulami b Shahid-I

Abdul Mahathir Rahman

240.00

b Zafar Iqbal

Rahmatullah Mangal

0.00

lbw b Zafar Iqbal

Zaheer Zahiri

225.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 2, W: 5)

TOTAL

(9 Ov, RR: 14.11)

127/5

Did not Bat

Dawood Ahmadzai, Ahmaddullah Malikzada, Sajad Stanikzay, Hossain ikbal

Bowlers

EXT

Zafar Iqbal

8.00

Manish Kapoor

10.00

William Singh

10.00

Tahseenullah Safi

24.50

Usman Shahid-I

21.00

Abdullah Anwari

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Zain Ahmed

c Anwari b Zafar Iqbal

1-0

0.1

Shayan Iftikhar

b Singh

2-23

2.4

Jamshid Nasiri

c Ghulami b Shahid-I

3-48

4.3

Abdul Mahathir Rahman

b Zafar Iqbal

4-85

7.1

Rahmatullah Mangal

lbw b Zafar Iqbal

5-85

7.2

Match Info

Date & Time

26 Apr, 06:00 PM IST

Venue

Dreux Sport Cricket Club

Match

Qualifier,

Umpires

Susheer De Charotte (France ), Vignesh Prabhu (India), Asif Zahir (France, TV)

Referee

Charles Croucher (Czechia)

Toss

Paris Universite Club elected to bat

1wd 1 2 4 1 1 1

Over 6

Runs: 11

1 4 2wd 1 4 0 0

Over 7

Runs: 12

W W 1 1 6 1

Over 8

Runs: 9

1 4 1wd 4 4 7nb 6 6

Over 9

Runs: 33

All Overs

Player of the Match Lingeswaran Canessane

67(26)

Commentary

We have a little more than an hour before the grand finale of ECS 2024 begins. I suppose we all need that breather after this match. Hopefully, we would see even more twists and turns when President XI lock horns with Dreux for the rights to take the trophy home. Team Sportskeeda would be up and ready to bring you the coverage. For now, Darpan Tikiya and Pragadeesh bid you goodbye!

President XI win by 5 wickets.

Lingeswaran Canessane 67* (26) | Sajad Stanikzay 2/24
Mukhtar Ali Ghulami 23 (13) | Zafar Iqbal 3/16

Remember, the last time these two teams met? We said, "they should have chased it down." Well, there are no shoulds, woulds and coulds in sport. And Lingeswaran Canessane has effectively removed the should from the sentence in the game that mattered more. Indeed, they chased it down.

It wasn't as straight forward though. The start was nightmarish with Zain Ahmed getting dismissed on the first ball of the innings. Men in form - Shayan Iftikhar and Jamshid Nasiri - couldn't convert their starts into anything substantial either.

However, it was a brisk cameo of 24 (10) from Abdul Rahman that turned the tide. Albeit, he couldn't get them home. Zafar Iqbal came back to pick up two wickets in two balls and changed the momentum again.

But President XI had Canessane at the other end, who held his nerve and ensured that the team goes through to finals.

AND THEY BOOK A RENDEZVOUS WITH DREUX IN THE FINAL OF ECS FRANCE 2024! Lingeswaran Canessane is the hero of the moment. His mates pick him up on their shoulders. Rhapsodic celebrations on display.

overs

127 /5 score

1wd

7nb

runs

Lingeswaran Canessane *

67 (26)

Zaheer Zahiri

9 (4)

Tahseenullah Safi

0 /49

8.6 Tahseenullah Safi to Lingeswaran Canessane, SIX! Take a bow, Canessane. President XI are through to the final. Pitched up on a fuller length angling back, Canessane picks it early and deposits it over cow corner for a maximum

SCORES LEVEL!! 1 run to win off 7 balls.

8.5 Tahseenullah Safi to Lingeswaran Canessane, SIX! Stop him if you can. The scores are tied. Misses the yorker not by much, Canessane is in the mood to go after everything. He drills it hard and gets it flat over the long-off ropes

Canessane has led from the front. He gets to a fifty in style. If President XI are able to book a berth in the finals, he will be the prime reason.

8.5 Tahseenullah Safi to Lingeswaran Canessane, SIX! Majestic hit. The players are in the dugout are delighted with this stroke. Gets on top of the bounce and uses his quick hands to help the pull over deep backward square leg. To make matters worse for Safi, this ball is over the shoulder and it's a no-ball

The entire team is on their feet at the dugout. President XI can sense victory here. Don't celebrate prematurely though, folks. You never know!

8.4 Tahseenullah Safi to Lingeswaran Canessane, FOUR! Pitched up on a fuller length, Canessane gives room and slices it behind square on the off-side and it flies in the gap

8.3 Tahseenullah Safi to Lingeswaran Canessane, FOUR! Fuller delivery angling back, Canessane swings across and gets contact in the inside half. The ball rolls to the vacant fine leg fence

Tahseenullah keeps his hands at the waist and shakes his head in disappointment as he sees the umpire stretch his arms.

8.3 Tahseenullah Safi to Lingeswaran Canessane, bangs it into the track and it goes well over the helmet due to the extra pace. Wide signalled

That boundary will make President XI supporters breathe easy. 23 runs to win off 10 balls now.

8.2 Tahseenullah Safi to Lingeswaran Canessane, FOUR! Pitched up on a good length, Canessane clears the front leg and smacks it straight down the ground for a boundary

8.1 Tahseenullah Safi to Zaheer Zahiri, back of a length angling back, helped to backward square leg for one

28 runs needed of 12 balls. Tahseenullah Safi [1-0-16-0] bowls.

Well, the rollercoaster keeps on going through some really enthralling bends. This could still go anywhere. Stay glued to the action my friends, we are going down the wire.

overs

94 /5 score