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Royal Eagles won by 8 wickets Sachin Chauhan 45(14) | Abhijit Jayakumar 43(24) Pankaj Kumar 1-13(2) | Rebin George 2-15(2)
Jayakumar met his standards with the bat but the same cannot be said with the ball as he conceded 35 runs in just 8 deliveries. His bowling spell coupled with the fielding lapses ensured another defeat for the Falcons. It was a dream start for the Eagles as the Chauhan duo went after the bowlers inside the powerplay. Sumit was the aggressor in the partnership as he got himself into a rampage mode, smashing 45 runs off 14 deliveries.
The Falcons broke the opening stand and pulled things back with three tight overs but Jayakumar's reintroduction in the penultimate over didn't help the team's cause. Emad scored a boundary and massive six to seal things in style for the Eagles
8.3 Abhijith Jayakumar to Emad Khan, SIX! GAME, SET AND MATCH! Emad Khan wasted no time, he finishes with a four and a six to seal the deal. Short into the batter, Emad thumped it over deep square-leg for a maximum. Royal Falcons remain at the bottom of the table with yet another loss.
8.2 Abhijith Jayakumar to Emad Khan, EDGED AND FOUR! Fortuitous boundary for Eagles, they edge closer to victory in this contest now. Short into the batter, gets big on Emad who looks to fend it away but takes the outside edge, races down to third-man ropes.
8.1 Abhijith Jayakumar to Sumit Chauhan, short on the off-stump, Sumit swatted it down to long-on, doesn't connect well and falls safely as they pick up a single.
8.1 Abhijith Jayakumar to Sumit Chauhan, WIDE! Short and strays it down the leg-side, has been called a wide.
The Falcons aren't entirely out of the contest looking at how things panned out in the last three overs. It looked like a one-sided contest but the bowlers put the squeeze on and an all-important penultimate over coming up
8
overs
85/2score
1
0
0
1
1
w
runs
Sheraz Dilbar*
6(10)
Sumit Chauhan
26(24)
Pankaj Kumar
1/13
7.6 Pankaj Kumar to Sheraz Dilbar, OUT! HOLES OUT A LONG-OFF! Finally, finally, Falcons hold on to something. Full and outside the off-stump, Dilbar swings and hits it straight to the man at long-off who manages to cling on to it.
Sheraz Dilbar c Jayakumar b Kumar 6 (10b, 0*4, 0*6)
7.5 Pankaj Kumar to Sumit Chauhan, length delivery on the off-stump, Sumit smacked it down to long-on for one.
7.4 Pankaj Kumar to Sheraz Dilbar, DROPPED! Another catch goes down, just the kind of story of Falcons and one of the reasons why they remain winless in the tournament. Dilbar skips down the track and skies it, cover fielder drops the simplest of catches.
7.3 Pankaj Kumar to Sheraz Dilbar, back of a length outside the off-stump, Dilbar has another swing and a miss, through to the keeper
7.2 Pankaj Kumar to Sheraz Dilbar, full and wide of off-stump, Dilbar has a wild swing and a miss.
7.1 Pankaj Kumar to Sumit Chauhan, length delivery outside the off-stump, Sumit belted it down to long-off, on the bounce takes the fielder for just one.
Two very tight overs from the Falcons but the Eagles have things under control and it's their game to lose from here
7
overs
82/1score
2
0
1
1
1
1
runs
Sumit Chauhan*
24(22)
Sheraz Dilbar
5(6)
Rabin Momin
0/17
6.6 Rabin Momin to Sumit Chauhan, back of a length on the off-stump, Sumit swatted it down to long-off for a single.
6.5 Rabin Momin to Sheraz Dilbar, slower one, full on the fourth stump. Dilbar walks down the track and swipes it to deep mid-wicket for one.
6.4 Rabin Momin to Sumit Chauhan, DROPPED! This has been a horrendous display of fielding from the Falcons, another catch goes down begging. Sumit gets yet another life as he looks to swing and miscued it, cover fielder had all the time in the world but he shells it.
6.3 Rabin Momin to Sheraz Dilbar, another slower one, length delivery outside the off-stump. Dilbar swipes it hard to deep mid-wicket for just one.