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ABU DHABI: Hassan Eisakhel wreaked havoc with a blistering half-century before bowlers steered Sharjah to a dominant 65-run victory over Emirates Blues in the 37th fixture of the ongoing Emirates D10 League.

Opting to bat first, Sharjah accumulated a mammoth 139/3 in 10 overs, thanks to a quickfire half-century by Hassan Eisakhel.

Sharjah openers Eisakhel and Qamar Awan laid a solid foundation for a massive total as they put on a brilliant opening partnership; adding 73 runs inside five overs.

Hassan Eisakhel was the core aggressor of the brilliant opening stand with Awan as he struck a belligerent 63 off just 20 deliveries, laced up with six boundaries and five sixes before Adithya Shetty finally got rid of him in the fifth over.

Qamar Awan then also looked to switch gears amid his brief partnership with Usman Khan until he perished in the next over as Alishan Sharafu trapped him. He scored 16 off 11 with the help of a six.

Usman Khan then spearheaded Sharjah’s march for a massive total with a sensational knock which ended in the final over. He smashed two boundaries and two sixes on his way to a brisk 19-ball 31.

For Emirates Blues, Sabir Rao, Adhitya Shetty and Alishan Sharafu could pick up a wicket.

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Set to chase a mammoth total, the Emirates Blues’ batting lineup failed completely and finished at 74/6 in the allotted 10 overs.

Ashwant Valthapa top-scored for Emirates Blues amid a dismal show with the bat; scoring 22 off 18 deliveries.

Besides him, Aryan Saxena (13) and skipper Unaib Rehman (12) remained the notable run-getters which, however, turned out insufficient to steer their side to glory as the rest of their batters remained clueless against Sharjah’s bowling attack and failed to make it into the double figures.

Matiullah Khan and Mohammad Nadeem were the picks of the bowlers for Sharjah as they bagged two wickets each while Muhammad Mudassar Ali and Taimoor Bhatti struck out a batter each.

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ABU DHABI: Harsh Desai’s twin wickets before skipper Aryan Saxena’s vital knock paved the way for Emirates Blues to a narrow three-wicket victory over Dubai in the 19th fixture of the ongoing Emirates D10 League.

Put into bat first, Dubai batters struggled against Emirates Blues’ bowling attack, which barred them from scoring freely and restricted them to a modest total of 71/6 in the allotted 10 overs.

Dubai, after a poor start, kept losing wickets at regular intervals before being halted to a below-par total of 71; courtesy of some tight bowling by the Blues’ bowlers.

Safeer Tariq (16) top-scored for Dubai amid their dismal show with the bat, followed by openers Ronak Paloy (14) and Hriday Savnani (14).

Harsh Desai led the bowling attack for Emirates Blues with his economical two overs in which he leaked away just nine runs and picked up two wickets. Zawar Farid, Akasha Tahir and Harit Shetty picked up a wicket apiece.

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Set to chase a meagre 72, Emirates Blues completed the pursuit in the last over with three wickets in hand but that was not achieved without hiccups as the Blues, after a decent start ran into a collapse and kept losing wickets at an alarming rate.

However, skipper Aryan Saxena’s quickfire 14-run knock sailed them through. He smashed two sixes amid his match-winning effort and remained the joint top-scorer for his side in the run chase with Alishan Sharafu and Ashwant Valthapa.

Nilansh Keswani, Shahid Nawaz, and Rahul Bhatia led the bowling attack for Dubai with two wickets each while Farooq Mohammad struck out a batter.

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ABU DHABI: Right-arm spinner Adhitya Shetty starred with the ball before Alishan Sharafu’s unbeaten half-century in the run chase muscled Emirates Blues to a perfect 10-wicket victory over Sharjah in the 14th match of the ongoing Emirates D10 League.

Opting to bat first, Sharjah could only accumulate 87/5 in the allotted 10 overs despite Hassan Eisakhel’s quickfire knock. He smashed three sixes and a boundary on his way to a 21-ball 30 and top-scored for Sharjah.

Besides Eisakhel, none of Sharjah’s batters could go big with only Khalid Shah remaining the other notable run-getter with a 13-ball 14.

Adhitya Shetty led the bowling attack for the Blues as he picked up three wickets and only leaked 12 runs in the process.

Set to chase a modest 88-run target, Emirates Blues comfortably chased down the total in the eighth over without losing a wicket.

Alishan Sharafu was the core aggressor of his unbeaten partnership with Zawar Farid as he scored 59 off just 28 deliveries, laced up with nine boundaries and two sixes.

His opening partner, Farid, on the other hand, firmed the other end and also carried his bat all the way through after an 18-ball 19 with the help of a boundary and a six.

None of the Sharjah bowlers could pick up a wicket and thus, Emirates Blues registered a thumping 10-wicket victory.

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