MI Emirates overpower Dubai Capitals to emerge as ILT20 champions
FirstpostMI Emirates’s run riot crafted by their skipper Nicholas Pooran and Andre Fletcher’s half centuries, which produced the highest total this season, blew away Dubai Capitals by 45 runs to emerge as the new champions of the DP World ILT20 Season 2. In front of a packed Dubai International Stadium, Pooran scored a breezy unbeaten captain’s knock of 57 runs off 27 balls studded with six sixes and two boundaries. Openers Muhammad Waseem and his partner Kusal Perera contributed aggressively, with Waseem scoring 43 off 24 balls, including three boundaries and three sixes, and Perera adding 38 off 26 balls, with six boundaries, leading to a 77-run opening partnership and helping MI Emirates set a record score of 208 for 3 in 20 overs. Thirteen wickets in the tournament feels like the hard work is coming through; we can only get better.” Brief scores: MI Emirates 208 for 3 in 20 overs Dubai Capitals 163 for 7 in 20 overs MI Emirates beat Dubai Capitals by 45 runs Player of the Match: Nicholas Pooran