Shane Watson, Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan Sparkle, Yuvraj Singh Flops on T10 Debut

Turning out for Maratha Arabians, Yuvraj Singh managed just six runs on T10 League debut as his team suffered a nine-wicket defeat.

Turning out for Maratha Arabians, Yuvraj Singh managed just six runs on T10 League debut as his team suffered a nine-wicket defeat at the hands of Northern Warriors in a Group B match on Friday. Put in to bat first at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Arabians struggled to 88/6 in 10 overs thanks to Dasun Shanka who top-scored with an unbeaten 37 off 19. Andre Russell then blasted an unbeaten 58 off 24 with four fours and six sixes as Warriors overhauled the target in just 7 overs, making 91/1. Besides his fireworks with the bat, Russell also picked 2/12 from his two overs.

The other Indian star featuring in the league Zaheer Khan also had a little impact in his Delhi Bulls’ seven-wicket win over Deccan Gladiators in the second match of the day. Powered by allrounder Shane Watson’s 57 not out, Gladiators made a challenging 102/1 in 10 overs. The sole wicket went to Dushmantha Chameera (1/19) while Zaheer bowled one wicketless over for 13 runs. In reply, Bulls lost three wickets in three overs, all to Zahir Khan (3/17) before captain Eoin Morgan in the company of Angelo Mathews resurrected their innings. Morgan struck a blistering half-century, 52 not out off 27 deliveries while Mathews scored 13-ball 22* as Bulls reached the target with three deliveries to spare.

The third and final match turned out to be a nail-biter, ending in a tie. Moeen Ali-led Team Abu Dhabi scored 103/6 after being put in to bat first. Corey Anderson was their top-scorer with 43 off 22 while for Qalandars, Lahiru Kumara (2/22) was the pick of the bowlers.

Needing 23 runs off 12 deliveries, Phillip Salt struck a hat-trick of fours off Ben Laughlin in the penultimate over bringing down the equation to a gettable 9 off 6. However, Marchant de Lange conceded eight besides removing Salt (22) keeping Qalandars to 103/3.