ILT20 2023: Fazalhaq Farooqi moonfall costs MI Emirates five runs

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The event took place during the match between Abu Dhabi Knight Riders and MI Emirates.

In the eleventh game of the ongoing International League T20, MI Emirates faced off against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders. MI Emirates easily defeated their opponents by a margin of five wickets to win the match. Najibullah Zadran was named player of the game for his late, fast cameo, which enabled his team to win.

With pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi moonfall taking centre stage, the game did witness an interesting occurrence aside from that. He was given the ball to bowl the game’s second over. Brandon King, the perplexed batter, and Nicholas Pooran, the wicketkeeper, were both passed by his maiden ball as it soared into the air and slipped his clutches.

In the end, Farooqi surrendered five runs, four byes, a no-ball, and a free-hit to the opposing side.

Farooqi fought back to defeat Andre Russell and Zawar Farid with the final score of 2/27. Dhananjaya de Silva’s 40-ball 65 helped the Knight Riders reach 170-7.

The Knight Riders, however, dropped the match in the last over. Russell was given the opportunity to defend 20 runs against two positioned batters. After Dwayne Bravo smashed a six, two, four, and one to make it seven off two, Najibullah Zadran hammered two sixes to end the match.

Knight Riders have lost all four matches so far

Being in last place in the standings, the Knight Riders are in serious difficulty. They have lost all five of their games thus far, so if they want to stay on track for the playoffs, they will need a speedy and powerful comeback.

Mumbai Emirates, on the other hand, are comfortably in third place after winning all three of their games in the first International League T20.

Although it is still early in the season, Fazalhaq Farooqi is also competing for the title of highest wicket taker. He has four wickets in three games and will be attempting to surpass Chris Jordan, who has six, by taking more wickets.

The ongoing UAE ILT20 2023 tournament has seen some amazing matches in the league thus far and some entertaining moments as well. However, one such entertaining, but bizarre delivery from Fazalhaq Farooqi left everyone scratching their heads and in splits.

The incident happened during a match between MI Emirates and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders on Saturday when Fazalhaq Farooqi of the Emirates team couldn’t grip the ball properly and almost hurled the ball over the head of the batter and the keeper nearly for a six.

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