New Delhi. Before the IPL 2025 auction, players were dropped by their teams. Now these same players are trying to show that their team did not do well by performing well in different matches. Phil Salt, who played an important role in making KKR the champion of IPL 2024, has also done the same. He played a explosive inning of 53 runs in the very first match of the 8th season of the Abu Dhabi T10 League. Thanks to his innings, Team Abu Dhabi defeated Ajman Bolts by 9 wickets.
The 8th season of Abu Dhabi T10 League has started with a bang on Thursday. In the very first match of the season, Team Abu Dhabi defeated Ajman Bolts. First, its bowlers performed brilliantly and restricted the score to a paltry score of 79 runs for 8 wickets. Then the batsmen achieved the target in just 5.4 overs.
Team Abu Dhabi, which set out to chase the target of 80 runs, had a bad start. Its opener Paul Stirling could not open the account even after playing 4 balls and was out in the last ball of the first over. When he was out, Team Abu Dhabi’s score was 3 runs. After Paul Stirling’s dismissal, his countryman Jonny Bairstow came to support opener and captain Phil Salt.
England’s Phil Salt and Jonny Bairstow started such a thrashing from the very next over that winds started flying in the faces of the Ajman Bolts bowlers. Phil Salt and Bairstow made their team win by making a partnership of 78 runs in just 28 balls. Team Abu Dhabi won the match by scoring 81 runs for one wicket in 5.4 overs. Phil Salt played an unbeaten inning of 53 runs in 19 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 2 fours. Jonny Bairstow remained unbeaten after scoring 22 runs in 14 balls with the help of four fours.
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 21, 2024, 21:08 IST