National Cricket League T10 2024: David Malan’s Stormy Knock Leads Texas Gladiators to 42-Run Win Over Dallas Lonestars

Texas Gladiators Set a Strong Target

Let us tell you that playing first, the team of Texas Gladiators scored 140 runs for 3 wickets in 10 overs in which captain David Malan batted in a stormy manner, Malan played an innings of 67 runs in just 26 balls, in his innings, Malan hit 2 fours and 8 sixes. The most special thing about David Milan’s innings was that he created a stir by scoring runs with a strike rate of 257.69. Apart from Malan, Nick Kelly scored 45 runs in 25 balls. Kelly succeeded in hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes.

At the same time, Shahid Afridi, who was playing as an impact player, did not get much chance to bat. The former Pakistani legend played an innings of 6 runs in 4 balls. In his innings, Afridi also did wonders by hitting a four, for the fans, watching Afridi bat again was like diving into the ocean of excitement. On the other hand, bowlers Chris Wood and Chris Green were successful in taking one wicket each

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Lonestars Fall Short in the Chase

Chasing the target of 141 runs, the team of Dallas Lonestars could make only 98 runs for three wickets in 10 overs. Sohaib Maqsood was the only batsman from Lonestars who batted in a fast style. Maqsood scored 67 runs in 36 balls which included 5 fours and 6 sixes. Sohaib Maqsood tried his best to take his team closer to the target by scoring runs with a strike rate of 186, but in the end, the team of Texas Gladiators CC was successful in winning the match. From Texas Gladiators CC, Nisarg Patel was successful in taking two wickets and James Fuller was successful in taking one wicket.

Fans Excited for Future Matches in National Cricket League

Legends like Dinesh Karthik and Shahid Afridi are also participating in this tournament. In such a situation, the fans were very happy to see both the legends playing on the field again, even though both the players did not get much chance in the first match, but in the coming matches, the fans are hopeful that both these legends will be able to win the hearts of the fans again with their game.

A total of 19 matches will be played in this tournament (Sixty Strikers) during 10 days. The league stage will end by October 11. After this, playoff qualifier 1, qualifier 2, eliminator, and final matches will be played.

Both Teams Playing XI

• Dallas Lonestars CC: Colin Munro, Gaurav Bajaj, Sohaib Maqsood, Chris Green, Matt Critchley, Sai Praveen Posani, Saikant Akunuri, Samit Patel, Dinesh Karthik, Binura Fernando, Chris Wood, Hayden Walsh, Nakash Basharat, Pragyan Ojha
• Texas Gladiators CC: David Malan, Jathin Varijakshan, Nick Kelly, Romil Afzal, James Fuller, Ashton Agar, Keemo Paul, Shahid Afridi, Kenar Lewis, Smit Patel, Jason Behrendorff, Nisarg Patel, Usman Rafiq, Wahab Riaz