Abdul Rahman smashes a brilliant 110 while Mohamad Hasan scalps 8wkts vs Kanpur U/14 in the BPL T20 Tournament ‘18

Played at Basti, two promising teams took on each other namely Basti Blues and Kanpur U-14 Teams where in Basti Blue won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of making a big 1^st innings total to put the opposition under pressure.

Basti Blues batting first made a big total of 190/2 in 20 overs on the back of their skipper Abdul Rahman’s brilliant hundred. Opening the innings, Abdul took on the bowlers with dominance as he smashed 6fours and 5sixes at a strike rate of 187. Abdul’s blazing knock was well supported by Pushpendra singh who scored 39 while all-rounder Mohamad Hasan scored an unbeaten 24* before the end of the innings.

Defending 191, the pressure was more on Kanpur team as targets of 180+ are always difficult to chase in a T20 game but spinner Mohamad Hasan came up with one of the best T20 Bowling spells taking an 8wkt haul. Leg-break bowler Mohamad Hasan came up with brilliant bowling figures of 8/32 in 4overs which reduced Kanpur U/14 to 1768 in 20 overs. The strong batting line up of Kanpur where in Divyanshu Singh top scored with a 55ball 78 fell short of 14runs.

Forget about T20’s, 8wkt haul is difficult to get in One Dayers and even in Tests and what Hasan did was simply commendable with the ball which also helped him earn ‘man of the match award’ while Abdul’s brilliant 59ball 110 played a equally big role in the win.

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