New Delhi: Abu Dhabi T10 league, season seven, is only one match away from finding its ultimate winners, with the New York Strikers taking on the Deccan Gladiators on Saturday, December 9.
On Friday, Qualifier 1, eliminator and Qualifier 2, matches were played with four teams going all in for a place in the finals, and despite all the teams being star-studded, all three matches of the day turned out to be one-sided affairs, with Strikers and Gladiators, booking their seats for the finals.
In the first match of the day, Morrisville Samp Army took on the New York Strikers in the qualifier 1 match.
Strikers, after being invited to bat first, put on a strong show with the help of their opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (56), and put up a big total of 121 on the board.
In reply, the Samp Army were forced to go down on the knees by Akeal Hosein’s deadly 5 for 6 spells, including a hat trick in the very first over, handing the Strikers a comfortable 41 runs victory and a place in the finals.
Hat-trick in the first over🔥#MSAvNYS #ADT10 #CricketsFastestFormat #AbuDhabiT10 #InAbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/AvWeKRrBGN
— T10 Global (@T10League) December 8, 2023
In the second match, the defending champions, Deccan Gladiators, took on the Bangla Tigers in the eliminator match.
Nuwan Yorker Thushara strikes again 💥#DGvBT #ADT10 #CricketsFastestFormat #AbuDhabiT10 #InAbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/q70W246EnY
— T10 Global (@T10League) December 8, 2023
After being invited to bat first, the Tigers suffered some early blows, but with the help of Gulbadin Naib (52*), the Tigers finished the innings with a strong 112 on the board.
Gulbadin Naib returns to the #ADT10 with an unbeaten half-century 💪 #DGvBT #CricketsFastestFormat #AbuDhabiT10 #InAbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/i0vuzWgWdw
— T10 Global (@T10League) December 8, 2023
In reply, Nicholas Pooran (70*) and Kohler-Cadmore (43*), ran riot to chase down the title in 6.4 overs without losing any wickets, taking the Gladiators to the qualifier 2.
Nicky P – The Destroyer of Worlds 💥#DGvBT #ADT10 #CricketsFastestFormat #AbuDhabiT10 #InAbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/TpNlYnNkKA
— T10 Global (@T10League) December 8, 2023
In the final match of the day, Deccan Gladiators took on the Morrisville Samp Army in the qualifier 2 match.
Continuing their form from the last match, Gladiators, batting first, put a total of 117 for 5 on board.
In reply, Samp Army once again found no answer to the spinners and lost their second match of the day by 28 runs, sending the Gladiators into finals.
Check out the complete points table of the Abu Dhabi T10 after League Stages, below:
And then there were 2️⃣ 🙌#NYSvDG #ADT10 #CricketsFastestFormat #AbuDhabiT10 #InAbuDhabi️ pic.twitter.com/9zyOx3Ae6U
— T10 Global (@T10League) December 8, 2023
| S.no | Teams | M | W | L | NR | Points | NRR |
| 1 | Morrisville Samp Army (Q) (Qualifier 2) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | +1.39 |
| 2 | New York Strikers (Q) (Finals) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | +1.33 |
| 3 | Deccan Gladiators (Q) (Finals) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | +2.05 |
| 4 | Bangla Tigers (Q) (Eliminator) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | +0.17 |
| 5 | Delhi Bulls (E) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | +0.35 |
| 6 | Northern Warriors (E) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -0.42 |
| 7 | The Chennai Braves (E) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | -2.15 |
| 8 | Team Abu Dhabi (E) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | -2.85 |
