Dheeraj helps Dubai Rhinos beat Mammoths for Big Forty title

Dubai Rhinos asserted their supremacy over Dubai Mammoths to win the Big Forty Cricket Tournament’s second edition at the The Sevens ground on Friday night.

Rhinos’ Raj Dheeraj, later adjudged the ‘man of the final’, notched a half century to take Rhinos to 189 for 7 in 25 overs.

Mammoths had a good start but once their star batsman Ambey Parwatkar, later named ‘man of the tournament’, was run out, they imploded and fell short of their target.

Dheeraj made 55 from 30 balls stroking two sixes and five boundaries.
 
Brief scores (final):

Dubai Rhinos beat Dubai Mammoths by 17 runs: Rhinos 189 for 7 in 25 overs (Raj Dheeraj 55, Vinod Nair 29, Lucky Abbas 24, Ayub Inayat 20, Micky Sidhu 17, Rajesh Thadani 17 no; Maqsood Sayed 2 for 37, Ambey Parwatkar 2 for 27, Devendra Taneja 1 for 28, Shiva Pagarani 1 for 52) Mammoths 171 for 9 in 25 overs (Devendra Taneja 34, Riji Mohan 26, Vinay Mehra 19, Moinuddin 15 no, Shiva Pagarani 13 no; Biju Nair 2 for 33, Lucky Abbas 2 for 25, Micky Sidhu 1 for 13, Vivan Nair 1 for 2, Mustafa 1 for 11). Man of the match: Raj Dheeraj of Rhinos.

Best batsman: Akbar Rana of Old Hawks (Six matches, 353 runs)

Best bowler: Nasir Iqbal Shah of Alubond Cool & Cool (Three matches, 10 wickets)

Man of the tournament: Ambey Parwatkar of Dubai Mammoths (Six matches, 288 runs and 11 wickets).

Follow Emirates 24|7 on Google News.