BYS vs VG

That's it from the enthralling and enthrallingly ludicrous match, folks! This is the pair of Soorya and Rudransh signing off for Sportskeeda! We'll see you next time! 

What happened here??? END OF THE MATCH! VFB Gelsenkirchen beat Bayer Spartans by 18 runs!

Ronit Satapathy 34* (22) | Muhammad Oweis (5/6)
Shazaib Khan 37 (14) and (2/29)

Well, that was simply unbelievable. From 71/2 at one stage, the Spartans collapsed to 87/10 and all because every batter that came out wanted to hit glory shots after glory shots without much substance.

The pitch wasn't the easiest to bat on and Asif and Fatmi gave them a great start at the top of the order against the pacers in the powerplay. Madanagopal picked up two wickets back-to-back but Shazaib Khan then came in and tonked a few sixes to put his team back into the driving seat.

Muhammad Oweis came as a pigeon among the cats. There was something about his loopy leg-breaks that put off the Spartans who kept on trying to hit him over mid-wicket against the turn. Shazaib and four others in the lower order fell that way. From a run-a-ball situation they lost the plot completely.

Anand took another wicket between Oweis' fifer before Ulhaq ran himself out on the penultimate ball of Oweis' spell to put the final nail in the coffin.

Unbelievable scenes in Krefeld! The last seven wickets have fallen for just nine runs! Out of absolutely nowhere, VFB Gelsenkirchen have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. One of the most incredible passages of play we've seen in a long, long time. Wow!

8.5 Muhammad Oweis to Mustafa Ulhaq, RUN OUT!!!!!!!!!! ALL OVER! Skidding googly on the pads, Oweis pulls it awkwardly to mid-wicket and goes for the run but his partner is still at the crease, the throw comes in quickly and the keeper whips the bails off as he's standing halfway down, shrugging.

Mustafa Ulhaq run out (Krishnan Sahasranaman/Midhun Sompalle) 0 (1b, 0x4, 0x6)

Five for Oweis! Sheer magnificence from the tweaker! He has single-handedly dismantled this Spartans lineup and has put his side on the verge of an incredible win here.

8.4 Muhammad Oweis to Enoch Dayanandan, AND ANOTHERRRRRR! FIVE WICKET HAUL FOR OWEIS! He missed the previous ball which was similar but didn't learn from it and went again, got it off the toe end and long-on catches it!

Enoch Dayanandan c Ace Pruss b Muhammad Oweis 0 (4b, 0x4, 0x6)

There's simply no stopping Oweis today! It was a tempting length and Naeem went for the wild heave-ho but alas, plays terribly around it in the end. Four for Oweis - this is just an unbelievable turn of events!

8.1 Muhammad Oweis to Sameer Naeem, OUT! 86/8! WOW! Full googly, almost yorker length, it's slow as well as Naeem tries for a slog sweep and missed it completely!

Sameer Naeem b Muhammad Oweis 2 (4b, 0x4, 0x6)

This is unfolding in a manner none of us would have envisioned a couple of overs ago. If anything, the possibility of the chase coming to a close by now was quite high but again, what's T10 and ECS without a twist and a turn here and there eh? Bayer Spartans require 20 runs off 12 deliveries at 10.00 RPO.

What's with Palaniappan and these dicey catches eh? What he has done well though is to hold on both times and the Spartans are botching up something very straightforward here.

7.4 Vishu Anand to Zakirullah Asmari, ONE MORE GOES! Full and turning away from a wide line and another batter reaches out for it to go over mid-wicket and gets an edge to it, easily taken by mid-wicket!

Zakirullah Asmari c Rubesh Palaniappan b Vishu Anand 2 (3b, 0x4, 0x6)