IR vs ANS

Shadab Jakati (Player of the Match, India Royals): Feeling good to contribute for the team and they end up on the winning side. The format is such that the game changes every over. We knew we have a good bowling unit, at the end of the day, it was a good game of cricket

Faiz Fazal [Indian Royals captain]: We batted really well, Shadab batted well opening for us, started well. Hopefully it was a humdinger for the crowd in the end. We want to carry to the momentum, just want to go out and express ourselves.

Mehran Khan [Asian Stars captain]: Definitely, India is playing very well throughout the tournament. Our plan was to win the match, but didn't go our way. We had big hitters in the dug out, but we left it too late.

10:00 pm local time and IST: Indian Royals win by 9 runs

Asian Stars: 159/3 (20 overs)

Mehran Khan: 56(43b) | Manpreet Gony: 1/13 (2 overs)
Kashyap Prajapati: 54(53b) | Sudeep Tyagi: 1/28 (3 overs)

What a game of cricket we have been treated to. Both teams needed to fight hard here and in the end, it was one of them that came out on top of this enthralling contest. Asian Stars will be gutted to end on the wrong side of things. Indian Royals ensure they win all four of their scheduled contests and have sealed the top spot in the points table.

Asian Stars lost an early wicket but Kashyap Prajapati and Mehran Khan managed to keep things afloat in the middle. Mehran Khan got to his 50 and looked to up the ante but failed and lost his wicket. Kashyap Prajapati looked to carry his bat till the end but left things too late. It was Sahul Kanwar who had the Indian Royals' hearts in their mouths but his dismissal, in the end, ensured that his whirlwind knock ended and the fate of the game was sealed then.

The Indian Royals spinners managed to keep a tight leash on the scoring rates as they didn't allow the batters to chip in with boundaries regularly. Sudeep Tyagi, Bipul Sharma, and Manpreet Gony picked up a wicket each. The fielding was good as well, with the men raiding the fence doing a fine job of holding onto their chances and cutting the supply of runs to a great extent.

Let's go down to hear what the presentation ceremony has in store for us.

19.6 Sudeep Tyagi to Kashyap Prajapati, INDIAN ROYALS PREVAIL! Indian Royals hold on to their nerve, turned out to be a brilliant game in the end. Another yorker from Tyagi, Prajapati could only dig it out to long-off for one.

19.5 Sudeep Tyagi to Swapnil Patil, length delivery on the stumps, Patil knocked it down to long-on for one. That's it, unless Tyagi bowls a no-ball this is done and dusted for Stars.

19.4 Sudeep Tyagi to Swapnil Patil, another brilliant yorker from Tyagi. Patil could only dig it out back to the bowler. Tyagi casually tries to help it on to the stumps at the bowler's end and misses. They pick up two overthrows.

19.3 Sudeep Tyagi to Sarul Kanwar, OUT! HOLES OUT AT LONG-OFF! Danger man Kanwar perishes. Back of a length on off-stump, Kanwar doesn't get hold of it and Gony takes a simple catch.

Sarul Kanwar c Manpreet Gony b Sudeep Tyagi 40(15b, 3x4, 3x6)

19.2 Sudeep Tyagi to Kashyap Prajapati, too full on off-stump, Prajapati drilled it to long-off for a single. Kanwar is back on strike, can he pick up a boundary now?

19.1 Sudeep Tyagi to Sarul Kanwar, OH! Terrific start from Tyagi. Nails the yorker, tailed into the leg-stump. Kanwar digs it down to long-off and gets just one.

Kashyap Prajapati might have played the most crucial boundary of this match. His knock has been a struggle in the middle, but the batter chips in at a time when his team needed him the most. Asian Stars need 16 runs in 6 balls

18.6 Bipul Sharma to Kashyap Prajapati, FOUR! Crucial boundary of the last ball, brings down the equation to 16 now. Short on middle and leg, Prajapati hammered the swipe through mid-wicket and races away to the ropes. Prajapati brings up the fifty too with that boundary.

18.4 Bipul Sharma to Sarul Kanwar, skips down the wicket, Kanwar hacks it to deep square-leg and picks up couple. How much will Stars be comfortable scoring in the final over?