AD vs DB

Dwayne Bravo (Delhi Bulls captain): That was the aim (qualifying for the Qualifiers and not just getting the win). So, I am very proud of the boys. First, we have to be professional. Winning the tournament is also very important. We have to enjoy this win and then focus on the next match. In this tournament, there is no such thing as peaking at the right time. Any team can take the game away from you in a match by playing better than you. 

Ramanullah Gurbaz (Player of the Match): Bismillah Rahman Rahim! I am in good form. I was just positive and did my job. DJ Bravo as a captain, you would be relaxed every time. I learnt a lot about cricket from him. I can't explain my emotions. 

Defending a total of 135 runs, Delhi Bulls tried their best to restrict Team Abu Dhabi to 107 runs as a run more than that would squash their hopes of making it to the Qualifiers. And boy, they did it in some style!

Eoin Morgan started the innings with spin and Hemraj got the wicket of Paul Stirling in the very first over. With the duo of Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone looking dangerous in the middle, things were going out of the hands for the Bulls. 

The duo took Team Abu Dhabi from 8/1 to 41/1 in 13 balls. However, Salt fell first to Shiraz Ahmed ending his 9 ball sojourn scoring 25 balls. Liam Livingstone was the next one to depart after scoring 29 runs off 14 balls. 

Adil Rashid took his wicket and he scalped Colin Ingram and Jamie Overton as well with his googlies to complete his hat-trick. The rest of the batting line-up crumbled like a pack of cards as the death bell rang near to them. 

Dominic Drakes took a three-wicket haul while Shiraz Ahmed and Chandrapaul Hemraj took a wicket apiece. With the win, Delhi Bulls would be oozing with confidence heading into the Qualifiers as they are two wins away from lifting the coveted 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 title. 

9.6 Dominic Drakes to Naveen-ul-Haq, gets the direction wrong with the final delivery of the innings. Goes well down the leg-side. Has to reload it once again

9.4 Dominic Drakes to Naveen-ul-Haq, good length ball on the off-stump. Lofts it straight back over the bowler but finds Dwayne Bravo at long-on

9.2 Dominic Drakes to Muhammad Farooq, OUT! Drakes gets one! Brilliant catch by Rutherford! Short of a length outside the off-stump. Farooq miscues it to the left of mid-off in a bid to force it. Rutherford dives to his left and plucks it out.

Muhammad Farooq c Sherfane Rutherford b Dominic Drakes 3 (11b 0x4 0x6)

9.1 Dominic Drakes to Merchant de Lange, off-cutter angling across the right-hander. The umpire reckons it is a touch too wide of the off-stump

Just three times Marchant de Lange managed to connect the bat with the ball and on one of those occasions, he nearly got caught out. Team Abu Dhabi require 57 runs to win from 6 balls. 

8.6 Nyeem Young to Merchant de Lange, off-cutter back of a good length. de Lange is through the shot a touch too early and gets the toe end of the bat