Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard became the second player after Chris Gayle to smash 900 or more 6s in the history of T20 cricket during his ILT20 clash for MI Emirates versus Desert Vipers on Thursday.Pollard knocked 36 runs from 23 balls in a knock that featured two fours and 3 sixes.Pollard had 898 optimums to his name in 689 matches in a T20 career that started in 2006.
He got to the 900 mark with a huge 6 off Lockie Ferguson in the 19th over of the first innings of the clash at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.Notably, Gayle has struck 1056 6s and leads the tally by a handsome margin.
While he was dismissed on 36, Pollard’& rsquo; s knock assisted MI acquire a competitive rating of 159/6.
However, the target was inadequate.
Fakhar Zaman led the run-chase along with Alex Hales as they installed an opening partnership of 62 before the latter was cleaned up by Waqar Salamkheil for 34.
Fakhar smashed 67 and was the foundation of the chase.
Sam Curran and Sherfane Rutherford stepped up later on with scores of 28 and 21, respectively, to help the Vipers win by 5 wickets with five balls to spare.The safeguarding Emirates have just one win in their very first 3 matches, while the Deserts are unbeaten after three outings in the tournament.Friday’& rsquo; s matchSharjah Warriorz will take on Dubai Capitals on Friday.
The match will be transmitted live on Ariana Television from 7pm.
The pre-match program will begin at 6.30 pm Kabul time.The full broadcasting schedule is as below.
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