BRAMPTON: Surrey Jaguars put on a dominant show with the ball before Litton Das’s half-century led them to a convincing six-wicket victory over Brampton Wolves in the 18th match of the GT20 Canada.
Put into bat first, the strong Wolves batting lineup crumbled against a disciplined Jaguars’ bowling attack and could score a meagre 128/9 in the allotted 20 overs.
The home side after getting off to a shaky start, kept losing wickets at an alarming rate which barred them from registering a decent total on the board.
Former New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhome waged a lone battle with a gutsy run-a-ball 34 and top-scored for the Wolves.
The next notable run-getters for the Wolves were Nitish Kumar, Mark Chapman and Aaron Johnson, who scored 14 each, followed by Usman Khan, scoring a cautious 13 up the order.
Besides them, none of the Wolves’ batter could enter into the double figures.
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Matthew Forde, Ayaan Khan and Ammar Khalid bagged two wickets each for the Jaguars while Spencer Johnson made one scalp.
In response, Litton Das’s sensible half-century recovered Jaguars from an early collapse and to a comfortable victory with 11 balls to spare.
The Jaguars got off to a shaky start to the pursuit as they lost three wickets with just 21 runs on the board in 4.3 Overs as Jatinder Singh (5), Mohammad Haris (9) and Pragat Singh (0) perished cheaply.
Das and skipper Iftikhar Ahmed then stitched a match-defining 99-run partnership for the fourth wicket to propel the Jaguars in touching distance to the glory.
The pair batted with utmost domination and was looking confident to carry their bat all the way through before Shahid Ahmadzai finally dismissed Das.
He top-scored for the Jaguars with a 45-ball 59, laced with three boundaries and three sixes.
Meanwhile, Iftikhar Ahmed stood his ground firm and steered his side over the line with an unbeaten 38 from 41 balls with the help of one boundary and two sixes.
Shahid Ahmadzai, Chris Green, Logan van Beek and Tim Southee could pick up a wicket apiece for the Wolves.
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