BRAMPTON: Ruben Trumpelmann returned astounding figures of 3/8 to decimate Montreal Tigers’ batting lineup before Mohammad Rizwan’s calculated half-century drove Vancouver Knights to a nine-wicket victory in GT20 Canada.
Opting to bat first, Montreal Tigers’ batting lineup failed completely and could only raise 99 runs on the board before being bundled out in the penultimate over.
The table-toppers after a poor start, kept losing wickets at an alarming rate before the Knights bowlers eventually booked them on a meagre total.
Opening batter Muhammad Waseem (28 off 24) and Dipendra Singh Airee (24) offered brief resistance against a dominant Tigers’ bowling attack.
The next best scores for the Tigers were Dilpreet Singh (14) and Andre Russell (12) while the rest failed to make it into the double figures.
Ruben Trumpelmann led the bowling attack for the Knights with 3/8, followed by Junaid Siddique’s 3/27 while Corbin Bosch had two wickets to his name.
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In response, Mohammad Rizwan spearheaded an easy pursuit with a sensible half-century.
The Knights, however, had a contrasting start to the run chase as they lost hard-hitting opener Fakhar Zaman (4) in the third over with just 21 runs on the board.
Bosch partnered strongly with in-form Rizwan and steered the Knights to victory with an unbeaten 82-run partnership.
The wicketkeeper batter scored his second consecutive half-century for the Knights, who chased down a modest 100-run target in the 15th over.
Rizwan smashed 10 boundaries and a six on his way to a 54-ball 68 not out.
Bosch, on the other hand, scored an unbeaten 28 off 29 deliveries, laced with three boundaries.
With a dominant nine-wicket victory over the leaders, Vancouver Knights rose to the fourth position in GT20 Canada standings while Montreal Tigers remained at the top.
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