SHARJAH – Paul Stirling struck 27-ball 66 as Kerala Kings beat Bengal Tigers by 8 wickets in the first match of the inaugural T10 Cricket League at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in UAE on Thursday.
Kerala Kings chased down the 87-run target with 8 wickets in hand and two overs to spare.
Paul Stirling was rightly adjudged man of the match for his match-winning knock.
Cricket lovers can watch the match through Goonj: New Pocket TV application.
Sarfraz Ahmed led the Tigers in the shortest cricket tournament while Kings by England T20 skipper Eoin Morgan.
Match Timings
The match began at 08:30pm (Pakistan Standard Time).
Cricketers from all over the world are taking party in the four-day cricketing extravaganza from December 14 to 17 with a round robin followed by semifinals and the final.
Players taking part in the tournament were drafted into six teams namely Pakhtoons, Team Sri Lanka Cricket, Punjabi Legends, Kerala Kings, Bengal Tigers and Maratha Arabians.
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The six teams have been divided into two groups of three apiece, with Group A consisting of Bengal Tigers, Kerala Kings and Punjabi Legends while Group B having Maratha Arabians, Pakhtoon and Team Sri Lanka Cricket.
Cricket lovers can watch the match through Goonj: New Pocket TV application.
Each game will take approximately 90 minutes to finish which is half the length of a T20 fixture.
Squads
Kerala Kings: Eoin Morgan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Babar Hayat, Rohan Mustafa, Kieron Pollard, Shakib al Hasan, Paul Stirling, Imran Haider, Sohail Tanvir, Liam Plunkett, Wahab Riaz, Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, Chadwick Walton and Nicholas Pooran.
Bengal Tigers: Rameez Shahzad, Darren Sammy, Darren Bravo, Mohammad Nawaz, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Ryan McLaren, Mohammed Naveed, Mustafizur Rahman, Rumaan Raees, Hasan Khan, Anwar Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher.