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T20Sim Cup #31

Kolkata Kings vs Killer Whales

Venue: Johannesburg Lions Arena

Round: 9 • Result: Chasing team won by 3 wickets • Winner: Kolkata Kings

Man of the Match
Imtiaz Ali
Batting: 47 (33) • SR 142.42 • 4s 4 • 6s 1 | Team: Kolkata Kings

Innings

Innings 1 — Killer Whales
Score: 173/8 • Overs: 20.0
Bowling: Kolkata Kings
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Arjun Venkatesh 0 1 0.00 0 0 lbw b Mitch O’Connor
Axel van Dijk 2 5 40.00 0 0 b Ritvik Chand
Callum Hughes 18 8 225.00 1 2 lbw b Mitch O’Connor
Diego Mendez 27 20 135.00 3 0 c Axel van Dijk b Tenzin Dorje
Aarav Sethi 8 11 72.73 0 0 c Axel van Dijk b Mitch O’Connor
Benji Clarke 43 31 138.71 5 1 c Michael Jennings b Diego Mendez
Corey Mitchell 38 31 122.58 3 2 c Michael Jennings b Diego Mendez
Kenji Watanabe 11 5 220.00 1 1 c Axel van Dijk b Diego Mendez
Ruan Vermaak 13 5 260.00 1 1 not out
Fahim Rahimi 13 3 433.33 0 2 not out
Fall of Wickets: 0/1, 2/2, 20/3, 47/4, 55/5, 98/6, 136/7, 147/8
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Diego Mendez 2.0 16 3 8.00
Mitch O’Connor 4.0 35 3 8.75
Tenzin Dorje 3.0 16 1 5.33
Ritvik Chand 4.0 25 1 6.25
Santiago Ruiz 4.0 39 0 9.75
Axel van Dijk 3.0 42 0 14.00
Innings 2 — Kolkata Kings
Score: 175/7 • Overs: 17.1
Bowling: Killer Whales
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Axel van Dijk 17 9 188.89 1 1 c Fahim Rahimi b Corey Mitchell
Diego Mendez 28 12 233.33 3 2 c Corey Mitchell b Benji Clarke
Sameer Qazi 14 5 280.00 2 1 run out (Benji Clarke)
Tariq Nasser 13 10 130.00 1 0 c Lewis Thornton b Benji Clarke
Imtiaz Ali 47 33 142.42 4 1 b Kenji Watanabe
Mitch O’Connor 4 5 80.00 0 0 b Kenji Watanabe
Ritvik Chand 11 7 157.14 2 0 c Callum Hughes b Kenji Watanabe
Santiago Ruiz 32 14 228.57 1 3 not out
Tenzin Dorje 9 8 112.50 1 0 not out
Fall of Wickets: 17/1, 45/2, 59/3, 72/4, 119/5, 123/6, 134/7
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Kenji Watanabe 4.0 33 3 8.25
Benji Clarke 4.0 36 2 9.00
Corey Mitchell 4.0 53 1 13.25
Axel van Dijk 1.0 12 0 12.00
Arjun Venkatesh 1.1 12 0 10.29
Ruan Vermaak 3.0 29 0 9.67