New York Strikers' skipper Kieron Pollard and Azam Khan, displaying the skills that make them two of the finest hitters in limited-over cricket, pulled off an exciting seven-wicket win over Delhi Bulls with two balls to spare in the 23rd match on the ninth day of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium here on Thursday.
Though New York Strikers needed 46 runs from the last 18 balls while chasing Delhi Bulls' total of 112 for 6, Pollard scored an unbeaten 26 off 7 deliveries with three boundaries and two sixes and Azam Khan remained unbeaten on 37 off 22 balls with four boundaries and a six to win the last over thriller in front of a large holiday crowd.
Eoin Morgan had set the tempo for New York Strikers' win by scoring 32 off 21 balls with three sixes.
Delhi Bulls had won the toss and elected to bat. New York Strikers' opening bowler Akeal Hosein picked an early wicket by having Rilee Rossouw caught by Eoin Morgan at extra cover off the third ball of the match for a duck. Tom Banton hit the very first ball he faced, reverse sweeping with confidence, for a six. Stuart Binny struck with the first ball of the second over by getting Rahmanullah Gurbaz to miscue his shot and get caught by Paul Stirling.
