Dominant wins, final-over thrillers, and a few high-scoring games – that was the story in the group stage of the first edition of Taiwan T10 Carnival. TCA and Formosans have sealed their place in the semifinal, while six teams, divided into two pools, will fight for the remaining semifinal spots in the T10 cricket tournament.
Pool 1
Group B teams PCCT, Swingers, and Smashers are paired in Qualifier Pool 1. The three teams play each other, and the pool topper qualifies to the semifinal.
1) Smashers vs Swingers
Swingers finished third in Group B, and their only win came against the Smashers, who lost all their matches in the group stage.
Apart from Vishwajit. S.Tawar (ALLR), the rest of the Swingers batsmen have struggled for runs in the group stage. Vishwajit played one of the most entertaining knocks in the tournament – a brilliant 69 off 35 balls against Smashers. Sidhesh Pilankar (ALLR), too, impressed with the bat against Formosans.
Pruthvi. S. More (BWL) was Swingers’ hero against Smashers as he successfully defended five runs in the final over. Pruthvi has also picked up four wickets in the group stage.
Rajesh Mehta (BAT) and Devang Shah (ALLR) have scored more than 60% of Smashers runs in the group stage. Rajesh scored a half-century, 56 off 31 balls, against Swingers, and Devang has scored a 20-plus score in all the three matches. Top-order batsman Sandeep Patel (ALLR) scored a 12-ball 30 against Formosans.
Dirvesh Jain, the first player to pick a three-wicket haul in the tournament (BWL), and Devang are the leading wicket-takers of Smashers. The duo has taken four wickets each in the T10 cricket tournament.
Captain Picks: Vishwajit. S.Tawar (ALLR), Rajesh Mehta (BAT), Devang Shah (ALLR) & Sandeep Patel (ALLR)
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2) PCCT vs Smashers
PCCT clinched a thrilling win over Smashers when both teams met in the group stage.
Shahjad Khan Muhammanzai (ALLR) played a crucial role in both PCCT victories in Taiwan T10 Carnival. He scored an unbeaten 21 against Smashers and a 24-ball 30 in the thumping win over Swingers. He was ably supported by Usman Javed (ALLR), who top-scored against Swingers, 41 off 26 balls, and scored important runs in the victory over Smashers.
Meer Shuib Farooque (BWL) and Qazi Mazhar Ul Haq (BWL) have been impressive for PCCT in their bowling department. Meer has claimed four wickets, while Qazi picked up three wickets in the group stage.
Captain Picks: Shahjad Khan Muhammanzai (ALLR), Devang Shah (ALLR) & Sandeep Patel (ALLR)
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3) Swingers vs PCCT
PCCT crushed Swingers by 56 runs, the highest winning margin in the tournament, in the group stage clash of the T10 cricket tournament.
The PCCT opening pair Shahjad Khan Muhammanzai and Usman Javed added 73 runs against Swingers, and Muhammad Mujahid (BAT) scored 17 runs – two sixes & a four – in the last over.
Captain Picks: Vishwajit. S.Tawar (ALLR) & Shahjad Khan Muhammanzai (ALLR)
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Stat Attack
Highest first innings total – 112/5 (Dragons)
Average first innings total – 78
Highest successful chase – 72/3, 8.4 overs (Daredevils)
Highest run-scorer in the tournament: Anthony Liu (Formosans) & Vishwajit. S.Tawar (Swingers) – 96 runs
Highest individual score: Vishwajit. S.Tawar (Swingers) – 69 vs Smashers
Highest wicket-taker in the tournament: Mohammed Sadique Anwar (Formosans) – 5 wickets
Best bowling figures: Mohammed Sadique Anwar (Formosans) – 4/5 vs PCCT