This game completely turned on its head as Royal 94 threw it away from their grasp and allowed President XI to come back into it and win it by the most slender of margins.
The bowling side had given up all hope until the ninth over, when Ikbal Hossain brought them back into the fore thanks to an excellent over. The final over of the game, bowled by Zaheer Zahiri, however, took the cake, with the bowler picking up four wickets in it and bagging a hat-trick as well.
This over completely tilted the game in favour of President XI as Royal 94, needing 10 runs to win, failed to capitalise on the loose deliveries sent their way and had a lot of hiccups which forced them to play from the crease and not express themselves with carefree abandon.
10
overs
107/7score
W
0
W
W
W
1
runs
Logesh Augustion*
1(1)
Kapilraj Theiventhiran
8(4)
Zaheer Zahiri
4/18
9.6 Zaheer Zahiri to Logesh Augustin, PRESIDENT XI GET THIS THRILLING WIN! Full on leg-and-middle. Knocked around to the wide long-on area from deep in the crease for a single only.
Logesh Augstin, RHB, is the new batter.
9.5 Zaheer Zahiri to Yoganathan Regan, HAT-TRICK COMPLETE FOR ZAHIRI! Full around off-stump. Scuffed from the back foot over the mid-off area. Wide long-off was in position for it and completed a crucial catch!
Yoganathan Regan c Ikbal Hossain b Zaheer Zahiri 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Yoganathan Regan, RHB, is the new batter.
9.4 Zaheer Zahiri to Kamalanathan Subaskar, TAKEN AT COVER! Full toss bowled wide of off-stump. Sliced away nicely from deep in the crease. But cover moved swiftly to his right and completed an important catch under pressure!
Kamalanathan Subaskar c Dawood Ahmadzai b Zaheer Zahiri 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Kamalanathan Subaskar, RHB, is the new batter.
9.3 Zaheer Zahiri to Thageekan Rajalingam, BOWLED HIM! Full on off-stump. Rajalingam tried to whack it over wide mid-on from the crease, missed it and got his off pole knocked over!
Thageekan Rajalingam b Zaheer Zahiri 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)