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Following the prodigious success of the third edition of the Aldar Properties Dubai T10 Cricket tournament that ended on Sunday, the organizers of the event have started work promptly to introduce a lot of innovation to the event next year to make sure that the T10 format remains engaging to the fans.
Speaking to Gulf News, Shaji Ul Mulk, the Chairman and founder of Aldar Properties Dubai T10 Cricket tournament, disclosed that for a future edition, the number of days could also be multiplied, more teams can be included, super over are going to be introduced and therefore the final is going to be scheduled for a Friday.
The enormous turn out from the fans at the Zayed Cricket stadium, even on working days, has wiped away all doubts on whether or not the spectator response will be similar to within the previous 2 editions held at the Sharjah Cricket stadium.
“Abu Dhabi was really challenging, however, we proved on the far side any doubt that T10 is a robust product and will attract fans,” said Shaji, who also has supported Delhi Bulls and England captain Eoin Morgan’s suggestion to carry next edition final on a weekday.
“For consequent edition, we’ll try to have 3 Fridays throughout the Dubai T10 Cricket tournament and that we will include a rest day throughout in Dubai T10 Cricket tournament. We’ll also schedule the final for a Friday instead of on a Sunday like this year,” said Shaji.
The third edition final held on Sunday, despite being a working day, was watched by 20,352 fans.
“We may increase the number of teams if we get an Indian Premier League (IPL) or a Caribbean Premier League team to play in our event. We are working towards it. We were very happy with the intensity with which each match was fought this year leading to even two matches ending in a tie,” said Shaji, who wants to change the system of both teams one sharing one point each from a tie.
“Next year we will ensure that all matches will have a result and a winner. We will introduce Super Over and it will be an innovative one with instead of all six balls being bowled by a single bowler we will have three balls each being bowled by two bowlers.”
Shaji, who envisioned the thought of T10, is delighted that this league has become the platform for youngsters to get offers from other T20 leagues around the world and has won the approval of top cricketers. Champions team Maratha Arabians’ star players and Indian all arounder Yuvraj Singh, remarked after the finale that he will come back once more.
“Winning the championship is absolutely special. The top two sides in the tournament played the final. It was a fast event, a big experience for me. If other countries play some T10, they’ll get used to it. It took us time to get used to it before we took off. I’d like to sort my body out, and turn up again next year.” - Yuvraj Singh
Eoin Morgan feels that Pakistan players not getting the NOC to play in this year’s T10 has benefited many England players, who played for Qalandars.
“We had a lot of English players playing in the tournament. I think that it correlates with Pakistan guys having issues with the NOC. English cricketers are benefiting from it because more we can get domestic players playing in winter when a lot of the guys are doing nothing at home.” - Eoin Morgan
Also Read: Maratha Arabians beat Deccan Gladiators to win the third edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 League.
Dubai T10 Cricket League 2019 in Numbers
Batting:
- Total Runs Scored - 5989 runs
- Total Runs Scored in Boundaries - 3864 runs
- Total Runs Scored in Powerplays - 1894 runs [1-3 overs]
- Total Runs Scored in Last 3 overs - 1760 runs [8-10 overs]
- Highest Run Scorer - Chris Lynn [371 runs]
- Most Fifties - Chris Lynn [4 fifties]
- Most Fours - Chris Lynn [ 29 fours]
- Most Sixes - Chris Lynn [31 sixes]
- Best Batting Figures - Chris Lynn [91 Runs, 30 Balls, 236.3 S/R, 61.83 Avg]
Bowling:
- Total Wickets Taken - 259 wickets
- Total Balls Bowled - 3426 balls
- Total no. of Dot balls - 1000 dot balls
- Total no.of Duck Dismissal - 30 duck dismissals
- Highest Wicket Taker - George Garton [12 wickets]
- 3 wickets Haul - George Garton [2 times]
- Best Bowling Figures - Jordan Clark [4 wickets, 20 runs, 7.22 S/R, 11.35 Eco]
- Best Mode of Dismissal - Caught 62.31% [21.92% Bowled, 3.46% LBW]
Fielding:
- Total no. of Catches: 190 [87.37% Taken, 12.63% Dropped]
- Total no. of Runouts: 20 runouts
- Total no. of Direct Hits: 13 Direct Hits
- Total no. of Stumpings: 7 Stumpings
- Most Catches by a player: Philip Salt [10 catches]
- No. of runs saved: 26 Runs saved
- No. of runs leaked through Misfield: 26 Runs leaked
Pretty Interesting numbers, right?
Here, I clear that I take no responsibility for the accuracy of these numbers provided above. Source: ttensports.com
You can watch all the hits of Dubai T10 Cricket League 2019 on youtube channel - T10 League Official.
Watch the Full match Highlights of Abu Dhabi T10 Final here:
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