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Syed Abbas Ali struck a brilliant 64 to single-handedly take Delhi Giants to a six-wicket victory over Mumbai Champs in the second match of the second edition of the Indian Cricket League's Twenty20 tournament on Monday.
Chasing 116, the left-hander from Madhya Pradesh played a quickfire (off 49 balls) knock despite his team losing some quick wickets early on, which included that of skipper Marvan Atapattu who got run out.
Ali's knock, which won him player-of-the-match award, was studded with a six and seven boundaries.
Ali was given able support by Nic Pothas (18) on the other end and the Giants achieved the target with 10 balls to spare.
Eighteen-year-old left-arm gentle medium pacer Ali Murtaza (2 for 18) helped restrict the Champs to 115 for 4.
Former Kiwi pacer Shane Bond bowled well but got only one wicket for the Champs.
Earlier Champs, who missed the services of legendary Brian Lara, elected to bat first and skipper Nathan Astle (32) and DS Jadhav (27) played important knocks for them.
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This is the cream of the country. Kapil Dev, Chairman of ICL's executive board.
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