MI Emirates's ran riot courtesy their skipper Nicholas Pooran and Andre Fletcher's half centuries, which produced the highest total this season. They blew away Dubai Capitals by 45 runs to emerge as the new champions of the ILT20 Season 2.
ILT20 CHAMPIONS
MI Emirates blow away Dubai Capitals to win ILT20 title
Nicholas Pooran played a captain's knock in his team's win © ILT20
In front of a packed Dubai International Stadium, Pooran scored a breezy unbeaten captain's knock of 57 runs off 27 balls, studded with six sixes and two boundaries. He was backed by Fletcher's 53 off 37 balls, featuring four sixes and three boundaries. Openers Muhammad Waseem and his partner Kusal Perera contributed aggressively. Waseem scored 43 off 24 balls, including three boundaries and three sixes, and Perera made 38 off 26 balls, with six boundaries. They added a 77-run opening partnership and helped MI Emirates set a record score of 208 for 3 in 20 overs.
In reply, Capitals could muster only 163 for 7 in 20 overs with Trent Boult and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth bagging two wickets each. MI Emirates received the winners' prize of a whopping $700,000 (USD) while the runners-up received $300,000 (USD).
Chasing the mammoth total, Capitals
