AD vs BT

That's all we've got for you from this match as my partner, Bala and I, Sudheer are signing off at the moment but do join us tomorrow for the next set of matches from Abu Dhabi T10 League. Untill then do check out our other stories and updates coming your way from across the globe. Cheers and have fun!

Liam Livingstone (Team Abu Dhabi Captain): Losing the toss, it was important for us to put on a decent total to defend in the 2nd innings. We've backed ourselves and keep things under our control with the bat and ball and we are happy we've done that. This is the shortest format and need to back ourselves to go hard against the opponents and quite happy we've done that well today.

Merchant de Lange (man of the match): Just tried to execute the task at hand. We stuck to our plans and just looked to keep it simple. Backing oneself is key and we've done that.

Team Abu Dhabi have dominated the match and have won the game by 40 runs against Bangla Tigers. They have just batted the opposition out of the game with outstanding hitting prowess of Stirling and Gayle. Bangla Tigers were never given an opportunity in the 2nd innings to come into the game as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Once they lost the top half of their line up, it seemed difficult for them to make a match out of it. 

Andre Fletcher of Bangla Tigers did help them to get off a flier inside the powerplay but losing too many wickets upfront didn't help them a bit. Merchant de Lange has picked a 5 wicket haul in the match and he got that in just 10 balls. Other bowlers also have supported well in the innings and never gave anything away easily.

Earlier in the game, we have seen Paul Stirling and Chris Gayle have taken the bowlers to cleaners as they ended up with a total of 145 which happens to be the highest total in Abu Dhabi T10 League. Team Abu Dhabi win their first game and will look to continue their form going ahead into the tournament while Bangla Tigers might have few questions to answer before the next game. This is just the first day of the tournament and plenty of matches are remaining for the teams. Hence, Bangla Tigers might just back themselves to have a better day at the office next time they take on the field.

9.6 Danny Briggs to Qais Ahmad, full ball marginally outside off. Drills it down to long-off for one. That's a clinical victory for Team Abu Dhabi

9.4 Danny Briggs to Isuru Udana, OUT! Arm ball coming in with the arm. Udana tries to slog across the line this time and gets beaten. The ball thuds into the stumps

9.3 Danny Briggs to Isuru Udana, FOUR! Tosses it right upto the batter. Udana gets full view of this. Takes a stride forward and lofts it over the bowler's head

Danny Briggs, left arm spin, to bowl the last over of the innings.

That was an outstanding over from Naveen Ul Haq. His slower deliveries are some of the toughest to pick in world cricket at the moment and are on par with DJ Bravo.