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ILT20: 6, 4, 4, 6, 6… Knight Riders bowler caught by Romario Shepherd, bowled out Lanka in just 5 balls

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Cricket News Desk. Along with South Africa, a T-20 league is currently being played in the United Arab Emirates. In the 14th match of the International League T-20, Mumbai Indians franchise MI Emirates and Kolkata Knight Riders franchise Abu Dhabi Knight Riders faced each other. The batting power of MI all-rounder Romario Shepherd was seen in this match. He scored 26 runs on the last 5 balls of the innings.

Ali Khan becomes Shepherd's target
MI Emirates scored 159 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 19.1 overs. Pakistani-American fast bowler Ali Khan was bowling the last over for Knight Riders. On the second ball of the 20th over, Ali Khan bowled a full toss on the leg side and Shepherd hit a six over midwicket. The next ball was in front and the batsman made space and hit it for a four on the off side. The fourth ball of the over went between midoff and cover for a four.

Romario Shepherd did not stop even after scoring 14 runs on 3 balls. He hit a six over square leg on the fifth ball of the over. Shepherd hit a six on the last ball of the innings over the backward point boundary. In this way he scored 26 runs on 5 balls. Shepherd scored an unbeaten inning of 38 runs in 13 balls.

Mumbai Indians won by 28 runs
Batting first, MI Emirates, led by Nicholas Pooran, scored 186 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Puran played an inning of 49 runs in 26 balls. In reply, despite a good start, the Knight Riders team could only score 158 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Andre Russell scored unbeaten 37 runs on 23 balls. Shepherd also took two wickets while bowling for MI. Alzarri Joseph also got two successes.

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