Riding on Virat Kohli's 84, KL Rahul (42 not out) and Hardik Pandya (28 off 24 balls) gave the finishing touches to India's chase of 265 to progress to the final of the eight-team competition.
The Dubai Capitals were unstoppable as they outshone the Desert Vipers with the ball and bat to cruise to a massive nine-wicket win in the final group game of the ILT20 Season 3 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, finishing in second position in the table.
Deepti Sharma became the first India player to take a hat-trick in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) as her spell of 4-19 ensured UP Warriorz managed to defend the lowest total in the tournament so far and beat Delhi Capitals by just one run at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday.
Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz's swashbuckling 57-ball 80 and his 114 run first wicket stand with Ibrahim Zadran (28) dented the famed England bowling as Afghanistan put up a fighting 284 before being all out in 49.5 overs out against the defending champions in their ICC World Cup match here on Sunday.
