UAE defeated Nigeria in 29 ballsImage Credit Source: Emirates Cricket Board
In just 29 balls, a team can win the match, it is rarely seen. It is very rare to happen especially in international cricket. But the United Arab Emirates (UAE) did so. The UAE team registered this shocking victory in a match of the ‘Pearl of Africa’ T20 series, where it defeated Nigeria in 4.5 overs. Muhammad Juheb, the hero of this victory, who returned the pavilion to 5 Nigeria batsmen on his own.
This was the seventh match of this T20 series being played in Uganda’s capital Antebi. In the last match of this series, UAE had to face a shocking defeat at the hands of host Uganda. For the UAE, who has experience playing T20 World Cup, this defeated was like a big shock but did not spend much time to overcome it and made Nigeria realize his strength in the next match.
Cricket is still spreading in Nigeria, known for sports like football and athletics and this team does not have a migrant player from South Asian countries. In such a situation, the hope of any major performance from Nigeria was dishonest and it was also seen. This team was able to stand for only 13.3 overs and could score only 58 runs. For him, only Isaac Danladi could reach the double digit and was dismissed for 17 runs. For UAE, Juheb hunted 5 for 21 runs in 3.3 overs.
However, the start of UAE was not good and one wicket fell in the first over. But the target in front of the team was not big and hence this wicket did not affect him. Alishan Shafu, who came to the crease after the wicket fell, beat the Nigeria bowlers, which ended the match powerplay before the completion of the powerplay. Alishan gave 36 runs in just 16 balls, including 6 fours and 1 six.
