ILT20 Viral Video: Gulf Giants and defending champion MI Emirates were face to face in the ILT20 league on Saturday. In this exciting match, Gulf Giants defeated MI Emirates. At the same time, tremendous drama was seen in this match. Batting first, MI Emirates scored 151 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Tom Banton scored the highest score of 56 runs for MI Emirates. In response, Gulf Giants achieved the target on the last ball after losing 8 wickets. But the fans may never forget what happened in the last over of this match.
Tom Curran, Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard…
Gulf Giants had to score 18 runs in the last 13 balls. Tom Curran and Mark Adair were batting for Gulf Giants. The last ball of the 18th over was driven by Mark Adair for a single at long-off. Both the batsmen completed the runs easily but Tom Curran left the crease believing that the over was over. But meanwhile Kieron Pollard picked up the ball and threw it towards the keeper. After this, wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran scattered the wickets and appealed for run out. However, the third umpire declared Tom Curran out.
🚨 DRAMA IN THE ILT20…!!!
– Curran was roaming without being called.
– Nicholas Pooran ran out Tom Curran.
– 3rd Umpire gives it out.
Curran walks to the pavilion.
Curran called back to play again. pic.twitter.com/cjfheHODFx— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 26, 2025
The real drama was yet to come…
Now the real drama started… Tom Curran started moving towards the pavilion, but meanwhile Gulf Giants coach Andy Flower, standing outside the boundary, started expressing his protest. He also instructed Tom Curran to stay on the field. At the same time, amidst these scenes, MI players were not at all happy but seeing the time being wasted, they decided to call back the MI Emirates batsman. However, this match continued till the last over. In which Gulf Giants registered a thrilling victory by 2 wickets.
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