This tournament ended how it started; with the newly retired players excelling. India Capitals beat Bhilwara in the final courtesy of a 41 ball 82 from Ross Taylor – who had previously scored a 39 ball 84 against the same team in the qualifier on Sunday.
Irish eyes were smiling in the tournament from first to last
as Kevin O’Brien’s opening night 106 set the tone for the batters and was not
beaten throughout the rest of the series. Oddly enough the only two centuries
scored in the whole tournament were in that game. The overall highest run
scorer was fellow Irishmen William Porterfield who scored 267 across his 7
innings
Nobody really wowed with the ball throughout the tournament - potentially because the bowlers were of an
older vintage than their willow-wielding brothers. Pravin Tambe nicked it t the
end with 2-19 in the final to see him end with 11 wickets – 1 more than anyone
else. Much like with the batters a high bar was set early in the tournament
which wasn’t broken. Fidel Edwards 4-30 in the second match of the tournament could
only be matched by Pune veteran Rahul Sharma in the final.
A fun little tournament that probably will be back next year.
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