In the seventh match of the International League T20 tournament being played in UAE, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders defeated Desert Vipers by 7 wickets. Brilliant innings from Alex Hales. Playing first, Abu Dhabi scored 133 runs for 8 wickets. Playing in the counter-innings, Desert Vipers scored 135 runs for 3 wickets and won the match.

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Batting first after losing the toss, Abu Dhabi got off to a bad start. The wickets of Kennar Lewis and Dhananjaya de Silva fell in quick succession. Both scored 1 and 5 runs respectively. After him, Colin Ingram also went on to score a personal score of 15 runs. Brendan King stuck to one end and made his fifty. King played a brilliant inning of 57 runs in 44 balls. Apart from him, Charit Aslanka also played an innings of 26 runs. In this way, the Abu Dhabi team was able to score 133 runs for 8 wickets. Vanindu Hasaranga was the highest wicket-taker for the Vipers with 3 wickets.

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Alex Hales holds the Corner of the Crease

Playing in reply, Rohan Mustafa scored 23 runs in 11 balls while playing in a stormy manner for the Vipers. After that, Colin Munro went on to score 1 run but Alex Hales held the corner of the crease and scored runs continuously. Alex Hales got out after scoring 64 runs in 47 balls. Apart from them, Sam Billings scored 35 not out and Sherfane Rutherford scored 11 not out to give the team a 7 wicket win in the sixteenth over. The highest wicket takers for Abu Dhabi were Akil Hossain, Russell and Narine. All three got 1-1 wickets.