Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis escaped a nasty harm after nearly colliding with a ball boy throughout an Abu Dhabi T10 league match on the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium. Du Plessis was tossed over the promoting hoardings, resulting in a clumsy touchdown. The incident occurred in the course of the match between the Morrisville Samp Military and Delhi Bulls on Wednesday. With the Bulls chasing 113 to win, Tim David hit Isuru Udana for a boundary in direction of the additional cowl area.
Du Plessis made an extended chase to cease the ball however failed to take action. Nonetheless, du Plessis could not apply the brakes in time because the comply with by way of took him past the ropes.
Whereas the 2 had been about to collide, the ball boy, who had crouched to gather the ball, unintentionally tossed du Plessis over the hoardings. The previous Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain landed awkwardly on the opposite aspect.
Fortunately for him, du Plessis got here out of the state of affairs unhurt. A video of the identical incident has gone viral on social media.
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In the meantime, Morrisville Samp Military continued their successful methods as they rode on Charith Asalanka’s fiery innings and an incredible bowling effort to script a three-run win over Delhi Bulls.
On a slow-turning observe, Morrisville made the a lot of the dropped catches from the Bulls. Charith Asalanka’s 25-ball 51-run innings additional helped Samp Military publish 112/5 in 10 overs.
Tom Banton gave a very good begin to Delhi within the chase, scoring 25 runs in 11 balls. However after Mohammad Zahid cleaned up his stumps along with his first ball, the momentum started shifting in direction of Morrisville. With just a few tight overs from Mohammad Zahid, Qais Ahmad and Karim Janat, Morrisville shackled the Delhi Bulls till Tim David began turning issues round as soon as once more.
Zahid bowled two broad balls within the closing over, turning the competition right into a nail-biting thriller. With Delhi needing 5 runs to win on the ultimate ball, David was run out and Samp Military gained the match by 3 runs.
(With ANI Inputs)
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