Deccan Gladiators Win ADT10 2024 Final: The Deccan Gladiators defeated the Morrisville Samp Army in the final of Abu Dhabi T0 2024 to win the competition for the third time in the last four seasons.
ADT10 2024 was a T-10 tournament, where each side played 10 overs. The tournament started in 2024 and is now one of the most popular franchise cricket competitions in the world.
Deccan Gladiators Win ADT10 2024 Final
The 2024 edition saw 10 teams play a league stage of seven games each. The top two teams played in Qualifier 1. Then, the fourth- and fifth-placed teams played in Eliminator 1, the winner of which would play the third-ranked team in Eliminator 2. The winner of that match played the loser of Qualifier 1 in Qualifier 2. The winner of that match would then face the winner of Qualifier 1 in the final.
The Gladiators and the Samp Army finished one and two in the league with six wins in seven games. While DG won the first qualifier, Morrisville won the second qualifier for a Qualifier 1 rematch.
The final, like all matches of this competition, was played in the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The Deccan Gladiators won the toss and decided to bowl first. After an okay start, the Samp Army lost their first wicket in the third over as Sharjeel Khan departed for five.
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By the end of the fourth over, the batting side was 39/2, with Charith Asalanka getting run out for 12 off 6 and Faf du Plessis still on strike. The veteran South African then made some quick runs with Andries Gous before the latter was dismissed in the seventh over for 21 off nine.
Du Plessis got out after anchoring the inning in the eighth over. And by the end of that over, Jack Taylor got out too, with the score being 81/5. Some late runs by the lower order resulted in the Morrisville Samp Army getting to 104/7 in 10 overs. Richard Gleeson was the pick of the bowlers, finishing with figures of 2/16 in two overs.
In response, Deccan got off to a flying start. The star-opening duo of Tom Kohler-Dacmore and Nicholas Pooran got to a score of 51 in three overs before skipper Pooran was dismissed by Isuru Udana for 28 off 10.
Cadmore then took charge of the inning, scoring a brilliant 50. No. 3 batter Rilee Rossouw scored 12 off 5 before getting out. Jos Buttler got the same score but was unbeaten. Meanwhile, Tom Kohler-Cadmore scored 56 off 21.
On the fifth ball of the seventh over, Buttler hit a six and finished the match off in style as Deccan Gladiators won the match by eight wickets and their third Abu Dhabi T10 title in six seasons, making them the most successful team in league history.
Richard Gleeson won the Player of the Match award for his fine bowling performance, while Jos Buttler was named the Player of the Tournament. While he was the fifth-highest run scorer in the competition with 242 scored in nine games and the second-highest in his team behind Kohler-Cadmore, Buttler batted with an average of 60.5 and had a league-high strike rate of 224.07.
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