The final match of UAE’s league ILT20 is over. With this, the new champion of the tournament has also been found. In the title match, the team of Dubai Capitals defeated Desert Vipers by 4 wickets and became the winner for the first time. The final match of Dubai was played between the two teams on Saturday, February 9, in which Desert Vipers batted first and scored 189 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. But this was not enough. The Dubai team chased this target with 4 balls to spare. Rovman Powell, Sikandar Raza and Dasun Shanaka played an important role in this big win.
The Desert Vipers team scored 189 runs in the final match by batting fast. Captain Sam Curran played a stormy innings of 62 runs in 33 balls. At the same time, Max Holden scored 76 runs in 51 balls and Pakistani batsman Azam Khan scored 27 runs in 13 balls. However, the innings of all these became useless in front of the storm of Rovman Powell, Sikandar Raza and Dasun Shanaka. While chasing, the Dubai team lost 3 wickets in making only 31 runs. After this, he shared a partnership of 80 runs with Shai Hope.
However, Hope was out after scoring 43 runs in 39 balls at the score of 111 runs. After this, Dasun Shanaka tried to score runs quickly by scoring 21 runs in 10 balls. But he too was out for a score of 152 runs in the 17th over. Now the Dubai team had to score 38 runs in 18 balls. After this, Powell showed his power by chasing the target in the next 14 balls. Powell scored 63 runs in 38 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes. While, Sikandar Raza also batted fast and scored 34 runs in 12 balls at a strike rate of 283. Powell was also selected as the Player of the Match for his innings.
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A game deserving of a Final. 💯
— International League T20 (@ILT20Official) February 9, 2025
A team deserving of victory! 🥳
Big, big ups to Dubai Capitals! What a run it has been, to now be crowned CHAMPIONS! 🏆#Final #DPWorldILT20 #TheFinalPush #AllInForCricket @DPWorldUAE @DP_World @ilt20onzee @Dubai_Capitals pic.twitter.com/eoZm0zJQpl
This was the third season of ILT20 and Dubai Capitals team became champion for the first time. Dubai became rich by winning the tournament. They got 7 lakh dollars i.e. 25,71,100 AED as prize. Whereas runner-up Desert Vipers got 3 lakh dollars i.e. 11,01,900 AED. The wait for a T20 league title for the DC franchise finally ended as Dubai Capitals clinched the ILT20 title with a win over Desert Vipers in the final of the tournament on Sunday, February 9. With this win, the franchise now would look to end their trophy drought in the upcoming IPL season as well.