Vince overshadows Uthappa as Gulf Giants defeat Dubai Capitals

Dubai: Gulf Giants’ skipper and opener James Vince, through an elegant and stubborn unbeaten 83 runs, well supported by Gerhard Eramus’s 52, chased down Dubai Capitals challenging total of 182 for 8 to record their second successive win in the fifth match of the DP World ILT20 at the Dubai International stadium on Monday night.

Vince, who had hit 65 in the first match in his team’s six wicket win against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders on Sunday, produced yet another captain’s knock that came off 56 balls with seven boundaries and three sixes. He put on a 107 runs partnership for the third wicket with Erasmus, whose knock came off 28 balls with five boundaries and two sixes. Gulf Giants won the match with six balls to spare.

Delhi Capitals’ opener Robin Uthappa’s 79 runs off 46 balls with ten boundaries and two sixes went in vain.

Speaking about their performance, Gulf Giants’ captain James Vince said, “We got on top of the ball on quite a tricky wicket. We were put under pressure during the game, but we responded brilliantly.

Meanwhile, Dubai Capitals’ batter Joe Root expressed, “We had a brilliant powerplay. Robin played out of his skin. The ball has been swinging a lot more than usual up front so we put in a good effort in the first few overs. But we stumbled after the 12 over mark and we couldn’t string the required partnerships.”

Score summary is as under; Gulf Giants beat Dubai Capitals by 6 wkts. Dubai Capitals 182 for 8 in 20 overs (Robin Uthappa 79, Rovman Powell 38, Sikandar Raza 30n.o, Richard Gleeson 2 for 22, Rehan Ahmed 3 for 28) Gulf Giants 183 for 4 in 19 overs (James Vince 83n.o, Rehan Ahmed 28, Gerhard Erasmus 52, Mujeeb Ur Rehman 2 for 36), James Vince was awarded Player of Match and received cash award ($1500).