11.51pm  Right then! The Deccan Gladiators won the game today and both the teams have already qualified for the upcoming playoffs as today was the last day for the league matches. Qualifier 1 will be played between Deccan Gladiators and Morrisville at 5.00 pm IST (11.30 am GMT) on the 1st of December 2024. Join us here for all the pre-match excitement as we bring everything to you. Till then, have a good night!

11.49pm  Nicholas Pooran, winning captain, says that he spoke about the challenge with the team and they were very clear in their thinking about giving the best. Adds that they have proved as a group that they can win this tournament and it is important to play as a complete team. Mentions that, tonight gives them a big confidence in defending the totals and they are tactically very well and they can defend over 130 or 140 but defending around 100 is different. Concludes that he is very happy with the team’s performance

11.48pm  Anrich Nortje Is the Man of the Match for taking important wickets. He says that he enjoyed bowling that tight length and lines with pace and rattles the stumps. Adds that it was a big challenge to bowl in this T10 tournament where you don’t get many balls to settle in in compare to T20 where you can take one or two balls. Informs that Zahoor bowled really well and he was mentally really tough and executed the plans very well. Concludes that the boys are training very hard and that has paid off in this match.

11.37pm  ... TIME FOR THE PRESENTATIONS ...

11.36pm  The game started with Deccan Gladiators batting first and managing 102 runs on the board with the loss of 5 wickets and in response to that, the Delhi Bulls started off well with both the openers batting brilliantly at the top. Tom Banton and James Vince managed to score 48 runs off the first 4 overs of the game and then everything changed for them. Both James Vince and Tom Banton were dismissed along with the entire middle order of the Delhi Bulls. It was Tim David who stood till the end and took the match to the final over where they needed 14 runs. The game went down to 5 runs off the final delivery and Tim David could only manage a single.

11.33pm  What a game of cricket as it went down till the final delivery. Superb entertainment for viewers all around the world! Deccan Gladiators sealed the victory with a margin of just 3 runs and its a good day with the ball for Nicholas Pooran and his men, especially Anrich Nortje who got them back in the game with his couple of overs. Smiles all around the Deccan Gladiators camp and a well-deserved victory.