Giants vs Vipers, 19th Match at Dubai,ILT20, Feb 03 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Bowls a wide outside off and Azam Khan cannot seal the game with a big hit but he'd be mighty pleased to thump a half-century and play a key role in Desert Vipers crucial win; they get the two points and climb up the points table!

Geez! That is a well-direct bouncer on middle, tries to clonk that over square leg but the ball zips over his head to the keeper

Pitched short wide of off, forehands it down to long-off and denies the run

Length on the pads, clipped calmly to midwicket for a run, second was available but Azam Khan wants to play the winning shot, let's see how he finishes the game

Caught at midwicket! Back of a length angling in from outside off, launches the ball straight into the hands of Overton at deep midwicket and Munro cannot end the game in style, Giants will delay the inevitable result for some more time

Round the wicket, short of a length, whizzing away outside off, flails at thin air

Yes, he can! Azam Khan brings up the fastest half-century in ILT20 consuming just 18 deliveries, pounces on the shorter one angled at middle and he launches it over midwicket for a one bounce four over the rope. Excellent timing, but the key here was to wait till the last second so he can place it into the gap. It's been an unblemished innings from Azam, didn't break a sweat.

Zips it quicker on back of a length at middle, flicked away wristily to deep square, can Azam Khan also get to his half-century?

Clubbed! Brings up his half-century in fabulous style! Inverses his stance and cracked imperiously through backward point, powerful switch hit, so good to watch when he's on song!

Lobbed up fuller on fifth stump line, smites powerfully to bisect the fielders at cover and point, hits it with so much power and fizz, eye is set, margin of error is minimal

Round the wicket, tossed up on middle on a full length, inside edge trickles away to fine leg, well-bowled, the backfoot was outside the wide crease marker so that's going to be a no-ball, youngster under pressure

Dropped short outside off and the loose delivery gets dispatched way over midwicket for a 6, right out of the meat and goes out of the park, soared very high in the air and then came down in the stands. That is poor from Zuhaib!

Munro joins the party! Oh, it's bigee! Smashed the ball as hard as he could using all the energy of his cells and deposits it many a mile over deep midwicket

Majestic! Great cut shot, finally gets the wide yorker right but he read it light years ago and slices it like a potato with a sharp kitchen knife. Lovely wrist-work, very strong bottom-hand, seen him play such shots in PSL. Good work by Vipers management to give him a license to play his natural game, he looks strained in Pakistan jersey to me

Low full toss wide of off and once again he exquisitely paddles it past fine leg for a four, lovely, calmness personified!

On a length around middle and leg, mistimes it to short fine where Muzarabani was stationed

Width on offer and he steers it to deep backward point for a run

Whoa! A virtuoso swing over midwicket and the result is same! 80 meters maximum. Slow back of a length ball wide of off, pummels it across the line, that hit a laptop in the aisles

Oh my word! That is improvisation at its best, instinctively shot over fine leg for a six. Amazing, amazing amazing! Sashayed across his stumps and scoops it for a maximum. Brathwaite didn't see that coming!

Aiming for the yorker, delivers low full toss on the pads, worked in the gap at midwicket