Twitter Reactions: Ferocious Fletcher carves another triumph for Pakhtoons

Thisara Perera's 13-ball 47 went in vain.

Published - 24 Nov 2018, 22:03 IST | Updated - 24 Nov 2018, 22:03 IST

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Both Sindhis and Pakhtoons came into the match with one win each in the T10 League. In the end, the latter managed to emerge triumphant by eight runs in Sharjah. Pakhtoons lost their opening match against Kerala Knights, but have managed to garner momentum with a couple of wins. Sindhis would be disappointed for the reason that they couldn’t carry on with the winning momentum.

Fletcher comes to the party

Sindhis won the toss and had no hesitation to bowl first and the decision immediately paid dividends as Cameron Delport perished to a horrendous run out in the first ball of the encounter. However, Afghanistan batsman Shafiqullah Shafiq and Windies cricketer Andre Fletcher took the bowling by the scruff of their necks and put together 63 runs from merely 27 deliveries.

Fletcher went on to score his second half-century and eventually racked 68 runs from 29 balls with the help of six boundaries and five sixes. Shafiq, on the other hand, raced away to a 16-ball 46 with four fours and as many sixes. There was a flurry of wickets following the second-wicket stand, but Fletcher’s brilliance lifted them to 137/6. Jofra Archer and Pravin Tambe got two wickets each.

Perera tried his heart out

The run-chase didn’t start in the best possible manner for Sindhis as Anton Devcich was run out for eight. Dawid Malan and Ben Cutting perished in no time to Pakistani duo Sohail Khan and Mohammad Irfan respectively. In the fourth over, Shahid Afridi trapped Samiullah Shenwari in front. In the meantime, Shane Watson notched 29 runs from 14 balls with three fours and two sixes.

Unfortunately, David Willey dismissed the Aussie to put the skids under Sindhis. With 90 runs needed from 33 balls, the Sindhis were looking down the barrel. Nevertheless, Thisara Perera took the onus upon himself and smacked the leather to all corners. The Sri Lankan raced away to 47 runs from 13 balls. Jofra Archer and Isuru Udana flung their willows but couldn’t take their team home.

Here is how Twitter reacted

@Shafiqulahshfaq smashed it all over the park scoring 45 off just 16 deliveries for @PakhtoonTeam in today’s match against @sindhist10 @T10League #T10League
— ACA-UK (@acauk1) November 24, 2018

AFRIDI strikes on 3rd ball in his very First over! 💥#T10League pic.twitter.com/2RTsZ8qw0M
— Salar Khan / – (10) (@JabraAfridian10) November 24, 2018

Archer don't give a damn even it's just #T10League pic.twitter.com/WZkfyLumw0
— TheRealistic (@DeRealistic) November 24, 2018

Different format and different conditions but perhaps one of the reasons why Test cricket isn't so popular in some places:
Yesterday in the T10 League Northern Warriors scored 183/2 in 10 overs.
Today #Pakistan have scored 207/4 in 90 overs.#PAKvNZ #T10League
— AAMiR (@Aamir__Says) November 24, 2018

Perera scored 47 runs from 13 balls with 7 sixes. #T10League
— Johns (@CricCrazyJohns) November 24, 2018

#Commentator He has been a quality bowler for so long now #Commentator He is a great inspiration
He is a good captain he is a good guy he enjoying his cricket #RPSingh
Dream comes true proud playing with him #Youngster
All praise for Boom Boom in T10 league 🔥 pic.twitter.com/dj1HLWniZS
— Usman Satti (@usmansatti476) November 24, 2018

Pakhtoon wins and qualify for the next round ! 😍 #T10Cricket
Congrats Lala @SAfridiOfficial 💕🏏😍
— USAMA 🇵🇰 (@Usamahahahaha) November 24, 2018

A brilliant game!@PakhtoonTeam keep their cool and win by 8 runs.#T10League
— T10 League (@T10League) November 24, 2018

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
9 needed of 2
And Jofra Archer scores 0 of the last 2 🤣🤣🤣
What a joke this league is #T10League
— Abhishek Sarkar (@Iam_Abhi45) November 24, 2018