Desk Report:
Despite being away from international cricket, Shakib Al Hasan is playing competitive cricket regularly. He also wins titles regularly. He became the champion for Lahore Qalandars in May this year. The star all-rounder of Bangladesh has now won the title for the United States.
Although Lahore Qalandars won the title in May, Shakib was not in the final XI. This time, Atlanta Fire has prepared the eleven for the title-deciding match with him. The Atlanta Fire-Chicago Kingsman final was held at Church St. Park ground this morning, Bangladesh time. Atlanta Fire won the title-deciding match by 5 wickets.
Atlanta Fire faced a little pressure at the beginning after chasing a target of 158 runs. The team became 49 for 3 in 6.4 overs. Steven Taylor came out to bat at number five. Aaron Jones and Taylor put on a 34-run partnership for the fourth wicket. However, Taylor retired injured on the third ball of the 12th over and left the field. He scored 20 runs in 15 balls with 1 four and 1 six. Then Shakib came out to bat. The star all-rounder of Bangladesh was out after 13 runs in 12 balls with 1 six.
With Shakib’s departure, Atlanta Fire’s score became 109 runs for 4 wickets in 14.4 overs. With 6 wickets in hand, Atlanta had a score of 47 runs in the last 32 balls. In the end, Shakib’s team won the title with a 5-wicket victory with five balls in hand. Jones scored the highest innings of 61 runs. He hit 2 fours and 4 sixes in 48 balls. Chicago Kingsman’s Zia ul Haque and Ghulam Mudassar took two wickets each. Hasan Khan took one wicket.
Chicago Kingsman won the toss and decided to bat in the final. Shakib dismissed Chicago opener Ramiz Raja with the first ball of the innings. Shakib gave the entire first over a maiden. He took 1 wicket for 28 runs in 4 overs. Chicago scored 155 runs for 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Faraz Ali remained unbeaten with a top score of 92 runs. He hit 10 fours and 3 sixes in his 60-ball innings.
