Dubai Capitals vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, 1st Match, International League T20, 2023 - HighlightsDCP vs ADKR, 1st Match, International League T20, 2023 - Highlights

Ali Khan to Bopara, FOUR, full and straight, Bopara shuffles away and hits it over the bowler's head. One bounce and four - the safest place to score runs on a cricket field!

Ali Khan to Udana, SIX, short pitched onto off, Udana swings with a bit more conviction this time and gets it well over the ropes at deep mid-wicket. Almost hits the steward on duty down there

Ali Khan to Udana, FOUR, another half volley onto off, Isuru Udana plays a huge slog through deep mid-wicket. Akeal Hossein the fielder there who got hands to it trying the reverse cup, but it goes through his hands, bounces once and over the ropes...

Ali Khan to Y Pathan, out Caught by Brandon King!! Half volley onto off, Pathan got closer for a big slog down the ground. Unfortunately, dosen't connect as well as he'd have wanted, holes out to long-on. Y Pathan c Brandon King b Ali Khan 6(5)

Rampaul to Bopara, SIX, first ball six!! Length ball on off, Bopara shuffled away to give himself a free swing. Connected sweetly and goes over deep mid-wicket for a maximum

Rampaul to Raza, out Caught by Russell!! Full onto middle, told Raza to take him on and the Zimbabwe batter played the big shot. Timing was a bit off as he got way more height than distance. Russell at long-on steadies himself and judges it nicely to complete a good, high catch Raza c Russell b Rampaul 26(17) [4s-1 6s-2]

Rampaul to Raza, no ball, SIX, full toss, too high. Almost waist height and Raza whacks it over deep backward square leg for a maximum. Now he also gets the freehit

Russell to Raza, 2 runs, another full toss, this was lower and Raza drives it towards deep extra cover for a couple of runs

Russell to Raza, SIX, A gift and Sikandar Raza says thank you very much. A knee high full toss on the pads, thumped over the square leg boundary for a maximum

Russell to Raza, FOUR, finally Raza gets going! This was back of a length at normal pace, Raza goes deep and pulls between deep backward square leg and deep mid-wicket

Rampaul to Powell, out Caught by Ingram at deep mid-wicket!! It looked like it was going to be a six, but Colin Ingram at deep mid-wicket pouches it out of the air. This was short pitched and a bit wide, invited Powell to go for a big pull and he obliges. Timed it decently, but just not enough to go over the ropes. Falls two short of his fifty, big wicket for Abu Dhabi. Powell c Ingram b Rampaul 48(29) [4s-3 6s-3]

Rampaul to Powell, FOUR, full outside off, Powell with a blind swing and gets a thick outer edge that flies over short third for a boundary

Rampaul to Powell, SIX, short outside off, Powell stands tall and cuts it over deep backward point for a maximum. A flat six! Looked like the fielder would get onto that, but wasn't to be

Zawar Farid to Powell, FOUR, another length ball angling onto the pads, Powell was expecting it this time and whacks it behind square for a boundary

Ali Khan to Powell, SIX, superb hit!! Shorter length and hurried the batter a bit, Powell still manages to lift his pull all the way into the stands behind square. Playing a captain's knock here...

Ali Khan to Powell, FOUR, cheeky!! In was in the blockhole, Rovman Powell walked across and ramped it to the right of short fine. Took it as a full toss and made his job easy!

Ali Khan to Powell, SIX, short pitched on the body, Rovman Powell very easily pulls this over deep square leg for a maximum!

Narine to Uthappa, out Bowled!! Am I out? Asks Robin Uthappa. Well, you can't get more out that that when you have been clean bowled. It was a seam up delivery, moving away sharply after pitching on middle. Uthappa plays the wrong line and the ball clicks the top of the off bail. He was hoping the keeper pushed that bail out and stood rooted for a while, but walks back after seeing the replays Uthappa b Narine 43(33) [4s-3 6s-2]

Narine to Uthappa, SIX, There's the big shot!! Against his former KKR teammate, Uthappa gets a half tracker. He stays back and pulls it deep into the stands over mid-wicket

Akeal Hosein to Uthappa, FOUR, short and wide, some turn on this one. Uthappa goes back and cuts it between backward point and short third. Runs away for four

Russell to Rajapaksa, out Caught by Narine!! This is a kind of dismissal that will make the coach and captain furious. Everything so casual about it. Was a simple short of length delivery, no real intent behind this flick and he chips it high and straight to Narine for a dolly of a catch at mid-wicket. Russell smiles at his luck. This is worse than a soft dismissal. Rajapaksa c Narine b Russell 9(9)

Narine to Rajapaksa, 3 runs, starts round the wicket with an offie, Rajapaksa waits and guides past slip. Tease for Rampaul from short third man and he just manages to dive in time to save one run with a flick

Russell to Uthappa, FOUR, full toss from his former KKR mate, thank you very much for the gift kind of easy flick to long leg. Almost went all the way

Ali Khan to Uthappa, SIX, now, now! What amazing timing on that. Tell you what, the bowler actually cramped Uthappa for room on seeing him jump down the pitch and Uthappa only adjusted to flick to the on-side. The momentum into the shot was outstanding and it sailed easily over long-on. The shot of the game so far. Ali Khan could not believe that went for six

Ali Khan to Root, out Caught by Zawar Farid!! Pull shot, no timing on that. Deep backward square leg moves to his left and pouches it. Short delivery, looks like it didn't come on as expected. Root early into the shot and holing out at deep square leg. Ali Khan with the first wicket of the tourney. Root c Zawar Farid b Ali Khan 26(21) [4s-2 6s-2]

Russell to Uthappa, FOUR, now Robbie steps out and pulls in the air, over mid-wicket. Did that land on the rope? Looks like it just bounced before the cushion. Four it is. Both batters accelerating

Akeal Hosein to Root, SIX, class act, Joe Root! Knew Akeal Hosein was mainly angling and swinging it back into him, so he went down on one knee to get inside the line and slog-sweep over the man at deep mid-wicket. The Capitals are rolling now

Akeal Hosein to Root, SIX, short delivery, Root pulls and that's the first six of the comp. Proper cricketing shot, didn't try to overhit. Just timed it sweetly to clear the mid-wicket rope

Akeal Hosein to Root, FOUR, oh wanted the slog-sweep, didn't middle but it escapes off the under edge and beats long leg to the left

Akeal Hosein to Root, FOUR, and Joe Root plays the reverse sweep without wasting time. Interesting ball though, the seam-up ball that actually swung in and troubled Root a bit, but he managed to get a top edge that went to the left of short third man