Elvish Yadav’s Team Wins ECL: Haryanvi Hunters, led by Elvish Yadav, have clinched the Entertainers Cricket League (ECL) T10 title as they defeated Lucknow Lions, who were led by Anurag Dwivedi, by 8 wickets at Delhi’s IG Indoor Stadium on September 22 (Sunday). Haryanvi Hunters and Lucknow Lions were the tournament’s most consistent teams with Hunters being the only team who were unbeaten throughout the league stage phase.
Coming to the ECL T10 final match, Lucknow won the toss and elected to bat first. Captain Anurag Dwivedi hit multiple boundaries in the first over but then lost his wicket on the fifth ball of the first over. Lucknow lost three wickets in the second over and looked set for a small total but batter Aman Deep Singh hit 20 runs in the third over to revive Lucknow’s innings. Singh’s 17-ball 46 and Ashish Kumar Meena’s 17-ball 35 runs knock helped Lucknow to 131-9 in 10 overs after an abysmal start.
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Elvish Yadav and Keshav Chaudhary opened the innings for the Hunters and Elvish Yadav got the team off to a thunderous start as he hit four sixes in the first over. He got out in the third over but gave the team a good start with his 30-runs knock off just 8 balls. New batter Lalit Yadav made sure that the Hunters’ momentum was unhindered despite losing the captain by hitting two sixes in the third over. Chaudhary lost his wicket without making a substantial contribution with Anujj Chaudhary coming in to bat at number four.
Anujj rained sixes and fours from the get-go and made sure that Haryanvi Hunters lost no more wickets and chased the target in just 7.1 overs to win the inaugural ECL T10 trophy by eight wickets. Anujj finished unbeaten on 63 off just 18 balls and yADAV ON 30 off 9 balls.
Bowler Rohit Lamba and batter Anujj Chaudhary were awarded the Man of the Match awards for their match-winning performances.
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After the win, Elvish Yadav expressed his thanks to the support of fans and acknowledged the hard work put in by the players and team’s support staff.
“The love and support of millions of fans has been the secret to our success. I bow down in front of them for all their love and I have nothing but gratitude. We played really well and managed to get the Haryanvi Hunters to win the maiden ECL trophy. It wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work of our players and the support of our fans, ” said Elvish Yadav, the Haryanvi Hunters captain.