The Abu Dhabi Knight Riders held their nerve to clinch a four-wicket victory over the Gulf Giants at the Zayed Cricket Stadium.
Chasing 166, openers Phil Salt (35) and Alex Hales (46) laid a solid platform with a 61-run stand before Sherfane Rutherford (30) and Andre Russell (21* off 13) sealed the chase with four balls to spare, despite Tabraiz Shamsi’s 3/23.
Earlier, Rahmanullah Gurbaz smashed 72 off 45 to power the Giants to 165/7, but Piyush Chawla’s outstanding 4/27 restricted the scoring and proved decisive in ADKR’s crucial win.