Otago cruise to third successive win
Otago Volts completed their victorious run in the Champions League T20 with their third comprehensive win, against Sunrisers Hyderabad
Otago Volts completed their victorious run in the Champions League T20 with their third comprehensive win, against Sunrisers Hyderabad
Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Sidharth Monga
Otago now have won 13 matches on the trot, which joint-second-longest streak in T20 cricket. That's all from the knockouts then. Join us for the real thing tomorrow
Let's hear from the captains then. "We lost the game but we tried a few things," says Shikhar Dhawan. "That's what we were trying to do: try a few things. In the knockout stages, our batsmen have all had hits, so that's a bonus for us. The confidence is still high. This was a match where we wanted to try thing s and analyse what went wrong and what went right."
"We had a couple of bowlers to rest today so we had to be tactically smarter," says Brendon McCullum. "So we began with Nathan who bowled well. Very happy with how the boys have performed. We are a bit surprised by the conditions, they suit our style of play."
A pretty one-sided game as the others have been. The real thing starts tomorrow. Otago go through high on confidence. Sunrisers go through too
NL McCullum run out 1 (4m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
Tariq: "Just reminded someone's words (probably of Mushfiqur Rahim's) about Brendon McCullum, "When he hits it goes for a SIX, when he doesn't hit, it goes for a SIX..""
Here he comes to take his Man-of-the Match award. NMac
Otago Volts completed their victorious run in the Champions League T20 with their third comprehensive win, against Sunrisers Hyderabad