Conference of the Atlantic
The Conference Semifinals 1 match between the Atlanta Fire and the Manhattan Yorkers will begin.
Rain prevented the Manhattan Yorkers from having a chance to get back in the game and win the best-of-three semifinal series against the Atlanta Fire, which resulted in the Atlanta Fire advancing to the finals week with a comfortable 19-run victory in the DLS. Zain Syed had an average season with the bat, but just in the nick of time, he found his form, as he blasted 75 runs off of 46 deliveries. As the century stand spurred the Fire to create a strong threat for the Yorkers, Aaron Jones matched him stroke after stroke with his own score of 72 after playing 42 holes. Rain fell in the 16th over, putting an end to the Yorkers’ hopes of advancing to their first finals week and preventing them from running away with the game in their response. The Yorkers never threatened to run away with the game.
The brief scores are as follows: Fire scored 198-7 in 20 overs, Zain Syed scored 75, Christopher Barnwell took 4-31, and they defeated Yorkers 136-7 in 15.2 overs, using the DLS technique (Rajdeep Darbar scored 39, Amila Aponso took 3-29).
The Conference Semifinals 2 match will be between the New Jersey Stallions and the Morrisville Raptors.
Two consecutive losses were inflicted on the Morrisville Raptors by the New Jersey Stallions at the latter team’s highly regarded arena of residence. In the first match of the series, the Stallions prevailed over the Raptors by a score of 16 runs thanks to the calm half-centuries that were scored by Dominique Rikhi and Sai Teja Mukkamalla, who is a teenage phenomenon. Dane Piedt, the captain of the Raptors, put up a brave fight by scoring 51 runs undefeated off 33 balls, but he received little help from the rest of his team’s batsmen. The Raptors batters put up a far better show with the bat in their second outing, but they were unable to prevent a final over heartbreak. This was because Stephen Wiig protected three runs off the final ball, which allowed the Stallions to advance to their second finals week in two years.
Brief Scores: Stallions 152-5 in 20 overs defeated Raptors 136-9 in 20 overs (Dane Piedt 53*, Derone Davis 2-13) by a margin of 16 runs. Sai Teja Mukkamalla scored 53 not out and Jacobus Pienaar took three wickets for the Stallions.
Stallions 167-6 in 20 overs, led by Anthony Bramble with 75 and Aditya Padala with 2-22, defeated Raptors 166-8 in 20 overs, led by Vinothkumar Kandaswamy with 51 and Sachin Mylavarapu with 2-20.
Pacific Conference
Conference Semifinal 1 Matchup Between the Dallas Mustangs and the Seattle Thunderbolts
In the opening round of the match, the Mustangs were completely annihilated by the Thunderbolts, who scored 108 runs. Andries Gous and Harmeet Singh caused havoc with the bat. While Harmeet clubbed seven sixes in just 19 balls on his route to a scorching half-century, Gous slammed 79 runs off the bat. The Mustangs were all out for 97 after Phani Simhadri bowled a period in which he went 5 for 9 and completely demolished the team. The batsmen for the Thunderbolts had no intention of backing down in the following match, either. putting up 182 runs in a game that had 14 overs for each team, with Rayyan Khan Pathan contributing to the cause against his previous organisation by scoring 48 runs off 21 balls. The star-studded Mustangs were eliminated from the competition after losing just a handful of games out of 14 in the league stage. They were unable to soak in the pressure of a steep chase once again, which led to their elimination.
Brief Scores: Thunderbolts 205-5 in 20 overs beat Mustangs 97 in 18.1 overs by a margin of 108 runs. Andries Gous scored 79 runs for Thunderbolts, and Ali Sheikh took four wickets for Mustangs. Sujith Gowda scored 19 runs for Mustangs. Phani Simhadri took five wickets for Mustangs.
Brief Scores: Thunderbolts 182-5 in 14 overs beat Mustangs 149-4 in 14 overs (Willem Ludick 52, Phani Simhadri 3-29) by a margin of 33 runs. Rayyan Khan Pathan scored 48 runs for Thunderbolts, and Nosthush Kenjige took two wickets for Mustangs.
Taking on the Chicago Tigers are the Silicon Valley Strikers.
After snatching a victory in a super over, the Chicago Tigers were able to force the Silicon Valley Strikers into a decisive game of the best-of-three semifinal series. This allowed the Chicago Tigers to give the Silicon Valley Strikers a fight for their money. After the Tigers were bowled out for 95 runs, the Strikers defeated the Tigers by a score of 9 wickets to take the lead in the match and draw first blood. Lendl Simmons’ lightning-fast half-century helped the Strikers breeze over their lowly mark with ease. The Tigers pulled off an exciting victory in the extra over thanks to Calvin Savage’s leadership. After giving up 6 runs in the final over, Savage was able to force a tie by coming back to stifle them even more so that they were only able to score 4 runs in the extra over. Unmukt Chand’s dazzling 71* eventually placed the Strikers on the aircraft to defend their title as the Strikers cantered home with ease in the deciding game after the Strikers contained the Tigers at 147. This victory allowed the Strikers to defend their title for the second consecutive year.
Brief Scores: Strikers defeated Tigers 95 in 19.1 overs by 9 wickets. Lendl Simmons scored 52 not out and Sami Sohail took 1-19 for the Strikers.
Brief Scores: Tigers 136-5 in 20 overs beat Strikers 136-4 in 20 overs in a super over. Saad Ali scored 43 runs for the Tigers, and Pranay Suri took 3-12 wickets for the Strikers (Unmukt Chand 45, Deepchand Pinnaka 2-31).
The brief scores are as follows: Strikers 151-2 in 16.2 overs defeated Tigers 147-8 in 20 overs (Unmukt Chand 71*, Marques Ackerman 1-26) by 8 wickets. Saad Ali scored 46 runs for the Tigers, and Shehan Jayasuriya took three wickets.
