2018 Abu Dhabi T10

2018 T10 League

Dates	21 November – 2 December 2018
Administrator(s)	Emirates Cricket Board
Cricket format	T10
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin tournament and playoffs
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	Northern Warriors (1st title)
Runners-up	Pakhtoons
Participants	8
Matches	29
Player of the series	Hardus Viljoen
Most runs	Nicholas Pooran (324)
Most wickets	Hardus Viljoen (18)

The 2018 Abu Dhabi T10 (formerly known as the 2018 T10 League) was the second season of the Abu Dhabi T10. The matches had a 10-over-a-side format with a time duration of 90 minutes. The tournament was played as a round robin followed by semifinals and the final. It was played from 21 November to 2 December 2018 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Three new teams, Sindhis, Rajputs and Northern Warriors, joined the tournament with the exclusion of Team Sri Lanka from last season.

Before the start of the tournament, Karachians changed their name to Sindhis after a Pakistan court order had objected to their title, citing a clash of identity with the Pakistan Super League team Karachi Kings.

Squads

Kerala Knights Coach: Daniel Vettori	Maratha Arabians Coach: Wasim Akram	Pakhtoons Coach: Dean Jones	Northern Warriors Coach: Robin Singh
Eoin Morgan (Icon Player, Captain) Sohail Tanvir Kieron Pollard Paul Stirling Dasun Shanaka Chris Gayle Junaid Khan Sandeep Lamichhane Tom Curran Fabian Allen Niroshan Dickwella Imran Nazir Benny Howell Wayne Parnell Reetinder Singh Sodhi Mohammad Naveed Abdul Shakoor Upul Tharanga Jonny Bairstow	Rashid Khan (Icon Player) Dwayne Bravo (Captain) Kamran Akmal Alex Hales James Faulkner Lasith Malinga Liam Livingstone James Vince Brendan Taylor Adam Lyth Roelof van der Merwe Najibullah Zadran Richard Gleeson Hazratullah Zazai Zahoor Khan Subramaniam Badrinath Amir Hayat	Shahid Afridi (Icon Player, Captain) Mohammad Irfan Liam Dawson Colin Ingram David Willey Colin Munro Andre Fletcher Sohail Khan Sharafuddin Ashraf Chadwick Walton Shapoor Zadran Gulbadin Naib Cameron Delport R. P. Singh Muhammad Kaleem Shair Wali Shafiqullah	Darren Sammy (Icon Player, Captain) Wahab Riaz Nicholas Pooran Andre Russell Dwayne Smith Ravi Bopara Rovman Powell Harry Gurney Chris Green Obed McCoy Lendl Simmons Khary Pierre Kennar Lewis Imran Haider Amitoze Singh Rahul Bhatia Hardus Viljoen
Punjabi Legends Coach: Mushtaq Ahmed	Sindhis Coach: Tom Moody	Bengal Tigers Coach: Stephen Fleming	Rajputs Coach: Herschelle Gibbs
Shoaib Malik (Icon Player) Luke Ronchi (Captain) Chris Jordan Liam Plunkett Evin Lewis Mohammad Sami Zahir Khan Umar Akmal Mitchell McClenaghan Tom Moores Anwar Ali Jade Dernbach Hasan Khan Praveen Kumar Shaiman Anwar Sandy Sandeep Phil Salt	Shane Watson (Icon Player, Captain) Anton Devcich Ben Laughlin Jofra Archer Colin de Grandhomme Ben Cutting Mohammad Nawaz Dawid Malan Fawad Ahmed Isuru Udana Joe Clarke Samiullah Shenwari Mohammad Irfan Denesh Ramdin Ahmed Raza Pravin Tambe Ghulam Shabber Thisara Perera	Sunil Narine (Icon Player) Sam Billings (Captain) Tamim Iqbal Jason Roy Sarfraz Ahmed Asif Ali Mujeeb Ur Rahman Morné Morkel Aamer Yamin Mohammad Nabi Kusal Perera Sherfane Rutherford Kevon Cooper Rayad Emrit Ali Khan Zaheer Khan Chirag Suri Muhammad Usman Luke Wright Riki Wessels	Brendon McCullum (Icon Player, Captain) Chris Lynn Rilee Rossouw Mohammad Shahzad Mohammad Hafeez Tymal Mills Carlos Brathwaite Rahat Ali Samit Patel Qais Ahmad Ben Dunk Shan Masood Peter Trego Rohan Mustafa Munaf Patel Ashfaq Ahmed Mohammad Amir Laurie Evans Oshane Thomas Karim Janat Sayed Shirzad

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Pakhtoons	3	2	1	0	4	−0.395
2	Rajputs	3	1	1	1	3	4.314
3	Kerala Knights	3	1	1	1	3	−0.113
4	Sindhis	3	1	2	0	2	−2.181

Source:

21 November 2018	Sindhis 94/6 (10 overs)	v	Rajputs 96/0 (4 overs)	Rajputs won by 10 wickets
18:30 Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Shahzad (Rajputs)
	Shane Watson 42 (20) Munaf Patel 3/20 (2 overs)		Mohammad Shahzad 74* (16)
Rajputs won the toss and elected to field.

21 November 2018	Pakhtoons 109/5 (10 overs)	v	Kerala Knights 110/2 (7.5 overs)	Kerala Knights won by 8 wickets
20:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Kerala Knights)
	Andre Fletcher 32 (14) Sandeep Lamichhane 3/17 (2 overs)		Eoin Morgan 46* (20) Sohail Khan 1/12 (1 over)
Kerala Knights won the toss and elected to field.

22 November 2018	Kerala Knights 103/7 (10 overs)	v	Sindhis 104/1 (7.4 overs)	Sindhis won by 9 wickets
15:30 Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Pravin Tambe (Sindhis)
	Wayne Parnell 59* (24) Pravin Tambe 5/15 (2 overs)		Shane Watson 50* (24) Sandeep Lamichhane 1/14 (2 overs)
Sindhis won the toss and elected to field. Pravin Tambe (Sindhis) took a hat-trick.

23 November 2018	Rajputs 121/3 (10 overs)	v	Pakhtoons 126/1 (9.4 overs)	Pakhtoons won by 9 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Andre Fletcher (Pakhtoons)
	Brendon McCullum 58 (29) Shahid Afridi 1/11 (2 overs)		Andre Fletcher 68* (27) Tymal Mills 1/27 (2 overs)
Pakhtoons won the toss and elected to field.

24 November 2018	Pakhtoons 137/6 (10 overs)	v	Sindhis 129/8 (10 overs)	Pakhtoons won by 8 runs
15:30 Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Andre Fletcher (Pakhtoons)
	Andre Fletcher 68* (29) Ben Cutting 2/14 (2 overs)		Thisara Perera 47 (13) Sohail Khan 2/18 (2 overs)
Sindhis won the toss and elected to field.

25 November 2018	Rajputs 94/5 (9 overs)	v	Kerala Knights	No result
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
	Laurie Evans 38* (19) Fabian Allen 2/17 (2 overs)
Kerala Knights won the toss and elected to field. Rain stopped play during Rajputs' innings.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Northern Warriors	3	2	1	0	4	3.073
2	Bengal Tigers	3	2	1	0	4	2.295
3	Maratha Arabians	3	1	2	0	2	−1.642
4	Punjabi Legends	3	1	2	0	2	−3.715

Source:

22 November 2018	Bengal Tigers 130/1 (10 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 94/7 (10 overs)	Bengal Tigers won by 36 runs
15:30 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Aamer Yamin (Bengal Tigers)
	Jason Roy 60* (29) Hardus Viljoen 1/8 (2 overs)		Lendl Simmons 44 (28) Aamer Yamin 4/4 (2 overs)
Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field. Aamer Yamin (Bengal Tigers) took a double hat-trick.

22 November 2018	Punjabi Legends 121/6 (10 overs)	v	Maratha Arabians 78 (9.2 overs)	Punjabi Legends won by 43 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Zahir Khan (Punjabi Legends)
	Umar Akmal 31 (18) Richard Gleeson 3/18 (2 overs)		Alex Hales 32 (13) Chris Jordan 4/6 (1.2 overs)
Maratha Arabians won the toss and elected to field.

23 November 2018	Bengal Tigers 91/7 (10 overs)	v	Maratha Arabians 92/1 (8.2 overs)	Maratha Arabians won by 9 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Hazratullah Zazai (Maratha Arabians)
	Jason Roy 27 (15) James Faulkner 2/14 (2 overs)		Hazratullah Zazai 76 (35) Zaheer Khan 1/10 (1 over)
Maratha Arabians won the toss and elected to field.

23 November 2018	Northern Warriors 183/2 (10 overs)	v	Punjabi Legends 84/7 (10 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 99 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Northern Warriors)
	Nicholas Pooran 77 (25) Zahir Khan 1/26 (2 overs)		Anwar Ali 18 (7) Ravi Bopara 4/15 (2 overs)
Punjabi Legends won the toss and elected to field.

24 November 2018	Punjabi Legends 77/9 (10 overs)	v	Bengal Tigers 80/4 (6 overs)	Bengal Tigers won by 6 wickets
15:30 Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Bengal Tigers)
	Luke Ronchi 23 (14) Sunil Narine 2/11 (2 overs) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/11 (2 overs)		Jason Roy 43 (14) Chris Jordan 1/6 (1 over)
Punjabi Legends won the toss and elected to bat.

25 November 2018	Maratha Arabians 94/6 (9 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 95/2 (7.1 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 8 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Northern Warriors)
	Najibullah Zadran 27 (9) Hardus Viljoen 3/16 (2 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 62 (24) Rashid Khan 1/17 (2 overs)
Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field. Match was reduced to 9 overs due to rain.

Super league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Northern Warriors (C)	6	5	1	0	10	3.076
2	Pakhtoons	6	4	2	0	8	0.266
3	Maratha Arabians	6	3	3	0	6	0.638
4	Bengal Tigers	6	3	3	0	6	0.375
5	Punjabi Legends	6	3	3	0	6	−1.121
6	Rajputs	6	2	3	1	5	−0.782
7	Kerala Knights	6	2	3	1	5	−1.189
8	Sindhis	6	1	5	0	2	−1.725

Source:
(C) Champion

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  Advanced to Eliminator finals 1

26 November 2018	Bengal Tigers 93/6 (10 overs)	v	Pakhtoons 94/3 (7.3 overs)	Pakhtoons won by 7 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Andre Fletcher (Pakhtoons)
	Sherfane Rutherford 24 (12) R. P. Singh 2/14 (2 overs)		Andre Fletcher 47 (18) Zaheer Khan 1/9 (1 over)
Pakhtoons won the toss and elected to field.

26 November 2018	Punjabi Legends 107/5 (10 overs)	v	Kerala Knights 71 (8.2 overs)	Punjabi Legends won by 36 runs
20:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Hasan Khan (Punjabi Legends)
	Umar Akmal 30 (17) Mohammad Naveed 2/25 (2 overs)		Chris Gayle 35 (19) Hasan Khan 4/21 (2 overs)
Kerala Knights won the toss and elected to field.

27 November 2018	Rajputs 63/7 (10 overs)	v	Maratha Arabians 64/0 (5 overs)	Maratha Arabians won by 10 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Richard Gleeson (Maratha Arabians)
	Ben Dunk 15 (9) Richard Gleeson 2/9 (2 overs)		Hazratullah Zazai 29* (12)
Maratha Arabians won the toss and elected to field.

27 November 2018	Sindhis 91/6 (10 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 92/9 (10 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 1 wicket
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Hardus Viljoen (Northern Warriors)
	Shane Watson 50 (28) Hardus Viljoen 2/15 (2 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 17 (10) Jofra Archer 2/14 (2 overs)
Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

28 November 2018	Rajputs 117/5 (10 overs)	v	Punjabi Legends 105/6 (10 overs)	Rajputs won by 12 runs
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Billy Taylor (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Carlos Brathwaite (Rajputs)
	Brendon McCullum 28 (15) Chris Jordan 2/16 (2 overs)		Phil Salt 34* (17) Tymal Mills 2/19 (2 overs)
Punjabi Legends won the toss and elected to field.

28 November 2018	Maratha Arabians 125/6 (10 overs)	v	Pakhtoons 126/2 (9.2 overs)	Pakhtoons won by 8 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Shafiqullah (Pakhtoons)
	Najibullah Zadran 36 (14) Mohammad Irfan 2/17 (2 overs)		Colin Ingram 42* (13) Roelof van der Merwe 1/11 (1 over)
Pakhtoons won the toss and elected to field.

29 November 2018	Kerala Knights 101/2 (10 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 105/2 (7.2 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 8 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Northern Warriors)
	Paul Stirling 60 (28) Andre Russell 1/13 (2 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 43* (18) Benny Howell 1/8 (1.2 overs)
Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

29 November 2018	Sindhis 134/4 (10 overs)	v	Bengal Tigers 138/3 (10 overs)	Bengal Tigers won by 7 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match: Jason Roy (Bengal Tigers)
	Anton Devcich 64 (23) Mohammad Nabi 3/20 (2 overs)		Jason Roy 64 (35) Jofra Archer 1/12 (2 overs)
Bengal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

29 November 2018	Pakhtoons 102/6 (10 overs)	v	Punjabi Legends 103/5 (8.5 overs)	Punjabi Legends won by 5 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Hasan Khan (Punjabi Legends)
	Colin Ingram 29 (15) Hasan Khan 4/22 (2 overs)		Umar Akmal 41 (21) Liam Dawson 2/4 (1 over)
Punjabi Legends won the toss and elected to field.

30 November 2018	Bengal Tigers 123/5 (10 overs)	v	Kerala Knights 126/3 (8.4 overs)	Kerala Knights won by 7 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Kerala Knights)
	Sunil Narine 52 (25) Benny Howell 2/23 (2 overs)		Jonny Bairstow 84* (24) Mohammad Nabi 2/18 (1.4 overs)
Kerala Knights won the toss and elected to field.

30 November 2018	Rajputs 64/8 (10 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 67/3 (5.5 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 7 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Khary Pierre (Northern Warriors)
	Qais Ahmad 19* (14) Khary Pierre 3/10 (2 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 45* (18) Qais Ahmad 2/7 (2 overs)
Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

30 November 2018	Sindhis 98/4 (10 overs)	v	Maratha Arabians 99/1 (7.1 overs)	Maratha Arabians won by 9 wickets
17:45 (D/N) Scorecard				Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Najibullah Zadran (Maratha Arabians)
	Shane Watson 46* (28) Rashid Khan 3/15 (2 overs)		Najibullah Zadran 60* (24) Pravin Tambe 1/10 (1.1 over)
Maratha Arabians won the toss and elected to field.

Playoffs

Qualifier final

1 December 2018 15:30 Scorecard

Pakhtoons 135/5 (10 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 122/4 (10 overs)
Shahid Afridi 59* (17) Hardus Viljoen 3/26 (2 overs)		Rovman Powell 80* (35) Mohammad Irfan 2/20 (2 overs)

Pakhtoons won by 13 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pakhtoons)

• Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator finals

Eliminator 1

1 December 2018 17:45 (D/N) Scorecard

Bengal Tigers 135/7 (10 overs)	v	Maratha Arabians 138/3 (9.1 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 46 (16) Dwayne Bravo 4/16 (2 overs)		Alex Hales 87* (32) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1/16 (2 overs)

Maratha Arabians won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Maratha Arabians)

• Maratha Arabians won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator final 2

1 December 2018 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Maratha Arabians 72/8 (10 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 74/0 (5 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 15 (7) Hardus Viljoen 3/6 (2 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 43* (16)

Northern Warriors won by 10 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Hardus Viljoen (Northern Warriors)

• Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

3rd place playoff

2 December 2018 17:45 (D/N) Scorecard

Maratha Arabians 121/6 (10 overs)	v	Bengal Tigers 127/4 (9.1 overs)
Adam Lyth 52 (24) Ali Khan 2/22 (2 overs) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/22 (2 overs)		Sherfane Rutherford 46 (21) James Faulkner 1/11 (1 over) Richard Gleeson 1/11 (1 over)

Bengal Tigers won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Sherfane Rutherford (Bengal Tigers)

• Bengal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Final

2 December 2018 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Northern Warriors 140/3 (10 overs)	v	Pakhtoons 118/7 (10 overs)
Rovman Powell 61* (25) Shahid Afridi 1/21 (2 overs)		Andre Fletcher 37 (18) Chris Green 2/11 (2 overs)

Northern Warriors won by 22 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Rovman Powell (Northern Warriors)

• Pakhtoons won the toss and elected to field.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo