The name of this New Zealand batsman was also included in the players retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Fine innings by Finn Allen. (ICC photo)
Indian Premier League (IPL) team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) before the next season of the league, the player who expressed confidence by retaining, that player seems to live up to the expectations. This player is New Zealand batsman Finn Allen. Currently, the Super Smash tournament is being played in New Zealand and Finn Allen has played a blistering inning in this tournament. On the basis of his innings, Wellington defeated Canterbury by eight wickets.
Canterbury decided to bat first after winning the toss in this match but this team could not score big. The team somehow scored 132 runs in 20 overs losing eight wickets. Wellington achieved this target in 11.5 overs at the loss of just two wickets.
Runs scored with a strike of 210
The target given by Canterbury was simple. But sometimes even easy targets become difficult in cricket. However, this did not happen in this match. With the help of Allen’s excellent innings, Wellington did not find it difficult to achieve this target. Allen first scored 58 runs with Nick Kelly. Nick got out after scoring 24 runs in 12 balls. But Finn Allen stood at one end. He kept scoring runs in a stormy manner. Finn Allen’s wicket fell on a total score of 123. He hit nine fours and three sixes in his 37-ball innings.
But when he got out, the team was just 10 runs away from victory. Rachin Ravindra and Troy Johnson made the team cross the threshold of victory. Rachin remained unbeaten on 19 and Johnson scored nine runs.
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Such was Canterbury’s innings
The decision of the Canterbury captain to bat first did not prove to be correct. The team did not get a good start. Bowes was out on the very first ball. Then Leo Carter got out after scoring three runs. Matthew Boyle could not go beyond six runs. Captain McConchie and wicketkeeper Cam Fletcher handled the team in the middle order. The captain scored 35 runs in 36 balls with the help of four fours. Fletcher played an inning of 29 runs off 23 balls. In the end Todd Asley contributed 18 and Black Coburn contributed 12 runs.