This West Indies batsman had joined Rajasthan Royals in IPL last year and this time the franchise retained this player. The Rajasthan team will be very happy to see the innings played by this batsman in ILT20.
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West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer was retained by Rajasthan Royals in his team for the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). This decision of the franchise seems to be working because Hetmyer has batted amazingly in the International League T20 played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Seeing his innings, the Rajasthan team will be happy with their decision. Hetmyer is playing on behalf of Gulf Giants in this league. He has won his team with his stormy innings in this league.
In this match, the Gulf team batted first and scored 195 runs in 20 overs losing four wickets. The Gulf team won this match three balls before. Gulf won by five wickets.
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Hetmyer and Lynn bat
Chasing the mammoth target of 196 runs, the Gulf team, however, did not get off to a good start. He lost the wicket of James Vince in the very first over, who scored four runs. After this, the second opener Tom Benton was also dismissed after scoring four runs. Rehan Ahmed could not take his innings beyond one run. Meanwhile, Lynn had set his feet on the wicket and he was scoring fast. Hetmayer got his support after Rehan left. Together these two thrashed the Vipers bowlers fiercely. Both of them shared a 117-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
During this, Hetmyer scored at a strike rate of 200. His wicket fell on a total score of 147. The left-handed batsman faced 35 balls and hit five fours and as many sixes. Lynn was out on a total score of 162, who played an inning of 71 runs in 42 balls with the help of eight fours and three sixes. David Visa scored an unbeaten 22 and Liam Dawson scored an unbeaten 16 to win the team.
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Earlier, England batsman Alex Hales played a stormy innings for the Vipers. However, Hales missed out on scoring a century. He scored 99 runs in 57 balls with the help of 10 fours and five sixes. Team captain Colin Munro scored 39 runs off 23 balls. Sherfane Rutherford scored an unbeaten 27 off 15 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. Mustafa played an inning of 23 runs in 16 balls.