
Rahul Tiwari
khelja|11-08-2024
Sometimes a single decision can change so much, and that was seen in Global T20 Canada. Here Shakib Al Hasan's no turned into a yes for the team of the captain who won the World Cup for India. What I mean to say is that if Shakib had not refused to play the super over, his team could have had a ticket to play the final. But, his one no not only took Toronto Nationals to Qualifier 2 in GT20 Canada, after which this team has also reached the final of the league. Unmukt Chand also plays for Toronto Nationals, who won the Under-19 World Cup for India in 2012 under his captaincy.
Now understand the whole matter in detail. The GT20 Canada eliminator match was to be played on 9 August. This match was between Bangla Tigers and Toronto Nationals. But, the match did not take place due to rain. After this, as reported, the umpire proposed a super over to Shakib Al Hasan, which he flatly refused to play.
According to Shakib, after the match was washed out due to rain, his team Bangla Tigers should have gone to Qualifier 2 because they were on top of the points table. Of course, this should have happened. But, in some tournaments, after the playoff matches are washed out due to rain, it is decided through a Super Over. And GT20 Canada is also one of them.
Now when Bangla Tigers captain Shakib refused to play the super over, Toronto Nationals got the license to play Qualifier 2 without any fuss. This team took advantage of this opportunity in such a way that by defeating Brampton Wolves in Qualifier 2, they got a direct ticket to the final, where they will face Montreal Tigers on 11 August.
Toronto Nationals won Qualifier 2 by 5 wickets with 10 balls to spare. Brampton Wolves batted first in this match and scored 141 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Except Nick Hobson's 51 runs, no batsman of the team could do anything special. Toronto Nationals' all-rounder Romario Shepherd also played a big role with the ball, who took 4 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs.
Toronto Nationals achieved the target of 142 runs in just 18.2 overs. Romario, who did wonders with the ball, returned after finishing the game with the bat. He remained unbeaten after scoring 10 runs in 5 balls. The opening pair of Colin Munro and Unmukt Chand gave a great start of 57 runs for the team. Munro scored 36 runs and Unmukt scored 19 runs and were the top 2 scorers of the team. Romario Shepherd was chosen as the hero of Toronto Nationals' victory in Qualifier 2 for his brilliant bowling spell.




