GT20 Canada Season 3 | FINALS Highlights | Surrey Jaguars vs Montreal Tigers

#gt20canada #gt20season3 #cricketsnorth The TD Cricket Arena in Brampton was packed to the rafters as Montreal Tigers were anointed champions of season three of Global T20 Canada, following a sensation last ball victory against the Surrey Jaguars. The Montreal Tigers won the toss and chose to field first. Openers Mohammad Haris and Jatinder Singh started cautiously and at the end of the powerplay, the Surrey Jaguars were 35/0. Jatinder Singh anchored the innings, with an unbeaten half-century. Aayan Afzal Khan got the Tigers their first breakthrough when he trapped a well-settled Mohammad Haris in the sixth over. Litton Das joined Jatinder Singh and continued to rotate the strike and minimize risks. At the halfway mark of ten overs, the Jaguars were 58/1. Soon after, Aayan Afzal Khan scalped Litton Das in the eleventh over. Skipper Iftikhar Ahmed looked to move the scoreboard along and lost his wicket as well to Carlos Brathwaite’s low full toss. Ayaan Khan walked in for the Jaguars and played a much-needed quick fire knock towards the death overs in just 15 deliveries before he was cleaned up by Abbas Afridi in the nineteenth over. Andre Russel bowled a terrific last over, conceding only 7 runs and scalping Matthew Forde in the process. The Surrey Jaguars finished on a competitive total of 130/5. The Montreal Tigers’ response had a tempestuous start. Following a dropped catch, Muhammad Waseem was bowled by a ripper from Spencer Johnson. At the end of the powerplay the Tigers were poised at 35/1. Coming in at number three, Srimantha Wijeyeratne failed to convert his start, however, opener Chris Lynn batted well to make a key contribution but was dismissed by Iftikhar Ahmed in the eleventh over. In the same over, Iftikhar Ahmed scalped Dilpreet Singh, who was also getting his eye in, to switch the momentum back in favour of the Jaguars. With five overs to go the Montreal Tigers needed 53 runs with six wickets in hand. Sherfane Rutherford and Dipendra Singh struggled to score runs against Iftikhar Ahmed, who conceded just one run in the sixteenth over. Rutherford took apart Matthew Forde in the eighteenth over, with a six and a four to bring the equation down to 25 runs needed off 12 balls. Dipendra Singh retired out, to bring out the dangerous Andre Russel. Spencer Johnson bowled the penultimate over and conceded 12 runs to the duo of Russel and Rutherford. With two runs needed of the last ball, pacer Ammar Khalid could not contain Andre Russel who dispatched his second maximum of the over, to claim the silverware for the Montreal Tigers. The Montreal Tigers finished at 135/5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Click on the link to subscribe to GT20 Canada: https://bit.ly/32UcUdi Click on the link below to follow us on Instagram:   / gt20canada   Click on the link below to follow us on Facebook:   / gt20canada   Click on the link below to follow us on Twitter:   / gt20canada   To check out the stats, tap the link below: https://gt20.ca/