19-year-old bowler shines in CPL 2024 by taking 10 wickets, becomes the hero in Faf du Plessis's team's fourth win
In the current season of the Caribbean Premier League, Faf du Plessis-led St Lucia Kings have written a great script for another victory. In this victory of Faf du Plessis' team, David Visa's amazing performance with the bat was seen, based on which the team set a target of 153 runs. On the other hand, 19-year-old Noor Ahmed played a big role in stopping the opponent before the target with the ball. This Afghan spinner controlled the runs in such a way that the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons team remained 26 runs away from victory.
Noor Ahmed's debut CPL season, 10 wickets so far
This is Noor Ahmed's first CPL season. Meaning, that he has made his debut in CPL from this season. In the 6 matches played so far in CPL 2024, Noor Ahmed has taken 10 wickets at an average of 13.10, in which his best has been taking 3 wickets for 18 runs. With 10 wickets taken so far, Noor Ahmed is the most successful bowler of his team in CPL 2024.
Noor Ahmed's performance against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons
Now the question is, how many wickets did Noor Ahmed, who took 10 wickets in 6 matches of CPL 2024, take in the match played against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons? The 19-year-old Afghan spinner bowled 4 overs in this match and took 2 wickets. Both these wickets were of the two biggest batsmen of Antigua and Barmuda Falcons. The first wicket he took was of Justin Greaves, who is the most successful batsman of Antigua and Barmuda Falcons. He has scored 174 runs in 5 matches. At the same time, the second wicket was of captain Chris Green, who was looking aggressive against St Lucia Kings by scoring 48 runs in 37 balls.
Not only did he take wickets, he was also stingy in giving runs.
There was another special thing about Noor Ahmed's bowling. He took 2 big wickets and also gave very few runs. He gave only 13 runs at an economy of 3.25 while bowling 17 dot balls in 4 overs. Noor Ahmed also got full support from Khairi Pierre in this bowling, who took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. The result of the effective bowling of these two was that Antigua and Bermuda Falcons could not go beyond 126 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs while chasing the target of 153 runs and losing the match.
St Lucia Kings registered their fourth win.
Faf du Plessis' team St Lucia Kings registered their fourth win in CPL 2024, for which, playing first, they scored 152 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. David Visa played a big role in taking St Lucia Kings to this score, coming in at number 7 and scoring 43 runs in 26 balls at a strike rate of 165.38. He was the top scorer of his team.