Watch: Sam Billings Grabs Exceptional Flying Catch To Dismiss Will Smeed In ILT20 2024

During the second match of the ILT20 2024 between MI Emirates and Dubai Capitals, Capitals fielder Sam Billings grabbed a blinder at the slips to dismiss Emirates opener Will Smeed for 5 runs. The incident took place on the second ball of the second over when, Smeed tried to drive a fullish pitched ball by Jason Holder. However, the ball took the outside edge of Smeeds’ bat and Billings hung onto a blinder while diving to his right in the slips.

Batting first MI Emirates put up a total of 159/9 wherein opener Muhammad Waseem was the top scorer and scored 51 runs from 26 balls. Other than Waseem, Andre Fletcher smashed 30 off 18 balls whereas skipper Nicholas Pooran never got going and hit 21 runs from 23 balls whereas Tim David scored 27 runs from 22 balls. Other than these batsmen, no other MI batter was able to cross the ten-run mark and was dismissed cheaply.

Watch – Sam Billings takes a stunner catch at slips

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Jason Holder and Sikandar Raza were the stars of the show for the Dubai Capitals with the ball and picked up three wickets each. On the other hand, Dushmantha Chameera, Reolof van der Merwe, and Akif Raja ended the innings with 1 wicket each.

Chasing down the target, Dubai Capitals have lost skipper and opener David Warner early and he was dismissed for a score of just 1 run. Capitals have top names such as Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sam Billings, Rovman Powell, and Sikandar Raza, who will have the onus to help the Capitals get over the line against MI Emirates.

The ILT20 started in the year 2023 and has become very famous in just one year top players such as David Warner, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sam Billings, Rovman Powell, DJ Bravo, Andre Russell, Imad Wasim, and many other famous names from all around the world are part of this league. The UAE-based league consists of six teams including MI Emirates, Dubai Capitals, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Desert Vipers, Gulf Giants and Sharjah Warriors.

Desert Vipers are the current champions of the ILT20 and will be aiming to defend their title this season. On the other hand, MI Emirates, Dubai Capitals, and Gulf Giants are also some of the key contenders to win the title this season.

The MI Emirates, Dubai Capitals, and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders are based on Indian Premier League franchises Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, and Kolkata Knight and the owners of these teams are the same.

The Indian Premier League, which is probably the biggest T20 league in the world has inspired many other countries to start their own T20 tournament. This includes the Big Bash League in Australia, the Pakistan Super League in Pakistan, and now the SA20 in South Africa, these few leagues are probably some of the most-watched T20 tournaments in the world.

On the other hand, after every season there is a huge rise in the popularity of the Indian Premier League due to which the price of the sponsorship has also grown very fast. TATA group has renewed their sponsorship deal with BCCI for the IPL and has signed a deal worth INR 2500 crore.