{"id":25561,"date":"2025-01-16T18:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T18:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25561"},"modified":"2025-01-16T18:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T18:09:41","slug":"rangpur-riders-clinch-inaugural-title-in-exxonmobil-guyana-global-super-league-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/rangpur-riders-clinch-inaugural-title-in-exxonmobil-guyana-global-super-league-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangpur Riders Clinch Inaugural Title in ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>December 7, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cricket Victoria suffered a 56-run defeat in the finals of the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League on Friday evening at the National Stadium Providence, in front of a sizable crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria, led by openers Blake Macdonald and Joe Clarke, started strong, capitalizing on the powerplay overs as they chased 179 for the win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After six overs, they were 53 for 1, needing 125 runs from 84 balls. However, the collapse soon began. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macdonald was dismissed for 16, followed by in-form Sanjay KrishnaMurthi (10), Jonathan Wells (2), and Scott Edwards (9). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria found themselves at 79 for 4 after 10 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clarke managed to contribute 40 runs, but after his dismissal, Victoria struggled to recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Victoria&#8217;s batsmen faltered, Rangpur Riders tightened the screws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With 77 more runs required from 36 balls, Marmeet Singh starred with 3 wickets for 19 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mehedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, and Said Hassan each took 2 wickets, while Kamrul Islam claimed one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Rangpur Riders, winning the toss, opted to bat first and got off to a solid start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Openers Steven Taylor and Soumya Sarkar added 50 runs without losing a wicket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 10 overs, they were 76 for 0, with Taylor on 39 and Sarkar on 33. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor eventually finished with 68 runs, including 4 sixes and 4 fours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Riders reached 124 before losing their first wicket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarkar continued his strong performance, making 86 runs, as Rangpur Riders ended their innings at 178 for 3 after 20 overs, setting a target of 179 for Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cricket Victoria&#8217;s bowlers Dominic Drakes, Max Birhisel, and Karima Gore took one wicket each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, Rangpur Riders collected the coveted Kaieteur Falls-inspired diamond-encrusted trophy and the $1 million prize money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 7, 2024 Cricket Victoria suffered a 56-run defeat in the finals of the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League on Friday evening at the National Stadium Providence, in front of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25562,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25561\/revisions\/25562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}