2021 Abu Dhabi T10

Dates	28 January – 6 February 2021
Administrator(s)	Emirates Cricket Board
Cricket format	T10
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin tournament and playoffs
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	Northern Warriors (2nd title)
Runners-up	Delhi Bulls
Participants	8
Matches	29
Player of the series	Nicholas Pooran
Most runs	Sohail Akhtar (248)
Most wickets	Jamie Overton (12)
Official website	ttensports.com
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The 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 was the fourth season of the Abu Dhabi T10. The matches had a 10-over-a-side format with a time duration of 90 minutes. The tournament was played as a round robin followed by semifinals and the final. It was originally scheduled to be played from 19 to 28 November 2020 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.^[1] The tournament started from 28 January with final held on 6 February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Karnataka Tuskers changed their name to Pune Devils.^[3]

Team Abu Dhabi Coach: Dougie Brown	Maratha Arabians Coach: Lalchand Rajput	Bangla Tigers Coach: Thilina Kandamby	Deccan Gladiators Coach: Mushtaq Ahmed
Chris Gayle (icon) Luke Wright (c) Rohan Mustafa Avishka Fernando Hayden Walsh Jr. Chris Morris Usman Shinwari Naveen-ul-Haq Obed McCoy Najibullah Zadran Ben Cox Palaniapan Meiyappan Leonardo Julien Kushal Malla Alex Hales Paul Stirling Jamie Overton Ben Duckett Joe Clarke Tom Helm	Shoaib Malik (icon) Mosaddek Hossain (c) Mohammad Hafeez Laurie Evans Taskin Ahmed Pravin Tambe Ishan Malhotra Muktar Ali Amjad Khan Abdul Shakoor Maroof Merchant Sompal Kami Syed Haider Sohag Gazi Javed Ahmadi Yamin Ahmadzai Alishan Sharafu Sandy Sandeep Kevin Koththigoda	Afif Hossain (icon) Andre Fletcher (c) Isuru Udana Tom Moores Qais Ahmad Chirag Suri Johnson Charles David Wiese Mohammad Irfan Adam Hose Karim Janat Aryan Lakra Fazalhaq Farooqi Noor Ahmad Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mahedi Hasan Ravinderpal Singh Matheesha Pathirana George Garton Rameez Shahzad	Sunil Narine (icon) Kieron Pollard (c)[4][5][6] Imran Tahir Bhanuka Rajapaksa Zahoor Khan Colin Ingram Mohammad Shahzad Wanindu Hasaranga Lahiru Kumara Azam Khan Ravi Rampaul Prashant Gupta Zeeshan Zameer Hamdan Tahir Hafeez-ur-Rehman Imtiyaz Ahmed Aaron Summers Cameron Delport Yasir Kaleem Anwar Ali Sharafuddin Ashraf
Qalandars Coach: Aaqib Javed	Delhi Bulls Coach: Andy Flower	Northern Warriors Coach: Robin Singh	Pune Devils Coach: Jonty Rhodes
Shahid Afridi (icon) Sohail Akhtar (c) Samit Patel Phil Salt Chris Jordan Sultan Ahmed Tom Banton Sohail Tanvir Asif Ali Hasan Ali Sharjeel Khan Fayyaz Ahmed Azmatullah Omarzai Maaz Khan Khurshid Anwar Ben Dunk Ahmed Daniyal Mohammad Taha Umaid Asif Zeeshan Ashraf Daniel Bell-Drummond Aditya Kaushik Ali Khan	Dwayne Bravo (icon, c) Ali Khan Mohammad Nabi Dushmantha Chameera Sherfane Rutherford Evin Lewis Dasun Shanaka Adam Lyth Rahmanullah Gurbaz Fidel Edwards Shiraz Ahmed Kashif Daud Waqar Salamkheil Nyeem Young Amad Butt Waqas Maqsood Ravi Bopara Bashar Nawaz Ahmed Tom Abell	Nicholas Pooran (icon, c) Andre Russell Rayad Emrit Lendl Simmons Wahab Riaz Junaid Siddique Rovman Powell Fabian Allen Nuwan Pradeep Aamer Yamin Brandon King Waheed Ahmed Maheesh Theekshana Ansh Tandon Muhammad Waseem Sujeet Parbatani Dhananjaya Lakshan Wayne Parnell Kjorn Ottley	Dawid Malan (icon) Nasir Hossain (c) Thisara Perera Mohammad Amir Hardus Viljoen Chamara Kapugedera Sam Billings Ajantha Mendis Devon Thomas Darwish Rasooli Kennar Lewis Asif Khan Mohammad Boota Dinesh Kumar Vriitya Aravind Karan KC Munis Ansari Malinda Pushpakumara Sam Wisniewski Chadwick Walton Tom Kohler-Cadmore Monir Hossain Ahmed Raza Alex Davies

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Northern Warriors	3	2	1	0	4	1.933
2	Delhi Bulls	3	2	1	0	4	1.819
3	Bangla Tigers	3	1	2	0	2	−0.629
4	Maratha Arabians	3	1	2	0	2	−3.257

28 January 2021	Northern Warriors 127/2 (10 overs)	v	Maratha Arabians 131/5 (10 overs)	Maratha Arabians won by 5 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Abdul Shakoor (Maratha Arabians)
	Lendl Simmons 54* (31) Muktar Ali 1/19 (2 overs)		Abdul Shakoor 73 (28) Fabian Allen 2/11 (2 overs)
Maratha Arabians won the toss and elected to field.

28 January 2021	Bangla Tigers 128/2 (10 overs)	v	Delhi Bulls 129/3 (8.5 overs)	Delhi Bulls won by 7 wickets
20:30 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Delhi Bulls)
	Johnson Charles 73* (35) Fidel Edwards 1/17 (2 overs)		Rahmanullah Gurbaz 41 (15) Karim Janat 2/34 (2 overs)
Bangla Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.

29 January 2021	Maratha Arabians 87/4 (10 overs)	v	Delhi Bulls 89/1 (5 overs)	Delhi Bulls won by 9 wickets
18:15 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match: Amad Butt (Delhi Bulls)
	Mosaddek Hossain 35* (22) Amad Butt 1/7 (2 overs)		Evin Lewis 55* (16) Yamin Ahmadzai 1/12 (1 over)
Delhi Bulls won the toss and elected to field.

30 January 2021	Maratha Arabians 103/0 (10 overs)	v	Bangla Tigers 105/4 (8 overs)	Bangla Tigers won by 6 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Karim Janat (Bangla Tigers)
	Mohammad Hafeez 61* (30)		Andre Fletcher 31 (16) Muktar Ali 1/13 (1 over)
Bangla Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

30 January 2021	Northern Warriors 137/3 (10 overs)	v	Delhi Bulls 105/7 (10 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 32 runs
20:30 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Northern Warriors)
	Nicholas Pooran 54 (21) Waqas Maqsood 1/1 (2 overs)		Ravi Bopara 36 (15) Wayne Parnell 3/15 (2 overs)
Delhi Bulls won the toss and elected to field. Wayne Parnell (Northern Warriors) took a hat-trick.

31 January 2021	Northern Warriors 162/4 (10 overs)	v	Bangla Tigers 132/3 (10 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 30 runs
18:15 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Northern Warriors)
	Nicholas Pooran 89 (26) Karim Janat 2/18 (2 overs)		Andre Fletcher 53 (28) Wahab Riaz 1/9 (2 overs)
Bangla Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Qalandars	3	3	0	0	6	3.208
2	Team Abu Dhabi	3	1	2	0	2	−0.418
3	Deccan Gladiators	3	1	2	0	2	−1.201
4	Pune Devils	3	1	2	0	2	−1.666

28 January 2021	Deccan Gladiators 104/5 (10 overs)	v	Pune Devils 106/3 (9.2 overs)	Pune Devils won by 7 wickets
18:15 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Billy Taylor (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Kennar Lewis (Pune Devils)
	Azam Khan 37* (13) Nasir Hossain 3/18 (2 overs)		Kennar Lewis 57* (28) Ravi Rampaul 1/13 (2 overs)
Pune Devils won the toss and elected to field.

29 January 2021	Pune Devils 107/2 (10 overs)	v	Qalandars 108/1 (7.1 overs)	Qalandars won by 9 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Tom Banton (Qalandars)
	Tom Kohler-Cadmore 54 (28) Sultan Ahmed 1/12 (2 overs)		Tom Banton 45 (18) Munis Ansari 1/22 (1.1 overs)
Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

29 January 2021	Team Abu Dhabi 95/9 (10 overs)	v	Deccan Gladiators 98/4 (9.4 overs)	Deccan Gladiators won by 6 wickets
20:30 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Zahoor Khan (Deccan Gladiators)
	Luke Wright 25 (14) Zahoor Khan 3/13 (2 overs)		Cameron Delport 40 (24) Jamie Overton 3/18 (1.4 overs)
Deccan Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

30 January 2021	Team Abu Dhabi 100/5 (10 overs)	v	Qalandars 104/1 (8.2 overs)	Qalandars won by 9 wickets
18:15 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Billy Taylor (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Qalandars)
	Joe Clarke 34 (13) Shahid Afridi 2/16 (2 overs)		Sharjeel Khan 40* (21) Naveen-ul-Haq 1/19 (2 overs)
Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

31 January 2021	Pune Devils 129/4 (10 overs)	v	Team Abu Dhabi 130/5 (8.3 overs)	Team Abu Dhabi won by 5 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Obed McCoy (Team Abu Dhabi)
	Tom Kohler-Cadmore 61* (25) Obed McCoy 2/9 (2 overs)		Jamie Overton 38* (11) Hardus Viljoen 3/36 (2 overs)
Team Abu Dhabi won the toss and elected to field.

31 January 2021	Qalandars 118/3 (10 overs)	v	Deccan Gladiators 85/8 (10 overs)	Qalandars won by 33 runs
20:30 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Sohail Akhtar (Qalandars)
	Sohail Akhtar 71* (31) Ravi Rampaul 1/17 (2 overs)		Mohammad Shahzad 27 (17) Chris Jordan 3/8 (2 overs)
Deccan Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Bulls	6	5	1	0	10	3.388
2	Northern Warriors (C)	6	5	1	0	10	2.380
3	Qalandars	6	5	1	0	10	1.536
4	Team Abu Dhabi	6	3	3	0	6	1.141
5	Bangla Tigers	6	2	4	0	4	−0.497
6	Deccan Gladiators	6	2	4	0	4	−0.594
7	Maratha Arabians	6	1	5	0	2	−3.655
8	Pune Devils	6	1	5	0	2	−3.832

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1 February 2021	Pune Devils 115/3 (10 overs)	v	Bangla Tigers 119/2 (8.5 overs)	Bangla Tigers won by 8 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Tom Moores (Bangla Tigers)
	Tom Kohler-Cadmore 48 (25) Fazalhaq Farooqi 1/16 (2 overs)		Tom Moores 38* (12) Mohammad Amir 1/13 (2 overs)
Bangla Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

1 February 2021	Team Abu Dhabi 123/3 (10 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 124/2 (10 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 8 wickets
18:15 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Muhammad Waseem (Northern Warriors)
	Joe Clarke 50* (24) Junaid Siddique 1/23 (2 overs)		Muhammad Waseem 76 (34) Jamie Overton 2/25 (2 overs)
Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

1 February 2021	Deccan Gladiators 118/7 (10 overs)	v	Delhi Bulls 122/2 (8.1 overs)	Delhi Bulls won by 8 wickets
20:30 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Ali Khan (Delhi Bulls)
	Kieron Pollard 47 (18) Ali Khan 2/4 (2 overs)		Rahmanullah Gurbaz 47 (20) Imran Tahir 2/30 (2 overs)
Delhi Bulls won the toss and elected to field.

2 February 2021	Maratha Arabians 101/5 (10 overs)	v	Qalandars 104/6 (8.1 overs)	Qalandars won by 4 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Billy Taylor (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Qalandars)
	Mohammad Hafeez 44 (26) Sohail Tanvir 3/22 (2 overs)		Sharjeel Khan 28 (16) Yamin Ahmadzai 2/21 (2 overs)
Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

2 February 2021	Pune Devils 57/7 (10 overs)	v	Delhi Bulls 58/2 (4.4 overs)	Delhi Bulls won by 8 wickets
18:15 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Ali Khan (Delhi Bulls)
	Kennar Lewis 15 (7) Ali Khan 3/0 (0.5 overs)		Rahmanullah Gurbaz 26 (14) Munis Ansari 1/18 (2 overs)
Delhi Bulls won the toss and elected to field.

2 February 2021	Northern Warriors 143/4 (10 overs)	v	Deccan Gladiators 140/6 (10 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 3 runs
20:30 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match: Rovman Powell (Northern Warriors)
	Rovman Powell 51* (23) Zahoor Khan 1/13 (2 overs)		Azam Khan 54 (22) Fabian Allen 2/8 (1 over)
Deccan Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

3 February 2021	Qalandars 104/3 (10 overs)	v	Bangla Tigers 97/6 (10 overs)	Qalandars won by 7 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Ahmed Daniyal (Qalandars)
	Sohail Akhtar 49* (28) George Garton 1/8 (2 overs)		Tom Moores 39 (21) Sohail Tanvir 2/20 (2 overs)
Bangla Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

3 February 2021	Maratha Arabians 97/4 (10 overs)	v	Team Abu Dhabi 100/1 (5.3 overs)	Team Abu Dhabi won by 9 wickets
18:15 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Team Abu Dhabi)
	Alishan Sharafu 33 (23) Obed McCoy 2/20 (2 overs)		Chris Gayle 84* (22) Mosaddek Hossain 1/22 (1 over)
Team Abu Dhabi won the toss and elected to field.

3 February 2021	Pune Devils 97/8 (10 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 98/2 (4.3 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 8 wickets
20:30 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (Northern Warriors)
	Nasir Hossain 27* (16) Wayne Parnell 3/5 (2 overs)		Muhammad Waseem 56* (13) Sam Wisniewski 2/14 (1 over)
Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

4 February 2021	Deccan Gladiators 120/4 (10 overs)	v	Maratha Arabians 91/3 (10 overs)	Deccan Gladiators won by 29 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Billy Taylor (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Anwar Ali (Deccan Gladiators)
	Anwar Ali 39* (12) Sompal Kami 2/12 (2 overs)		Mosaddek Hossain 44* (21) Aaron Summers 1/13 (2 overs)
Maratha Arabians won the toss and elected to field.

4 February 2021	Qalandars 107/6 (10 overs)	v	Delhi Bulls 111/1 (7.2 overs)	Delhi Bulls won by 9 wickets
18:15 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Nyeem Young (Delhi Bulls)
	Tom Banton 26 (20) Fidel Edwards 2/25 (2 overs)		Evin Lewis 48* (18) Ahmed Daniyal 1/31 (2 overs)
Delhi Bulls won the toss and elected to field.

4 February 2021	Team Abu Dhabi 116/3 (10 overs)	v	Bangla Tigers 95/9 (10 overs)	Team Abu Dhabi won by 21 runs
20:30 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Team Abu Dhabi)
	Paul Stirling 64* (32) Matheesha Pathirana 2/9 (2 overs)		Johnson Charles 59 (23) Jamie Overton 4/24 (2 overs)
Bangla Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

5 February 2021	Northern Warriors 97/7 (10 overs)	v	Delhi Bulls 102/5 (8.4 overs)	Delhi Bulls won by 5 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (Delhi Bulls)
	Nicholas Pooran 32 (12) Dwayne Bravo 2/14 (2 overs)		Sherfane Rutherford 29 (10) Junaid Siddique 4/20 (2 overs)
Delhi Bulls won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator 1

5 February 2021	Qalandars 83/7 (10 overs)	v	Team Abu Dhabi 88/4 (8.4 overs)	Team Abu Dhabi won by 6 wickets
18:15 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match: Ben Duckett (Team Abu Dhabi)
	Shahid Afridi 24 (16) Naveen-ul-Haq 2/6 (2 overs)		Ben Duckett 27* (19) Sultan Ahmed 2/21 (2 overs)
Team Abu Dhabi won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator 2

5 February 2021	Team Abu Dhabi 114/7 (10 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 115/3 (9.4 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 7 wickets
20:30 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Fabian Allen (Northern Warriors)
	Paul Stirling 48 (13) Fabian Allen 4/13 (2 overs)		Rovman Powell 49 (24) Naveen-ul-Haq 1/21 (2 overs)
Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

6 February 2021	Team Abu Dhabi 124/6 (10 overs)	v	Qalandars 103/5 (10 overs)	Team Abu Dhabi won by 21 runs
17:15 (D/N) Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Billy Taylor (Eng) Player of the match: Rohan Mustafa (Team Abu Dhabi)
	Najibullah Zadran 45* (16) Mohammad Zahid 2/10 (2 overs)		Daniel Bell-Drummond 46 (19) Rohan Mustafa 2/19 (2 overs)
Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

6 February 2021	Delhi Bulls 81/9 (10 overs)	v	Northern Warriors 85/2 (8.2 overs)	Northern Warriors won by 8 wickets
20:00 Scorecard				Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Maheesh Theekshana (Northern Warriors)
	Mohammad Nabi 21 (10) Maheesh Theekshana 3/14 (2 overs)		Muhammad Waseem 27 (22) Shiraz Ahmed 1/18 (2 overs) Fidel Edwards 1/18 (2 overs)
Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

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