Shadab, Moqim spin Falcons straight to the CPL final- IPL

Shadab Khan and Sufiyan Moqim’s spin onslaught crushed Guyana Amazon Warriors, with Shadab’s hat-trick sealing a dominant win as Antigua and Barbuda Falcons booked a direct CPL final berth. The Falcons cruised to a nine-wicket victory, propelled by Rahkeem Cornwall’s 49 off 16 and rapid dismissals of the Warriors, who were bowled out for 49.

Shadab, Moqim spin Falcons straight to the CPL final- IPL # Shadab, Moqim spin Falcons straight to the CPL final by mishaalmubarak September 19, 2026 Before Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) could make sense of what was happening to them, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons had wrapped the game in their favour and booked a direct berth for the CPL final. It was as one-sided an affair as they come, and Pakistan spin duo Shadab Khan and Sufiyan Moqim were the wreckers-in-chief. ## Shadab, Sufiyan annihilate Warriors Being sent in to bat first, Warriors were naively unaware of what was about to hit them. They seemed to have gotten to a decent start, losing only one wicket in the powerplay, but within a matter of 3.1 overs the entire game was turned on its head. The onslaught began in the eighth over when Sufiyan Moqim dismissed two batters: Glenn Phillips and Mohammad Haris. Refusing to be outshone by his fellow spinner, especially after the sort of edition he has had, Shadab Khan bagged a hat-trick in the next over, leaving Warriors in utter disarray. This was Shadab’s second hat-trick in T20s, the most by any Pakistan bowler after pacer Mohammad Sami, who had three. By the time the over finished, Warriors were 45 for 6. Three more wickets fell to the duo in the next two overs and Warriors were reeling at 49 for 9, having slid from 40 for 1 just 3.1 overs ago. A last-wicket partnership between Romario Shepherd and Shamar Joseph added some valuable runs for the target, but hoping for the scraps of runs to change the fate in their favour was too big an ask. ## Falcons’ spinners wrea…

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