Dubai: Friends Kuwait won the most extravagant and world’s most well known tennis ball cricket competition overcoming Globelink West Star Shipping group by 11 runs at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The last of the third version of the third 10PL, which is considered as the World Cup in tennis ball cricket, was viewed by more than 100,000 on YouTube and over a 1,000 onlookers at the Sharjah Stadium. More than one million watchers checked out watch the occasion on YouTube.The coordinators made the last day of this Dh250,000 occasion, which was challenged by 16 groups from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman, into a tremendous event with rhythms and a firecrackers show. The victors got the most extravagant prize cash of Dh110,000 while other participants Globelink got Dh70,000.

Batting first, Friends Kuwait got looking poor so far losing opener Krishna Satpute, known as the Sachin Tendulkar of tennis-ball cricket, for 4, his accomplice Ajith Mohithe for a duck and Thomas Dias for 3 and were reeling at three wickets down for seven runs before Yogesh Pawar played a thump of 31 runs. Vishwajith Thakur, who was instrumental in India overcoming Pakistan in the conflict of the opponents on Wednesday night, rose as the legend of the last also contributing with an ideal 15 rushes to assist Kuwait with posting 72-8 of every 10 overs. Thakur then proceeded to create a destructive spell of four wickets for seven races to wreck Globelink’s expectations. Truth be told, Globelink got looking great so far through their openers Tushar Randivee (17) and S. Maggi (20) preceding Thakur struck over and over.