Dipendra Singh Airee has been in good form in the Global T20 Canada League, but his team, the Montreal Tigers, suffered a 9-wicket defeat against the Vancouver Knights on Wednesday night.
In the match, the Knights comfortably chased down the target of 100 runs, losing just one wicket in 14.5 overs. Mohammad Rizwan played a brilliant unbeaten innings, scoring 68 runs. In the bowling department, Ruben Trumpelman and Junaid Siddique took 3 wickets each, while Corbin Bosch took 2 wickets for the Knights.
Batting first after winning the toss, Montreal Tigers struggled and were bowled out for 99 runs in 18.3 overs. Dipendra Singh Airee made the second-highest contribution with the bat, scoring 24 runs off 27 balls, including three fours.
Dipendra Singh Airee came into bat at number 6 for the Montreal Tigers when they were in trouble at 28/4. He formed a partnership of 34 runs with Muhammad Waseem, who scored 28 runs, to help the team recover. Airee then added 24 runs with Andre Russell, who scored 12 runs. Dilpreet Singh scored 14 runs.
Dipendra Singh Airee scored 5 runs off his first 10 balls. He hit his first boundary off Junaid Siddique in the ninth over, and then added two more boundaries off Muhammad Kamal in the thirteenth over. He was bowled by Junaid Siddique on the last ball of the fifteenth over.
Dipendra Singh Airee has shown promise in his recent matches, but he has not been able to convert his starts into big scores. In the previous match against Brampton, he scored 28 runs, but he was dismissed in the 19th over. In the first game against Surrey Jaguars, he remained unbeaten on 22 runs, and in the opening match against Vancouver Knights, he contributed 22 not out while also taking 1 wicket.
Airee’s approach is not particularly aggressive, but he is good at rotating the strike and running between the wickets. He is a valuable asset to the Montreal Tigers, and they will be hoping that he can start converting his starts into big scores in the coming matches.
