The 8th match of Kerala Cricket League was a very high scoring one, in which Kollam Sailors scored a big score of 236 runs while batting first. Then Sanju Samson scored an explosive century from Kochi's side but the match was decided by another player on the last ball.

While everyone's attention is on Team India's star batsman Sanju Samson in Kerala Cricket League, other players are also leaving their mark. Some against Samson's team and some from Samson's team. One such player is Muhammad Ashiq, who is continuously showing his magic in this league with his all-round talent. A glimpse of this was seen in the match between Kollam Sailors and Kochi Blue Tigers, in which Sanju Samson scored an explosive century but in between his century, Muhammad Ashiq stole the show with his innings of just 18 balls. Samson's team Kochi achieved the difficult target of 237 runs in this match, which was decided on the last ball and this decision was taken by Ashiq.

In the 8th match of KCL, this match between Kochi and Kollam took place on Sunday, 24th August and it was not good at all for the bowlers. Kollam batted first and scored a huge score of 236 runs in 20 overs. Vishnu Vinod played a brilliant innings from his side. This batsman scored 94 runs in just 41 balls with the help of 10 sixes. Kollam captain Sachin Baby was also not behind and he scored 91 runs in 44 balls, which included 6 fours and 6 sixes. This was the highest score in the league this season. In such a situation, the challenge was not easy for Kochi.

Samson scored a strong century

Samson, who came to open for Kochi, started batting rapidly as soon as he came. He scored a half-century in just 16 balls and then completed his century in 42 balls. With such a brilliant century, Samson gave the team the necessary momentum to win. But suddenly some wickets fell in between and the team got into trouble. At such a time, the front was taken over by right-handed batsman Muhammad Aashiq, who first shared a 40-run partnership with Samson. Samson scored 121 runs in 51 balls, which included 14 fours and 7 sixes.

Aashiq won the match on the last ball

But after this, Aashiq took the responsibility of leading the team to victory. In the last over, Kochi needed 17 runs to win and Aashiq hit a four on the first ball and a six on the second ball. On the fourth ball, the second batsman got run out in an attempt to score a run, but Aashiq came on strike for the last two balls. He could not do anything on the fifth ball and it went empty. Now 6 runs were needed on the last ball and all eyes were on Aashiq. This batsman did not disappoint the team and hit a six by hitting a long shot straight outside the long on boundary. With this, the team achieved a thrilling victory. Aashiq scored an unbeaten 45 runs in just 18 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours.