There is something quietly devastating about a side that makes 170 look inadequate. Mauka Dragos did exactly that in the Mauka Survivor Series final at AKW 1, Umm al-Quwain, overhauling Mauka Predators’ 170 for seven with nine wickets in hand and four overs still in the bank. According to the reporter notes, it completed a clean sweep across a three-match final — a result that speaks not just of one good evening but of a team that found its range and stayed there.
Mauka Predators won the toss and opted to bat, and for a while the innings had the look of one that might set a genuinely testing target. Hiren Gurbani played the hand that gave the innings its early momentum, scoring 41 from 26 balls with seven fours before he was caught by Sourav Ghosh off Ajay. When he fell at 61 for one in the seventh over, the Predators had a platform.
What followed, though, was a stretch where the innings lost its rhythm. Mubashshir Sayed made 17 from 25 and was retired out, a dismissal that tells its own story about the scoring rate. BHART WADHWANI contributed 13 from 22 before being caught by Sami off Sourav Ghosh. Stalin Alva added 10 from 15. The middle order was grinding rather than flowing, and the Dragos bowlers deserved credit for keeping things tight through those phases.
Ajay was the pick of the attack, returning three for 24 from his three overs, while Ajay Dias took two for 35. Fayiz Ahmed Udyawar chipped in with one for 19, and Sourav Ghosh, leading the side, claimed one for 39 from his full quota of four. Satish Chandran was the most economical, conceding just nine from two overs.
The innings found late spark through Amash36, who finished unbeaten on 33 from 23 with three fours and a six, and Kashif Malik, whose 23 came off only seven balls and included two fours and two sixes before he was run out by Sourav Ghosh. Those bursts lifted the Predators to 170 for seven, with 20 extras — including two no-balls and two leg-byes — adding to the total. It was a score that asked a question of the chasing side. Dragos answered it emphatically.
The Dragos reply of 171 for one in 16 overs is recorded on the scorecard, though the individual batting performances from that chase are not available in the facts supplied. What the card does confirm is that only one wicket fell, and the target was reached with 24 balls to spare. Sami was named player of the match.
For a final, the margin carried a statement. Dragos did not merely win; they won with room to spare, and they did it across three matches. The Predators fought with the bat in patches — Gurbani early, Amash36 and Kashif Malik late — but 170 was never quite enough on a night when the chasing side batted as though the equation was simpler than it looked.
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