Watch: Naseem Shah and Kieron Pollard engaged in heated altercation during ILT20 2025/26 final
The Pakistan pacer, Naseem Shah, has got engaged in a heated altercation with the former West Indies captain and all-rounder, Kierson Pollard, during the final of the ILT20 2025/26 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The battle was fierce between the former West Indies all-rounder and Captain, Kieron Pollard, and Pakistan pacer, Nashim Shah, as they were engaged in a heated verbal altercation with each other during the final of the International League T20 (ILT20) 2025-26 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The incident happened on the last ball of the eleventh over during the second innings.
Playing for the Desert Vipers, Naseem dished out a good land delivery as Pollard could do nothing much with the ball, getting an inside edge onto his bed as it rolled back to the pacer. That was when the Pakistan pacer mocked the batter by letting out a huge chuckle, who did not amuse the veteran campaigner who was leading the MI Emirates in this competition.
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Pollard headed straight back to the bowler and got engaged in a heated verbal duel as the tempers flared at the Ring of Fire before the umpires and the players from the Vipers’ side tried to calm things down. However, Naseem had the last laugh by dismissing the right-handed batter for 28 runs at a run-a-ball.
Naseem Shah and Kieron Pollard’s heated argument in ILT20 2025/26 final
The Desert Vipers, who enjoyed a successful group stage campaign in the tournament, put up 182 in their allotted twenty overs for the loss of four wickets in the first innings. The number three batter, Max Holden, recorded a decent knock of 41 runs in 32 balls with the help of two boundaries and one six.
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However, they still needed some fire in the back end of the innings with their captain, Sam Curran, providing an unbeaten knock of 74 runs in just 51 balls with the help of eight boundaries and two sixes. MI Emirates did not receive any significant contributions from the batters, with the highest score being 36 from Shakib, as they were bowled out for 136, losing the contest by 46 runs. Vipers claimed the maiden trophy of the tournament.
Brief Scores: Desert Vipers 182/4 (Sam Cuuran 74*, Max Holder 41, Fazalhaq Farooqi 2/33) beat MI Emirates 136 (Shakib Al Hasan 36, Naseem Shah 3/18, David Payne 3/42) by 46 runs.
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