Watch: Usman Tariq bowled with illegal action to Kieron Pollard in Qualifier 1 of ILT20 2025/26
The new spinner of the Pakistan Cricket Team, Usman Tariq, bowled with illegal action to the right-handed batter of the MI Emirates- Kieron Pollard- during the first qualifier of ILT20 2025/26.
The Pakistan spinner, Usman Tariq, who has featured in two T20Is for the national side in the shortest format, has picked up six wickets at an average of 7.33 and a strike rate of eight with an economy rate of under six. However, he is under suspicion of bowling with an illegal action during the 2025/26 season of the International League T20 (ILT20) for the first qualifier.
The game took place between Desert Vipers and MI Emirates at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, where the reports claimed that Tariq perhaps bowled with an illegal action to the MI captain, Kieron Pollard, who, after smashing a six against the spinner, was dismissed on the very next delivery.
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Vipers, batting first, posted a decent score of 233/1 in their allotted 20 overs of the first innings with Fakhar Zaman nailing a strong knock of 69 runs in 50 balls with the help of five boundaries and a couple of sixes at a strike rate of 138.
Usman Tariq bowls to Kieron Pollard with illegal bowling action
Meanwhile, the wicket-keeper batter, Andries Gous, clubbed an unbeaten knock of 120 runs in 58 balls at a strike rate of 206.90, shouldering on seven boundaries and nine sixes along with Vipers’ captain, Sam Curran, who drilled an undefeated knock of 38 runs in just 12 balls with the help of two fours and four sixes at a strike rate of 316.67.
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MI Emirates could only make their way to 188 runs in 20 overs for the lose of seven wickets as Tom Banton, at number three, recorded a fine knock of 63 runs in only 27 balls at a strike rate of 233.33 with the help of six boundaries and four sixes while Romario Shepherd tried his best with undefeated 39 runs in 23 balls at a strike rate of 169.57.
Tariq has been reported for the illegal action heading into the final of the ILT20 on January 04, 2026. He was previously questioned for the same reason. It will be interesting to see how things unfold.
Brief Scores: Desert Vipers 233/1 (Andries Gous 120*, Fakhar Zaman 69, Allah Ghazanfar 1/37) beat MI Emirates 188/7 (Tom Banton 63, Muhammad Waseem 41, Usman Tariq 3/33) by 45 runs.
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