Overview

• Salman Nizar finished unbeaten on 86 off 26 balls, with 11 sixes coming across the closing two overs.
• He struck five consecutive sixes off Basil Thampi in the 19th over to take 31 runs.
• He then hit six sixes in the final over off Abhijith Praveen, with a wide and a no-ball contributing to a 40-run over.
• Calicut posted 186 for six and won by 13 runs, moving to fourth at 3–3 on the table according to WION.
• The 71 runs in the last two overs are reported as the most ever in T20 closing overs, with clips of the innings drawing wide attention online.