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Delhi: Manchester Super Giants won the men's title of The Hundred for the first time by defeating Trent Rockets by five wickets in a thrilling match at Lord's. The match became very exciting in the last overs, but Super Giants achieved the target with two balls left.

Match changed in the last moments

Chasing the target of 159 runs, Super Giants needed only 3 runs from the last 9 balls. After this, Mohammad Amir raised the hopes of the Rockets by dismissing Heinrich Klaasen and Michael Bracewell consecutively. Not only this, Ben Sanderson also bowled lethally and bowled two empty balls. In such a situation, three runs were needed on three balls. During this, Liam Dawson, regardless of the pressure, gave victory to the team by hitting a brilliant six over midwicket.

Tim Seifert became the biggest hero of victory

Tim Seifert was the biggest hero of the victory of the Super Giants. He scored 72 runs in just 38 balls, which included seven sixes and four fours. The power of his shots during the innings can be gauged from the fact that the spectators had to step back several times to avoid the ball.

Rockets had scored 158 runs

Trent Rockets had a good start, where Ben Duckett scored 31 runs, but the team came under pressure due to the run out of captain Sam Billings and the dismissal of Tim David on the first ball. Anerin Donald played an innings of 38 runs in 19 balls. After this, Mitchell Santner and Lewis Gregory played fast innings and took the score to 158 runs for 8 wickets.

Super Giants' first title

This is the first Hundred title of the Manchester team in the men's category. The team had reached the finals twice before and lost. But with this victory, the Super Giants created history, leaving behind the disappointments of the old finals.