Usman Tariq's double strike jolts Arabian Aces' T10 chase
Sports TV's Abu Dhabi highlights pair Fakhar Zaman's boundary burst with a chase disrupted by Abbas Afridi and Tariq.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 171,052 views a day, 21 times a normal first day on this channel (8,058).
Full Highlights | Arabian Aces vs United Tigers | Match 3 | Abu Dhabi T10 League 2026 | ZU1H
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- 0:30Fakhar Zaman attacks Andre Russell with consecutive boundaries before Richard Gleeson dismisses him.
- 2:04Avishka Fernando's bowled dismissal is overturned for a no-ball; Livingstone later takes his wicket.
- 8:40Omarzai and Abbas Afridi accelerate the Tigers' innings with late boundaries and sixes.
- 11:08The Aces begin their chase, but Omarzai removes Tom Kohler-Cadmore on the second ball.
- 13:52Abbas Afridi dismisses Paul Walter and Liam Livingstone in the same over.
- 15:00Usman Tariq takes consecutive wickets, dismissing Moeen Ali and bowling Sam Billings.
Fakhar Zaman starts by taking on Andre Russell, sending consecutive boundaries away before Richard Gleeson ends his innings. The United Tigers' opening burst is only the first change of pace in Sports TV's Arabian Aces highlights.
The video drew roughly 95,000 views in nine hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for regular uploads. It is part of a busy start for Sports TV's Abu Dhabi T10 coverage, with the other opening-day highlights and an Emirates Eagles-Royal Desert Champions live broadcast also drawing unusually strong starts.
T10 gives each side just ten overs to bat, so there is little room to recover when wickets fall together. Abbas Afridi removes Paul Walter and Liam Livingstone in the same over of the Aces' chase. Then Usman Tariq dismisses Moeen Ali and bowls Sam Billings with consecutive deliveries, cutting through a batting order full of familiar international names.
Earlier, the Tigers get their own late acceleration from Azmatullah Omarzai and Afridi, who send boundaries and sixes away after Alzarri Joseph's wickets have checked the innings. Afridi's contribution with the bat makes his later bowling spell more than a standalone cameo.
Sports TV has also given Fakhar's opening assault its own Short, focused on four fours in an over. That compact burst is attracting an unusually fast audience too, alongside the longer match highlights.
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- Channel
- Sports TV
- Subscribers
- 2,530,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 34,927,527
- Channel views, pace per day
- 4,024,636 (on a normal day: 6,415,318)
- Video published
- November 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 94,732 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 171,052
The numbers
The match highlights have already exceeded Sports TV's usual first-day views for regular videos. Several other Abu Dhabi T10 uploads are also running above their usual pace.
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In which city is Zayed Cricket Stadium, the venue for these highlights?
The match takes place at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.


