Rahul Tiwari
khelja|27-01-2025
The Big Bash League played in Australia has got a new champion. The final match of BBL 2024-25 was played between the teams of Sydney Thunder and Hobart Hurricanes under the captaincy of David Warner. In this match, Hobart Hurricanes won in a one-sided manner and won the title. With this, Hobart Hurricanes managed to win their first title in the Big Bash League. Let us tell you, Hobart Hurricanes had reached the final of Big Bash League after 7 years, this time they did not make any mistake and ended the wait for the title.
This season was very memorable for Hobart Hurricanes. He dominated everywhere from the league stage to the knockout matches. In the league stage, it had won 7 out of 10 matches and lost only 2 matches. Due to which she also remained on top in the points table. After this, he defeated Sydney Sixers by 12 runs in the qualifier match and made it to the finals. Even in the final match, Hobart Hurricanes continued their form and won easily in the title match.
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and decided to bowl first in the title match. In such a situation, Sydney Thunder, batting first, scored 182 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. During this, opener Jason Sangha scored the highest score of 67 runs in 42 balls. At the same time, captain David Warner also managed to give his team a good start by scoring 48 runs in 32 balls. But the rest of the batsmen could not do anything special, due to which Sydney Thunder, which was seen scoring more than 200 runs at one time, remained at 182 only. Apart from these two players, no one could touch the figure of 30 runs.
Hobart Hurricanes, while chasing the target of 183 runs, got an explosive start. Opener Mitchell Owen made this target very small on the basis of his century innings. Hobart Hurricanes scored 98 runs without losing any wicket in the first 6 overs and made the match one-sided. Mitchell Owen scored 108 runs in 48 balls at a strike rate of 257.14. In this innings, 6 fours and 11 sixes were seen from his bat. Due to which they achieved this target in 14.1 overs at the loss of 3 wickets. He was also chosen Player of the Match for this stormy innings.