Angad Nehru

Aside from that, the Vipers could be proud of creating a fantastic team spirit in a short space of time, led by Coach Luffman and his assistants, and also the Vipers' veterans from last season's DP World ILT20 winning campaign, Vitya Aravind, Sanjay Pahal, Matyula Khan and Kuzema Bintanvir.

And they were able to expose three players from the Vipers Talent Pathway Programme, Ayan Misbah, Punya Bhatia and Angad Nehru to a senior tournament, which represented valuable experience for that trio, giving them an idea of where they were on their journey to higher honours.

And let's not forget too, that by reaching the final of the development tournament, The Vipers made it four successive finals in domestic action as they featured in the ultimate match in successive DP World ILT20s and now successive development tournaments.

That is perhaps the best indicator that the Vipers are getting things right on and off the field.

But none of them let themselves down.

You know, Iron had three innings where he looked... comfortable a little bit of bad luck strangled down the leg side smashed one straight at cover and then he got a good delivery uh in the game uh against golf in the wind when he was he looked well settled in his mid-20s um punyu again when the game he came in opening the batting showed glimpses of what he can do with two of his big shots over the top uh uh for six and a four respectively um so he you know there's no doubt now that he knows what he needs to do in terms of a slightly quicker run rate, being able to rotate the strike against that calibre of bowling.

And of course, Angad could feel himself very unlucky to miss out in the final, in truth, because he came in in that must-win game against DC and, as we've spoken about, turned the game with three foot and a fine catch and then did wonderfully well again in the semi-final.

It wasn't an easy decision, but honestly, Ultimately, we felt that Legspinner in the final would pose more threat to their batting order.

Sanjay, meanwhile, ended up with four for 26.

Vitya Aravind used a total of eight bowlers in the innings, with Nilanj Keswani taking two for ten, while Angad Nehru captured one for 26.

So, the final now beckons for the Vipers.

Let's hear from head coach Jack Luffman after another breathless night at the ICC Academy.

Khalid blasted 62 from only 33 balls, while Ariane gave him excellent support with 25.

But when Angad Nehru dismissed Ariane from the final ball of the eighth over with 93 on the board, the whole course of the match flipped 180 degrees.

Only one other capital's batter made double figures.

As Angad took three for 16, Kuzema bin Tanvir captured three for 25.

And I know Richie was working really hard at that, just keeping control, getting back to where we want to bowl and obviously taking the chances when they come, which when they did come, we did take them, which was very, very pleasing.

Jack, what was the key factor in that incredible turnaround with the ball, taking all 10 wickets for just 37 runs?

I think firstly we've got to give huge credit to Angad Nehru who came on under huge amounts of pressure as a slow bowler and just delivered his skills with exceptional quality.

Obviously we know Angad very well, he's one of our pathway students and it was great to see Vitya turn to him when we desperately needed the wicket and he bowled his three overs.