Dubai Amity University not only broke the jinx of not reaching the final despite many repeated attempts before but also emerged as the champions dethroning

Heriot Watt University in the Maxtalent Global Sports Pride Cup, which is the UAE’s biggest Inter-University Cricket tournament held under the aegis of Dubai Cricket Council at Dubai Men’s College, Academic City. 
In a final in which eight UAE national team players contested Amity University held their nerves to win the final by 12 runs. Electing to bat first, Amity University had a nightmarish start as both openers Abhinav Guha and Sumit Dahiya who have been in he beat of forms were sent back to the pavilion early in the innings. Amjad Afridi and Jay Joshi stabilised the Amity batting but Dawood Sarwar struck again to dismiss Amity’s player of the match from the semi finals, Jay Joshi. Amjad Afridi continued to bat and bat aggressively as he struck 54 off 42 balls. Mohammad Omer 39 runs off 37 balls ensured that their initial stumble was nullified as Amity reached a defendable total of 145 for 9 in 20 overs.

Heriot watt who have scored at an average of 170 plus runs per innings in the eighth edition of this event, were confident of chasing this total considering they had beaten Amity convincingly by 65 runs in the league stages. Heriot Watt were on track as opener Adnan Khan raced to 47 off 21 balls before being dismissed by Mohammad Omer. E\His innings set things rolling for Heriot Watt and were on course to win the match as they were going better than required run rate. But Amity had learnt from their previous mistakes and did not let any more partnerships to flourish. Amitys’ Jay Joshi, Omer and Mohammad Azhar picked up two wickets each to establish their dominance in the match. Usman Munirs 21 off 17 balls and Rohit Singhs 18 off 20 balls were not enough to take them past the finish line as Heriot Watt stumbled at 133, short just by a margin of 12 runs making Amity University the champions.

Mohd Omer was declared the Player of the Match for his all-round performance which was awarded by the Sports Head of Amity University, Vedprakash Mishra. Rohit Singh of Heriot Watt had an outstanding show scoring 152 runs and taking 10 wickets which made him the Player of the Tournament and it was awarded by Menon of Al Jazira Poultry Farm. Farukh Siddiqui, member of Dubai Cricket Council gave away the winners trophy and medals to top performers.