New Delhi. Mo. Despite Kaif’s brilliant batting, Manipal Tigers were defeated by Bhilwara Kings by three wickets. Chasing 153 runs by Manipal Tigers, Bhilwara Kings won the match with two balls to spare from Yusuf Pathan’s brilliant batting. Earlier, in the third match of the Legends Cricket League played at the Ekana Stadium on Sunday, Bhilwara Kings won the toss and decided to bowl first. The advantage of this decision of Bhilwara Kings to bowl in this match was also shown. Irfan showed the way to the pavilion for Manipal’s opener by giving only three runs in the first over.
Mo. Kaif played an innings of 73 runs
Manipal Tigers team lost five wickets for 59 runs in 10 overs. Manipal’s opener batsman Ravikant Shukla, facing five balls, went on to go for just one run, while Swapnil was caught out by Naman Ojha. Swapnil scored four runs in eight balls. After this, Anderson came out to bat, became lbw on the first ball of Edwards. Mohammad Kaif, who came to bat at number four, took over the team and played a brilliant innings of 73 runs in 59 balls with the help of ten fours. Powell was dismissed for three runs in just three balls. Tabu, who came to bat after Powell, scored 17 runs in 12 balls with the help of three fours. Taboo became lbw on the 13th ball off Panesar.
Supporting Kaif, Pradeep Sahu scored 30 runs in 19 balls with the help of two fours and three sixes. At the same time, with the help of two fours, Shivakant Shukla scored an unbeaten 16 runs in 13 balls. Edwards took four wickets Bhilwara Kings captain Irfan Pathan took one wicket for 14 runs in three overs. At the same time, Edwards took four wickets for 30 runs in four overs. Apart from this, Tony Best gave 39 in four overs, Dinesh Salunkhe gave 19 in three overs. Monty Pensar took one wicket for 19 runs in three overs and Sreesanth took one wicket for 31 runs in three overs.
Yusuf hit 44 off 28 balls
Chasing the target, the team of Bhilwara Kings won the match by scoring 156 runs in 19.4 overs for the loss of seven wickets. Naman Ojha and William Porterfield contributed ten runs to open. Naman six runs in five balls and William Porterfield added four runs in four. After this Nick Compton scored 18 runs in 18 balls. Tanmay Srivastava of Lucknow, playing from Bhilwara Kings, took over the team by scoring 28 for 28. After this the command of batting came in the hands of Yusuf Pathan. Yusuf played a blistering innings of 44 runs at 28 with the help of two fours and four sixes. Rajesh Vishnoi scored 13 runs in 15 balls for the team, Irfan Pathan scored 15 off 13. Matt is out for one run. During this the team faltered. After this, the team won the team by scoring 15 runs in the best seven balls.
Manipal Tigers – Harbhajan Singh (Captain), Brett Lee, Muttiah Muralitharan, Phil Mustard, Mohammad Kaif, Ryan Sidebottom, Lance Klusener, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Romesh Kaluwitharna, Ratinder Sodhi, Parvinder Awana, VRV Singh.
Bhilwara Kings – Irfan Pathan (Captain), Yusuf Pathan, Shane Watson, Monty Panesar, Naman Ojha, William Porterfield, Samit Patel, Fidel Edwards, Matt Prior, Nick Compton, S Sreesanth, Tim Bresnan, Owais Shah, Tino Best, Sudeep Tyagi .