Road Safety World Series: Kevin Pietersen blast lifts England Legends past Bangladesh | Cricket News

England Legends captain Kevin Pietersen stole the present within the low-scoring match as they bought a maiden win within the Road Safety World Series T20 in opposition to Bangladesh Legends on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur on Sunday. Pietersen cracked a quickfire 17-ball 42 to assist England chase down a 114-run goal with 36 balls to spare.  

In his entertaining knock, Pietersen slammed seven boundaries and a six. Darren Mandy noticed the staff by way of to 117 in 14 overs with an unbeaten 32. Earlier, England bowlers put up a powerful present as they restricted Bangladesh to a low rating of 113/5 in 20 overs.  

Captain Kevin Pietersen, who gained the toss and elected to discipline first, used seven bowlers to place the opponents in test. Among the England bowlers, seamer Chris Tremlett was probably the most profitable with two wickets for 10 runs whereas left-arm spinner Monty Panesar, who opened the bowling, was probably the most economical of the lot. Bangladesh, who misplaced their opening tie to India Legends, continued to wrestle with the bat. Struggling for photographs on a sluggish wicket, Bangladesh ended up throwing wickets one after one other and have been down to 5 wickets for 55 runs at one stage. 

Opener Nazimuddin, who performed a vital position for Bangladesh in opposition to India with 40 runs, didn’t put up a greater present and was dismissed by left-arm pacer Ryan Sidebottom for 14-ball 12. In search of a partnership, decrease middle-order batsmen Khaled Mashud and Mushfiqur Rahman did the rescue act with a 56-run stand for the sixth wicket. 

Both Mashud and Rahman stored a test on their photographs and selected to rotate the strike to keep away from one other collapse. In the tip, Mashud needed to return retired harm after scoring 31 not out off 39 balls with three boundaries whereas Rahman bought an unbeaten 30 from 26 balls and 4 hits to the fence. 

Brief scores:  

Bangladesh Legends 113/5 (Khaled Mashud 31 retd harm, Mushfiqur Rahman 30*; Chris Tremlett 2/10) misplaced to England Legends 117/3 (Kevin Pietersen 42, Darren Maddy 32*, Phil Mustard 27, Mohammed Rafique 2/31)