A heroic show by Irfan Pathan mixed with some mad hitting by Manpreet Gony stored the spectators on the sting of their seats as India Legends endured a six-run defeat against England Legends in an enthralling encounter on the ongoing Road Safety World Series on Tuesday. A complete of 71 runs got here off the ultimate 5 overs as India Legends fell brief by mere six runs whereas chasing a stiff 189-run goal against Kevin Pietersen-led England Legends.
Both the Indian batsmen remained unbeaten as Irfan scored 61 from 34 deliveries, whereas Gony fetched 35 from 16 balls, which included 4 sixes and one 4.
Great batting and leisure by these two tonight! @IrfanPathan @KP24
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The proceedings kicked-off with India Legends skipper Sachin Tendulkar profitable the toss and welcoming England Legends to bat first. The opening pair of Phil Mustard and England Legends skipper Kevin Pietersen supplied the vacationers with a brisk begin, including 45 runs in the primary 4 overs, earlier than Mustard was dismissed by Munaf Patel on 14(15).
However, Pietersen continued the assault on Indian bowlers and went on to sew a vital 82-run partnership with Darren Maddy, earlier than Irfan supplied the hosts with the much-needed breakthrough by dismissing Maddy on 29 (27).
Irfan then additionally ended Pietersen innings, however the injury was already accomplished as former England cricketer performed a blistering knock of 75 runs from 37 deliveries, which finally noticed the vacationers put up a frightening 188/7 in their 20 overs.
Good combat from India Legends
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Apart from Pietersen, no different England batsmen fired massive as Yusuf Pathan emerged because the main wicket-taker from the Indian camp. Yusuf scalped three wickets in three overs however didn’t put the brakes on England’s scoring price as he conceded 28 runs. Meanwhile, Yusuf’s brother Irfan and Mumaf Patel mixed to choose two wickets every.
In response, the Indian Legends kicked-off the run-chase on a poor begin as they misplaced star batsmen Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, and Mohammed Kaif inside the primary three overs. Monty Panesar, who was the star among the many England bowlers, maintained the stress on the hosts as India had been quickly decreased to 56/5 in 8.2 overs.
By the time, India reached the three-figure mark it felt the competition was already out of their sight as India had then misplaced six wickets and fewer than seven overs had been remaining in the competition.
However, what adopted subsequent was an absolute delight for the Indian cricket fans, no matter the result, as Irfan rekindled what he used to do finest from his prime years.
Let’s not neglect this second when the gang went, Gony Gony Gony! @IndiaLegends1 @LegendsEngland
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The left-handed batsman, who had an honest day with the ball, went on to hit a half-century and by the point the sport was over, Irfan’s strike-rate was hovering at 179.41. Meanwhile, the all-rounder discovered nice assist from seamer Gony, who bedazzled the gang with a 16-ball 35 however in the tip didn’t take the workforce house by a mere margin.
