Batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh turned again the clock and took Raipur by storm of their inimitable fashion as India Legends registered a thumping 57-run win over South Africa Legends in Road Safety World Series T20 on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on Saturday.
South Africa, chasing 205 to win, may handle simply 148 for 7 of their alloted 20 overs.
Tendulkar bought his maiden half-century of the match whereas Yuvraj was at his classic greatest throughout his unbeaten 52 in India’s big win.
The win has taken India again to the highest spot with 16 factors overtaking Sri Lanka in internet run price.
Tendulkar cracked a 37-ball 60 with the help of 9 boundaries and a six whereas Yuvraj starred with a 22-ball 52 not out with six towering sixes, together with 4 in succession.
S Badrinath contributed with 42 (34b, 2×6, 4×4) earlier than being carried away by his teammates after he injured his proper hamstring. The tall Yusuf Pathan, too, joined the celebration together with his large hits by contributing a quickfire 10-ball 23 with two fours and as many sixes.
Being put in to bat first by South Africa captain Jonty Rhodes, the 50,000 plus crowd in Raipur thundered ‘Sachin, Sachin’ as Tendulkar walked out to bat with Virender Sehwag.
This was imagined to be the Tendulkar evening. Like a person on a mission, Tendulkar, whose earlier highest rating was 36 within the match, was all decided to place up a present. As he executed these copybook back-foot punch by way of covers and the classical straight drive to pacer South African legend Makhaya Ntini, the spectators jumped out of their seats in pleasure. In the following over, Sehwag was despatched dwelling by Garnett Kruger.
Tendulkar, nevertheless, continued his domination alongside Badrinath. He additionally hit Thandi Tshabalala for six over the off-spinner head. The duo added 95 runs for the second wicket earlier than Tendulkar went for an extravagant shot over the covers in opposition to Monde Zondeki and ended up giving into the fingers of Tshabalala. Later, Badrinath, too, returned dwelling retired damage.
Then, it was Yuvraj present all the best way until the tip. The south-paw reminded of his 2007 World T20 heroics of six sixes in a single over of Stuart Broad when he despatched seamer Zander de Bruyn for 4 steady hits over the ropes within the 18th over.
At the tip of twentieth over, India had been sitting fairly at 204/3.
Brief scores:Â India Legends 204/3 in 20 overs (Sachin Tendulkar 60, Yuvraj Singh 52*, S Badrinath 42, Yusuf Pathan 23, Manpreet Singh Gony 16; Monde 2/35) beat South Africa 148/7 in 20 overs (Andrew Puttick 41, Morne van Wyk 48; Yusuf Pathan 3/34, Yuvraj Singh 2/18)
