India Legends skipper Sachin Tendulkar has been in chic type in the continuing Road Safety World Series matches. Tendulkar’s 65 off 42 balls not solely lifted India Legends into the ultimate, but additionally ensured that cricket followers had been handled to some chic strokeplay from the Little Master.
During the primary semi-final in opposition to West Indies Legends in Raipur, Tendulkar broke the shackles by hitting WI Legends pacer Tino Best for a six on the leg-side. It all occurred on the fourth supply of the eighth over when Tendulkar hooked a quick supply from Best over the deep sq. area for a superb six.
With considered one of Tendulkar’s many profession highlights being the hooked six off former England pacer Andrew Caddick through the 2003 ICC World Cup, his shot in opposition to Best reminded every one of his prime.
That Hook on a 140kmph supply for Six by Sachin is
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Opening the batting with Virender Sehwag (35), Tendulkar ended a temporary boundary-less interval with the shot. While India Legends posted 55/0 in the primary 5 overs, Sehwag’s dismissal put a halt to the run-scoring course of on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium.
Tendulkar’s 42-ball knock featured three sixes and six fours. The India Legends skipper, who adopted his shot with one other boundary in the subsequent over, quickly witnessed his non-striker in Mohammed Kaif additionally among the many runs because the right-hand batsman Dwayne Smith for 2 sixes and a 4 in the eleventh over. It is price mentioning that Kaif has been included in the Indian Playing XI for this match in place of the injured Subramaniam Badrinath.
Sachin hooks Tino Best for a six at 47 as he used to do in his twenties.
Made my day man!!#SachinTendulkar #TinoBest #RoadSafetyWorldSeries2021 #Hook #T20Cricket
— Maj Nirmal Jyothi (Retd) (@jyothinirmal) March 17, 2021
Once Tendulkar was dismissed for his second successive fifty in the event, former India batsmen Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan joined the celebration. Yuvraj smashed 4 sixes in one over of Mahendra Nagamotoo en path to scoring 49 not out off 20 balls with six sixes whereas Yusuf Pathan smashed three sixes in his 37 off 20 balls.
India Legends managed to maintain West Indies Legends at bay to win the primary semifinal by 12 runs and e book their place in the ultimate.
