Legends League Cricket: Pathan brothers’ magic power India Maharajas to six-wicket win;
Legends League Cricket: Yusuf and Irfan Pathan, the Pathan brothers, still have their magic as they led Indian Maharajas to a clinical six-wicket victory over Asian Lions in the Legends League Cricket T20 opener today.
Yusuf slammed five sixes and nine boundaries in a 40-ball 80, while skipper Mohammad Kaif anchored their difficult 176-run chase with an unbeaten 42 to script the win with five balls to spare on Thursday.
ASIA LIONS INNINGS (20 OVERS MAXIMUM)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
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| Tillakaratne Dilshan | lbw b Binny | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 166.66 | |||
| Kamran Akmal † | c Badani b Gony | 25 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 147.05 | |||
| Upul Tharanga | c Venugopal Rao b Patel | 66 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 143.47 | |||
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Patel b IK Pathan | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 123.07 | |||
| Mohammad Yousuf | c †NV Ojha b IK Pathan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Misbah-ul-Haq (c) | c IK Pathan b Gony | 44 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 146.66 | |||
| Azhar Mahmood | not out | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 114.28 | |||
| Umar Gul | b Gony | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 5) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (20 Ov, RR: 8.75) | 175/7 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Muthiah Muralidaran, Nuwan Kulasekara, Shoaib Akhtar
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Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 0.5 ov), 2-49 (Kamran Akmal, 5.2 ov), 3-77 (Mohammad Hafeez, 9.1 ov), 4-79 (Mohammad Yousuf, 9.4 ov), 5-133 (Upul Tharanga, 16.2 ov), 6-170 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 19.3 ov), 7-175 (Umar Gul, 19.6 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
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| Stuart Binny | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 10.25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Munaf Patel | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manpreet Gony | 4 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 11.25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Pragyan Ojha | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 9.33 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Irfan Pathan | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Venugopal Rao | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
INDIA MAHARAJAS INNINGS (TARGET: 176 RUNS FROM 20 OVERS)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
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| Naman Ojha † | b Umar Gul | 20 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 105.26 | |||
| Stuart Binny | c Tharanga b Shoaib Akhtar | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 142.85 | |||
| S Badrinath | run out (Muralitharan) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Mohammad Kaif (c) | not out | 42 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 113.51 | |||
| Yusuf Pathan | run out (sub [Asghar Afghan]/†Kamran Akmal) | 80 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 200.00 | |||
| Irfan Pathan | not out | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 210.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 5) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (19.1 Ov, RR: 9.33) | 179/4 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Munaf Patel, Pragyan Ojha, Manpreet Gony, Venugopal Rao, Hemang Badani
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Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Stuart Binny, 2.6 ov), 2-26 (S Badrinath, 3.5 ov), 3-34 (Naman Ojha, 6.1 ov), 4-151 (Yusuf Pathan, 16.5 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
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| Shoaib Akhtar | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 10.50 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Azhar Mahmood | 3.1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 11.05 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Umar Gul | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 15.00 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8.00 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |