New Delhi. In the match of Legend League Cricket 2023, the team of India Maharajas registered a big win by 10 wickets during the match against Asian Lions. The heroes of this victory of India were Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir. Both did not give any chance to Asian Lions to come back by making an unbroken partnership of 159 runs. The command of Maharajas was on the shoulders of Gautam Gambhir. Uthappa, playing with a strike rate of 225, hit 88 runs in 39 balls in the match. At the same time, 61 runs came from Gambhir’s bat in 36 balls. With 81 balls remaining, the Indian team won this match.
Misbah-ul-Haq was leading the Asian Lions. India Maharajas won the toss and decided to field first. Wicket-keeper batsman Upul Tharanga scored 69 runs in 48 balls while batting in the opening. In his innings, he hit seven fours and two sixes. The second opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan played an inning of 32 runs off 27 balls. An important partnership of 73 runs was formed between the two for the first wicket.
After this, the innings of Asian Lions faltered a bit. Mohammad Hafeez got out after scoring two runs while Musbah-ul-Haq could not even open his account. Ajgar Afghan, playing after scoring 15 runs, was lbw out by Suresh Raina. In the end, Abdul Razzaq hit 27 runs in 17 balls. Due to which Asian Lions scored 157 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs.
Suresh Raina got two wickets. Apart from this, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Tambe and Stuart Binny got one wicket each. India Maharajas found no competition while chasing the target. Team India won very easily. In just 12.3 overs, the Indian team made the target. Robin Uthappa hit 11 fours and five sixes. At the same time, 12 fours came from Gambhir’s bat.
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Tags: Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina
FIRST PUBLISHED : March 15, 2023, 00:37 IST