Asia Lions beat India Maharajas: The Battle of the Giants – Asghar Afghan’s late onslaught ensured that Asai Lions sealed revenge and clinched a 36-run win over the India Maharajas in Legends Cricket League on Monday. Batting first Upul Tharanga’s 72 and Afghan’s quickfire 69 guided Lions to 193, before they restricted India to just 157, despite the efforts from Manpreet Gony in the end. Follow InsideSport.IN for more
In the previous encounter, the India Maharajas emerged victorious against the Asia Lions as the mighty Indian outfits won the game by 6 wickets. Indian cricket genius Sachin Tendulkar who was the skipper of the India Maharajas last year in the first edition of the League has decided to opt out of the competition this season.
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India Maharajas innings
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naman Ojha (WK) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Wasim Jaffer | 35 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 140.00 | |
| S Badrinath | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 112.50 | |
| Mohammad Kaif (C) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Yusuf Pathan | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 110.53 | |
| Stuart Binny | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 178.57 | |
| Manpreet Gony | 35 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 166.67 | |
| Aavishkar Salvi | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 107.69 | |
| Munaf Patel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Nikhil Chopra | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| Extra | 11 (b 0, w 8, nb 0, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 157/8 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | A Bhandari | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoaib Akhtar | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5.50 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.50 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 4 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 12.75 |
| Mohammad Rafique | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8.00 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 |
| Asghar Afghan | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 11.50 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| NV Ojha | 1-12 | 2.2 |
| S Badrinath | 2-40 | 4.6 |
| Wasim Jaffer | 3-52 | 7.1 |
| STR Binny | 4-97 | 11.6 |
| YK Pathan | 5-104 | 13.1 |
| M Kaif | 6-104 | 13.3 |
| AM Salvi | 7-137 | 17.3 |
| MM Patel | 8-137 | 17.4 |
Asia Lions innings – 193/4 (20 ov)
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK) | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 86.67 | |
| Upul Tharanga | 72 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 160.00 | |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 26 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 108.33 | |
| Asghar Afghan | 69 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 246.43 | |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (C) | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extra | 6 (b 0, w 3, nb 0, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 193/4 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Mohammad Rafique, CRD Fernando, Shoaib Akhtar, M Muralitharan, Nuwan Kulasekara | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Binny | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 10.00 |
| Manpreet Gony | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 10.67 |
| Nikhil Chopra | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Aavishkar Salvi | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 |
| Munaf Patel | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 |
| Amit Bhandari | 4 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 10.25 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| TM Dilshan | 1-0 | 0.1 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | 2-29 | 4.6 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 3-107 | 13.2 |
| WU Tharanga | 4-163 | 17.2 |
It has come to light, that the reason for the little master for not playing the league is probably due to the clearance of the payment issues. It has been revealed that Sachin is yet to receive his fees for last year. Virender Sehwag was made the skipper of the squad but he could not attend the first two games, therefore Mohd. Kaif the vice-captain, took over the skipper duties for the matches.
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Both the teams go into the tie after winning and losing a game each. In the first encounter, the India Maharajas defeated the Asia Lions but conceded defeat to the World Giants. While the Asia Lions after their early defeat were successful in defeating the World Giants. Both the teams would be eager to win this tie with the onus on Asia Lions to take revenge for the first match defeat.
In the first match after the Asia Lions registered 175-7 in 20 overs, the India Maharajas chased the score with 5 balls to spare as they ended the match scoring 179-4. Batting first, Upul Tharanga scored 66 while Misbah-ul-Haq scored 44 and Manpreet Gony picked 3 wickets. In reply, Yusuf Pathan hit a blistering 80 with Md. Kaif remained not out at 42. Star pacer for the Lions, Shoaib Akhtar picked a wicket.
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India Maharajas Probable XI: Naman Ojha, Stuart Binny, Wasim Jaffer, S Badrinath, Mohammad Kaif, Yusuf Pathan, Hemang Badani, Venugopal Rao, RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel
Asia Lions Probable XI: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kamran Akmal, Upul Tharanga, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq, Asghar Afghan, Azhar Mahmood, Umar Gul, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan
India Maharajas Squad: Hemang Badani, S Badrinath, Sanjay Bangar, Amit Bhandari, Manoreet Gony, Harbhajan Singh, Nayan Mongia, Naman Ojha, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Virender Sehwag, RP Singh, Venugopal Rao, Yuvraj Singh
Asia Lions Squad: Asghar Afghan, Azhar Mahmood, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Kamran Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Yousuf, Muthiah Muralidaran, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Shoaib Malik, Upul Tharanga, Umar Gul, Chaminda Vaas
Where Can I watch this match LIVE?
The Legends Cricket League is broadcasted by the Sony Sports Network, thus the games can be watched on the Sony Sports channels. For LIVE Streaming you can use the SONY LIV app and the website.
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