World Giants beat India Maharajas – Naman Ojha’s 95 went in vain as Brett Lee showed his class to deny India Maharajas a consolation win in the Legends Cricket League. Chasing 229 to win, India Maharajas remained in the contest following Ojha’s 95, who got support from captain Yusuf Pathan, who scored a quick-fire 45. When the match seemed out of hand, Irfan Pathan chipped in with a timely half-century to reduce the equation to just eight of the final over. However, Lee got Pathan first ball and defend the score, helping the Giants to a nail-biting five-run win. Follow Legends Cricket League LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
India Maharajas put up a great fight but victory chose World Giants tonight!
WG won by 5 runs.
Now World Giants will go head-to-head with Asia Lions for the final battle.
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— Legends League Cricket (@llct20) January 27, 2022
World Giants beat India Maharajas: Brett Lee’s last-over heroics trump Irfan Pathan, Maharajas as Giants seal five-run win in thriller
India Maharajas innings – 223/7 (20 ov)
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naman Ojha (WK) | 95 | 51 | 8 | 7 | 186.27 | |
| Wasim Jaffer | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 | |
| S Badrinath | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Yusuf Pathan (C) | 45 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 204.55 | |
| Stuart Binny | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Irfan Pathan | 56 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 266.67 | |
| Rajat Bhatia | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| Aavishkar Salvi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Amit Bhandari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 6 (b 1, w 5, nb 0, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 223/7 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | MM Patel, Nikhil Chopra | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 7.33 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | 4 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 11.00 |
| Monty Panesar | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 12.33 |
| Morne Morkel | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9.25 |
| Albie Morkel | 3 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 12.00 |
| Kevin O’Brien | 3 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 15.33 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Wasim Jaffer | 1-12 | 1.6 |
| S Badrinath | 2-29 | 3.5 |
| YK Pathan | 3-132 | 12.2 |
| STR Binny | 4-144 | 13.5 |
| NV Ojha | 5-160 | 14.6 |
| IK Pathan | 6-221 | 19.1 |
| R Bhatia | 7-223 | 19.5 |
World Giants innings – 228/5
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Pietersen | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 220.00 | |
| Phil Mustard (WK) | 57 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 172.73 | |
| Herschelle Gibbs | 89 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 193.48 | |
| Kevin O’Brien | 34 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 242.86 | |
| Albie Morkel | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 177.78 | |
| Jonty Rhodes | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 153.85 | |
| Daren Sammy (C) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 1 (b 0, w 1, nb 0, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 228/5 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | MS Panesar, M Morkel, RJ Sidebottom, B Lee | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Binny | 4 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 12.50 |
| Munaf Patel | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 9.00 |
| Nikhil Chopra | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Aavishkar Salvi | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 17.00 |
| Amit Bhandari | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14.00 |
| Rajat Bhatia | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Irfan Pathan | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 13.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| KP Pietersen | 1-17 | 1.3 |
| P Mustard | 2-115 | 10.3 |
| KJ O’Brien | 3-186 | 15.5 |
| HH Gibbs | 4-194 | 16.4 |
| JN Rhodes | 5-223 | 19.4 |
IM vs WG | Toss Update
The Maharajas’ new captain Yusuf Pathan has won the toss & elected to bowl first.
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— Legends League Cricket (@llct20) January 27, 2022
World Giants beat India Maharajas: Brett Lee’s last-over heroics trump Irfan Pathan, Maharajas as Giants seal five-run win in thriller
Playing XI:
India Maharajas Squad: Naman Ojha(w), Wasim Jaffer, S Badrinath, Mohammad Kaif, Yusuf Pathan (Capt), Stuart Binny, Manpreet Gony, Aavishkar Salvi, Munaf Patel, Nikhil Chopra, Amit Bhandari, Irfan Pathan, Hemang Badani, RP Singh, Venugopal Rao
World Giants Squad: Kevin Pietersen, Kevin O Brien, Jonathan Trott, Corey Anderson, Brad Haddin(w), Albie Morkel, Daren Sammy(c), Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Ryan Jay Sidebottom, Matthew Hoggard, Monty Panesar, Owais Shah, Phil Mustard, Jonty Rhodes
World Giants beat India Maharajas: Brett Lee’s last-over heroics trump Irfan Pathan, Maharajas as Giants seal five-run win in thriller
World Giants vs India Maharajas- Legends Cricket League LIVE: India Maharajas lost the first leg by three wickets to World Giants despite Naman Ojha smashing a 69-ball 140. World Giants rode on half-centuries from Kevin Pietersen and Imran Tahir to cross the finishing line. India will be desperate to improve their bowling show. All the matches will commence from 8:00 pm IST and will be telecast LIVE on SONY TEN 1 channels in English and SONY TEN 3 channels in Hindi as well as live-streamed on its on-demand OTT platform, SonyLIV.
World Giants vs India Maharajas LIVE Score: Daren Sammy’s World Giants bat 1st against Yusuf Pathan’s India Maharajas – Follow Live Updates
Where will Legends Cricket League 2022 be held?
Legends Cricket League 2022 will take place in the Oman cricket stadium from 20 January
World Giants beat India Maharajas: Brett Lee’s last-over heroics trump Irfan Pathan, Maharajas as Giants seal five-run win in thriller
The inaugural season of LLC will have legendary former cricketers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, among other cricket nations divided into 3 teams representing India, Asia and Rest of the World. The team from India is named India Maharajas, the players representing Asia will play from the team named Asian Lions and the players from Rest of the World will play under World Giants. Legends League Cricket will be a T20 tournament where each team will play each other in two rounds and the top 2 teams will each other in the finals to decide the ultimate winner.
Request you to carry channel tune-ins in tomorrow’s edition for your readers to watch the ACTION LIVE on SONY TEN 1 (English) & SONY TEN 3 (Hindi) channels.
World Giants beat India Maharajas: Brett Lee’s last-over heroics trump Irfan Pathan, Maharajas as Giants seal five-run win in thriller
Watch Legends League Cricket from January 20, 2022 LIVE on SONY TEN 1 (English) & SONY TEN 3 (Hindi) channels, 8.00 PM (IST) onwards
Schedule for the Legends Cricket League 2022
| DATE | MATCH | TIME (IST) | CHANNEL DESTINATION |
| 20/01/22 | India Maharajas vs. Asian Lions | 8.00 PM | LIVE on SONY TEN 1 (English) & SONY TEN 3 (Hindi) channels |
| 21/01/22 | World Giants vs. Asian Lions | ||
| 22/01/22 | World Giants vs. India Maharajas | ||
| 24/01/22 | India Maharajas vs. Asian Lions | ||
| 26/01/22 | World Giants vs. India Maharajas | ||
| 27/01/22 | World Giants vs. Asian Lions | ||
| 29/01/22 | Finals |
World Giants beat India Maharajas: Brett Lee’s last-over heroics trump Irfan Pathan, Maharajas as Giants seal five-run win in thriller
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