The crowd witnessed Gambhir’s innings go to waste once again after scoring a half-century in the second consecutive match. India Maharajas, who came close to victory, was pushed to defeat by Brett Lee’s brilliant last over.
The World Giants won the toss and elected to bat in the match at the West End Park International Stadium in Doha. They quickly lost the wicket of Chris Gayle but captain Aaron Finch and Shane Watson led the team forward. The team’s score soared as both of them batted well. While Finch scored 53 runs off 31 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes, Watson scored 55 runs off 32 balls including 5 fours and 3 sixes.
Apart from these two players, no one else could shine in the batting and the World Giants, who were thought to pass 200 runs easily at one stage, were reduced to 166. Other top scorers were Jacques Kallis (8), Ross Taylor (1) and Kevin O’Brien (4). Harbhajan Singh conceded 13 runs and took 4 wickets for India Maharajas.
Chasing a target of 167 runs, skipper Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa gave a brilliant start for India Maharajas. They added 65 runs in just 6.2 overs for the first wicket. Then Robin Uthappa, who scored 29 runs, got out. On the other hand, Gautam Gambhir, who scored a brilliant half-century for the second time in a row, gave the team an easy win. The player scored 68 runs in 42 balls including 9 fours and a six.
India Maharajas’ score was 134/3 in 15.1 overs when Gambhir was dismissed. All they needed to win was just 34 runs off 29 balls. But then we saw the India Maharajas team struggling to find runs. Maharajas needed just 8 runs in the last over bowled by Brett Lee. But Lee rose to the occasion and gave away just 5 runs to give the team a thrilling 2 run win.
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