2024-10-04 06:09:14
Jammu: A close encounter between Manipal Tigers and TOYAM Hyderabad ended with Manipal Tigers winning in the Super Over, registering their first win in the 2024 Legends League Cricket. After the stipulated 20 overs, both the teams had scored 144 runs for 7 wickets. In the Super Over, Toyam Hyderabad scored only 4 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. In reply, Manipal Tigers won the match in a stormy manner by scoring 9 runs in 3 balls. Phil Mustard and Manoj Tiwari opened the innings for Manipal Tigers after winning the toss and electing to bat first at the Maulana Azad Stadium in Jammu. The pair added only 20 runs for the first wicket before Manoj Tiwary was dismissed by Isuru Udana after scoring 9 runs from 8 balls. After this the team reached the score of 38/3 in 6 overs. Obus Pienaar could score only 11 runs in 10 balls. Angelo Perera (18) showed some aggression in the middle but was clean bowled by Nuwan Pradeep.
Thisara Perera played a brave innings in the middle and remained unbeaten on 48* off 27 balls, helping his team reach a total of 144/7 in 20 overs. No other batsman could even reach double digits in this innings. Bipul Sharma (2/20) and Gurkeerat Singh (2/24) were the most successful among the bowlers for Toyam Hyderabad. Nuwan Pradeep and Isuru Udana took one wicket each in the innings.
Chasing the target of 145, Chadwick Walton and George Worker opened the innings for Toyam Hyderabad. On the score of 19, Walton (15) was dismissed by Rahul Shukla. George Worker scored 15 runs in 15 balls. Shaun Marsh played a brilliant inning of 38 runs in 35 balls. Captain Gurkeerat Singh Mann added 37 runs in 35 balls. Stuart Binny scored an unbeaten 20 runs in 10 balls. Two runs were needed to win on the last ball of the match, but Gurkeerat could only score one run and was run out attempting the second run.
At the end of the 20th over, Toyam Hyderabad scored 144/7. Rahul Shukla (2/48) took two wickets in the innings for Manipal Tigers. Praveen Gupta (1/21), Asela Gunaratne (1/16) and Obus Pienaar (1/12) also took one wicket each. Due to the score being equal, the match went into super over.
What happened in Manipal Tigers vs Toym Hyderabad Super Over match
Toyam Hyderabad, batting first in the Super Over, scored only 4/2 runs in 6 balls. Asela Gunaratne bowled brilliantly and took the wicket of Stuart Binny (0), while Shaun Marsh (1) was run out on the last ball of the Super Over. Chadwick Walton scored 3* runs in 2 balls.
Chasing the target of only 5 runs in the Super Over, Thisara Perera and Daniel Christian came out to bat for Manipal Tigers. The pair achieved the target in just three balls. Perera scored 3* runs in 2 balls and Christian helped his team win the match by hitting a six on his first ball.