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India Maharajas put in an excellent efficiency towards Asia Lions, with skipper Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa’s orchestrating unbeaten 159-run opening partnership to report an emphatic 10-wicket victory, within the fourth match of the LLC Masters on the Asian City Cricket Stadium in Doha. Uthappa was the Participant of the Match for the Asia Lions facet, scoring an unbeaten 88 off simply 39 balls, with the assistance of 11 fours and 5 sixes. Three of these sixes got here in a single over towards Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Hafeez.
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Electing to discipline first, India Maharajas had restricted Asia Lions to 157 for five in 20 overs. India Maharajas received the match with 45 balls to spare.
For Asia Lions, Upul Tharanga cracked 69 off 48 balls with seven boundaries and two sixes whereas Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 32 off 27 balls with 4 boundaries and a six. Collectively they placed on 73 runs opening partnership in 8.four overs, which nevertheless went in useless.
India Maharajas received the toss and elected to bowl with their left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan, by his flowing motion, making a gift of simply three runs within the first over. The primary boundary of the day got here from opener Upul Tharanga, who fluently cowl drove Ashok Dinda by the covers. Opener Tillakaratne Dilshan drove Dinda for a boundary in the identical over. Pathan’s third over was equally good making a gift of simply 4 runs. Dilshan lifted Dinda to the mid-wicket fence for yet one more boundary, slowly however steadily constructing a powerful opening partnership.
Stuart Binny’s first supply of the fifth over was properly lower away by Tharanga to the backward level fence. Tharanga escaped being caught behind to an out of doors edge to the third supply when wicketkeeper Robin Uthappa dropped him at 21. Tharanga celebrated his escape by choosing up a boundary on the following supply. When Dilshan too hit Binny to the sq. leg fence, 16 runs got here off that over.
Yusuf Pathan was launched for the sixth over and Tharanga hit the second ball to the duvet level fence and a 50 runs partnership got here in by the tip of the ability play. Irfan Pathan was re-introduced for the seventh over to test the run circulation, which he did by making a gift of solely six runs. India Maharajas launched their strike bowler Harbhajan Singh within the eighth over, and he too gave away solely 5 runs.
Dilshan hit Binny’s second and third supply of the second over for a six over sq. leg. Then Binny struck with the fourth ball forcing Dilshan on 32 to chop within the air and Irfan Pathan took the catch at quick third man. Mohammad Hafeez, going for a wild swing on the correct Harbhajan, missed the fifth supply of the tenth over and was adjudged leg earlier than for two.
On the midway mark, Asia Lions have been 76 for two with Misbah Ul Haq, the hero of their first two matches becoming a member of Tharanga. The age-less 51-year-old leg spinner Pravin Tambe took the dear wicket of Misbah, brilliantly stumped by wicketkeeper Uthappa for a duck. Now the run circulation started to dip with Harbhajan making a gift of only one run from the 12th over. Asghar Afghan hit the primary supply of the 15th over from Tambe for a six-over long-off. Tharanga reached his half-century in 41 balls with six boundaries however Asghar Afghan received out leg earlier than to Raina for 15.
Tharanga hit a straight six off Tambe within the 17th over and in addition swept him for a boundary off successive balls. He then hit Raina for an additional six to mid-wicket, however whereas trying one other comparable shot he received caught by Manvinder Bisla at large long-on for 69. Abdul Razzaq recognized for his huge photographs hit Dinda for a boundary to backward level and in addition a six off successive balls to stay unbeaten on 27 off 17 balls with two boundaries and two sixes. This additionally ensured Asia Lions a complete of over 150 runs.
India Maharajas chased the goal with their constant scorer and skipper Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa. They negotiated the tempo of Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Amir confidently with Uthappa choosing two boundaries off Amir’s second over. A sublime cowl drive by Gambhir off Tanvir within the third over was a deal with to look at. He adopted it up with two extra consecutive boundaries. When Uthappa too hit Tanvir’s final ball of the third over for a boundary by the covers, 20 runs got here off that over. He had bowled three consecutive wides too in that over.
Off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez was launched for the fifth over, to test the run circulation. Gambhir hit two consecutive boundaries off Hafeez’s fifth and sixth ball to register a 50-run opening partnership in 5 overs.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak who bowled brilliantly towards World Giants within the third match was launched for the sixth over. Uthappa lower him for a boundary and hit two consecutive boundaries of the fifth and sixth deliveries to take 14 runs off that over. The ability play thus yielded 65 runs.
Shoaib Akhtar bowled the seventh over cheered by the gang. Uthappa pulled his fourth and final supply for boundaries with a number of from the gang shouting as to what occurred to his categorical deliveries. Hafeez, who bowled the ninth over, was pulled by Uthappa over mid-wicket into the stands for 3 consecutive sixes to race to his half-century in 27 balls. He additionally picked a boundary and took 23 runs off that over. The onslaught continued towards Isuru Udana with Uthappa and Gambhir choosing boundaries with ease.
On the midway mark, India Maharajas wanted simply 33 runs within the final 60 balls. Gambhir reached his half-century in 32 balls and steered his workforce to victory with 45 balls to spare.
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