The legends of India defeated the Sri Lankan giants by 14 runs in the final of the Road Safety World Series.© Twitter
India Legends defeated the Sri Lankan giants by 14 runs in the final of the Road Safety World Series to regain the title on Sunday. Yusuf Pathan was the star of the day and was chosen as the player of the match for his all-round performance in the summit clash. Yusuf smashed an unbeaten 62 and picked up two wickets in his four-over spell that helped his side win the inaugural Road Safety World Series T20 tournament. India’s giants captain Sachin Tendulkar finished the tournament as the third highest run-scorer in the tournament. He scored 234 runs in the tournament.
The Indian giants, after being sent to bat, put up a mammoth score of 181 for four from their allotted 20 overs. Yuvraj Singh continued his good form with the bat and scored 60 runs off just 41 balls, hitting four sixes and four fours.
One of the bowlers for the Legends of Sri Lanka was Farvez Mahroof’s pick, conceding 16 runs in his four-over spell. Rangana Herath, Sanath Jayasuriya and Kaushalya Veeratne also took one wicket each.
In response, Dilshan and Jayasuriya started well. Both shared a 62-run partnership for the opening wicket.
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Yusuf broke the opening stand by dismissing Dilshan and soon removed Jayasuriya to bring India Legends back into the competition.
The Sri Lankan giants lost wickets in the middle overs and were 14 runs short of the target despite Veratern’s cameo.
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