India Legends stormed into the final of the inaugural Road Safety World Series after defeating West Indies Legends by 12 runs at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh ✃International Cricket Stadium in Raipur on Wednesday.
After put in to bat first, it was India captain and crowd favourite Sachin Tendulkar (65 of 42) who led the way with his stylish half-century. Another opener, Virender Sehwag, played an entertaining cameo – 35 off 17 balls.
Yuvraj Singh contin♛ued from where he left and hit six sixes in his 20-ball unbeaten 49.
Chasing 219 to win, the Men in Maroon were restricted to 206/6 in 20 ove🐈rs.
Defending 24 in the last two overs, Indian seamers R Vinay Kumar and Irfan Pathan bowled their heart out to help the Men in Blue win the match, which was once going in the opposition’s way.
Vinay Kumar first cleaned up Brian Lara (46 off 28) and then removed Tino Best (2) on the last ball of the 18th over, bringing the home team back into the gameဣ.
The twin half-centuries from Dwayne Smith (63 off 36) and Narsingh Deonarine (59 off 44) went in vain as West Indies Legenꦚds were knocked out of the tournament.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
India Legends reaches the final of Road Safety World Series. What a cracker game, one of the finest performance by both the teams. West Indies Legends pretty much had the game in their bank, but Manpreet Gony and Vinay Kumar's over changed the game. Top class work.
— Nishant Sharma (@IamNishantSh)
Three legends of the𓆉✃ West Indies Legends team managed to push the game harder for a win but in vain
Opener Dwayne Smith scored 63 off just 36 📖with Narsingh scoring a 59 o🍒ff 44 and the Captain himself Brian Lara smashed 46 off 28❤️😊
— Jamaica Tallawahs (@JAMTallawahs)
The GAME CHANGING moment for us!
Whatever the maestro – said to , it worked! It gave us the important wicket of .
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— India Legends (@India__Legends)
So we are in finals 😍
Amazing performance by
Hope we will win the trophy.— Stand With 🇵🇸 (@itsfaizalm)
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Once a LEGEND always a LEGEND ❤🇮🇳
— Nitin🇮🇳 (@nitin_quiry)
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Vintage YUVRAJ SINGH
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Once a LEGEND always a LEGEND ❤🇮🇳
— IMMU SIDHEART (@ImmuSidhearts)
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Once a king, always a king 👑 🔥
— Prabha (@interestpoindhi)
6️⃣ 6️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣ 6️⃣ 0️⃣ That's Yuvraj Singh for You.😍😍❤❤
— Himalay Prajapati 🇮🇳 (@h_i_m_a_l_a_y)
Congratulations Indian Legends for winning Semi finals 🥳🥳🥳
Sachin , sehwag , Yuvi , Yusuf where outstanding🌱 🔥🔥🔥— सिंह साहब🇮🇳 (@mrsinghsahab194)
What ꧙a match 🔥 Nail-biting end for the match and India legends quali♉fy for the final 🇮🇳🏏
— Lahiru Rupasinghe (@LahiruRupasing7)
Sri Lanka Legends will take on South Africa Legends on Match 18 in the second semi-final of the tournament.