India Maharajas win the contest against World Giants by 6 wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
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Winning the toss and deciding to bat first, the World Giants got off to a flier courtesy of Kevin O’Brien.
O’Brien shared a 50-run stand with Hamilton Masakadza in 5.3 overs with the Zimbabwean contributing 18 off 15 balls.
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Kevin was the star with his 52 off 31 balls. Denesh Ramdin supported him with his 42* off 29 balls.
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Kallis scored only 12 runs and Thisara Perera made a handy 23 off 16 balls.
World Giants were well-placed after 10 overs.
The Giants could have gotten to 180+ from where they were after 10 overs.
There were 14 extras which included 5 penalty runs.
India Maharajas had to chase a stiff target of 171 for the win.
The Maharajas lost three early wickets with Virender Sehwag going early for 4.
Parthiv Patel got a start as he got 18 off 13 balls and Mohammad Kaif got 11 runs off 12 balls.
India Maharajas were 50-3 and looked in a spot of bother.
Tanmay Srivastava and Yusuf Pathan show as the duo added 103 runs at a fabulous rate as they took the game away from the Giants.
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Srivastava scored 54 off 39 balls and Yusuf remained unbeaten on 50 off 35 balls.
Irfan Pathan came in and scored 20 off 9 balls to seal the win in style as they won with 8 balls to spare.
18 extras gifted to them by the Giants.
Tim Bresnan was the pick of the bowlers with his 3-21 in 3 overs.
The other bowlers including the spinners Vettori, Muralitharan, and Panesar struggled with the dew tonight.
Match Highlights
Pankaj Singh was the star for the India Maharajas as he got 5-26 in 4 overs which included a triple wicket maiden over at the end.
Harbhajan Singh bowled a tidy spell of 1-21 in 4 overs.
A wicket apiece for Joginder Sharma and Mohammad Kaif.
Joginder had to leave the field as he pulled his calf.
Sreesanth didn’t execute their plans and was very expensive.