India Maharajas vs Asia Lions Highlights: Yusuf Pathan smashes Indian legends to victory
Shoaib Akhtar bowls 1st over
Shoaib Akhtar steams in for Asia Lions. A much shorter run-up and much slower pace but like a slow motion replay of a glimpse of history, he begins with a short ball. Naman Ojha and Stuart Binny open the India Maharajas innings.
IND 6/0 after 1
Asia Lions put up 175/7
End of innings. Asia Lions end with 175/6. Umar Gul and Azhar Mahmood play out till the last ball. Gony ends with 3/45.
Tharanga (66) and Misbah (44) the highest scorers in the innings. Irfan (2/22) and Munaf (1/25) the best bowlers for India. The Maharajas to chase 176 to win.
Misbah falls in last over
Munaf bowls another great over to finish with 1/25. Gony bowls the last over - Misbah hits a 74-m six over cow corner. Second ball - another six. Third ball, Misbah goes again but Irfan Pathan runs in to take a blinder of a catch in the deep. Misbah is out for 44.
Asia 170/6 after 19.3
Misbah takes charge in death overs
Munaf back into the attack and he gets the wicket of Tharanga. Venugopal Rao with the catch in the deep - and a royal smirk to celebrate it. Tharanga departs for 66.Misbah takes charge now - slams Binny for another six.
Asia 153/5 after 18
Tharanga (66*) dominates Indian bowlers
Tharanga swivels his hips and pulls for another four to bring up his 50. Irfan Pathan returns to bowl his last over on the trot - Tharanga advances down the track and hits a six over long off. Next ball - pounded through extra cover. Pathan ends with 2/22 - likely to still be the best Indian bowler of the day.
Asia 132/4 after 16
Badrinath makes a diving effort
Misbah gets off to a slow start, before he hits Pragyan Ojha for a six. Irfan Pathan comes back to bowls another tight over. His figures 2/10 after 3 overs. Venugopal Rao looking like an actor-turned-politician on the field, but it's Badrinath who puts in a dive like a stuntman. Tragically fails to hold on to the catch. Tharanga, on 49, the highest scorer of this innings as we head into the final TimeOut.
Asia 113/4 after 14
Pathan (2/7) swims against tide
Venugopal Rao given a chance to roll his arm around in the 11th over - goes for 13 runs. Irfan Pathan at the other end keeps bowling as if he took his hat-trick against Pakistan just yesterday.
Asia 97/4 after 12
Irfan Pathan steals the show
Irfan Pathan strikes again! 2 early wickets for him. He gets an outside edge to go through to the keeper from Yousuf. Misbah ul Haq comes in at 6 but it's Pathan who is the star of the show at the moment.
Asia 80/4 after 10
Irfan Pathan strikes with first ball
Wicket! Irfan Pathan into the attack in the 10th over and he strikes with his first ball of the match! Indians break into peals of laughter. Hafeez out for 16, Mohammad Yousuf joins Tharanga.
Asia 77/3 after 9.1
Hafeez, Tharanga build partnership
Hafeez smashes Ojha for a six down the ground, building Asia's 3rd wicket partnership nicely with Tharanga.
Asia 77/2 after 9
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