Cricket
Road Safety World Series: Stuart Binny stars as India Legends beat South Africa Legends— Highlights
India Legends won by 61 runs. Batting first, they scored 217/4 as Stuart Binny scored 82*. South Africa Legends ended their chase with 156/9.
Stuart Binny (82 off 42 balls) was the highest scorer in the Indian innings.
Road Safety World Series Highlights: Stuart Binny (82*) starred with the bat and South Africa Legends collapsed under pressure as India Legends won the first match of RSWS 2022 by 61 runs.
Tendulkar (16) and Yuvraj Singh (6) failed to shine, but a 50-run partnership between Suresh Raina (33) and Stuart Binny (82*), aided by a 15-ball 35 by Yusuf Pathan, took India Legends to 217/4 in 20 overs. South Africa Legends never got going in their chase as the spinners did most of the damage, folding for 156/9 and losing by 61 runs.
Highlights:
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- 10 Sep 2022 5:45 PM GMT
India Legends win by 61 runs
Munaf Patel gets the 9th wicket and ends his overs with 2/24 for the night. Rahul Sharma's 3/17 the best figures of the night though. South Africa ends with 156/9 as Jonty Rhodes top scores with 38* off 27 balls.
India win by 61 runs
- 10 Sep 2022 5:30 PM GMT
South Africa collapse continues
Munaf Patel gets Botha (8) and Rahul Sharma strikes again to get Van der Wath (0). Jonty Rhodes has to see a parade of departing batters at the other end. Irfan Pathan comes back at the death and gets into the wickets too. Eddie Leie out for a duck.
SA 124/8 after 17.2
- 10 Sep 2022 5:09 PM GMT
Spinners drill through South Africa
Suresh Raina suddenly turns electric in the field as Jonty Rhodes enters at 6. The two elite fielders from different eras have a chat with each other.
Rahul Sharma takes another wicket. Rudolph LBW for 16 as SA's collapse continues. SA 95/5 after 13.2
- 10 Sep 2022 5:01 PM GMT
Pragyan Ojha, Yuvraj Singh take wickets
The two Ojhas combine to get Peterson out for 10 right after he hits a six. Stumped.
Pragyan Ojha (2/21) and Rahul Sharma (1/9) the two best bowlers so far, but we've had the left arm spin of both Raina, and now Yuvraj. Yuvraj clatters the stumps as Henry Davids is bowled out for 6.
SA 90/4 after 12
- 10 Sep 2022 4:48 PM GMT
Pragyan Ojha gets India's 2nd wicket
India's spinners tie up the South African side in knots. Pragyan Ojha gets a wicket as Puttick gives an easy catch to Tendulkar to be out for 23. Jacques Rudolph joins Alviro Peterson.
SA 60/2 after 9
- 10 Sep 2022 4:34 PM GMT
Rahul Sharma gets first wicket for India Legends
Van Wyk was looking dangerous but is undone by a googly from Rahul Sharma. The leg spinner, with 1/9 in 2 overs, India's best bowler so far.
SA 43/1 after 6
- 10 Sep 2022 4:25 PM GMT
Indian bowlers make good start
Pathan taken off the attack after one over of supreme swing. Manpreet Gony and the tall leg spinner Rahul Sharma bowling in tandem. Morne van Wyke pulls for the first six of the innings, palmed over at the ropes by Pragyan Ojha.
SA 28/0 after 4
- 10 Sep 2022 4:10 PM GMT
Irfan Pathan leads India's new ball attack
Irfan Pathan takes the new ball for India, getting his incoming outswingers to leave the South African flaying their bats outside the off stump. Yuvraj Singh puts in a dive at point to stop a run. It's like time never moved! Andrew Puttick gets two fours down the ground to end the 1st over.
SA 8/0 after 1
- 10 Sep 2022 3:48 PM GMT
India score 217/4
Pathan finally gets a couple in the slot and smashes sixes down the ground in the 19th over. 200 comes up as Pathan pulls the first ball of the 20th over by Ntini for six over deep midwicket. Fair to say Yusuf Pathan has found his groove in the death overs.
India score 217/4 in 20 overs.
Binny's 82* is the highest score of the innings. But Pathan's 15-ball 35 and Suresh Raina's 21-ball 33 contributed heavily to the score. 74 runs came off the last 4 overs as Binny and Pathan combined with great effect.
