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Southern Super Stars 144/9 Gujarat Giants 118/9Kamau Leverock and his Gujarat Giants faced off against the Southern Super Stars in a high-stakes match during the Legends League Cricket in India.
Leverock, the all-rounder, was included in the team for their second match of the tournament. The coin spun, and the Gujarat Giants won the toss. Captain Shikhar Dhawan’s decision was swift: they would bowl first.
The Southern Super Stars stepped up to bat. Their opening pair took guard, but the Gujarat Giants’ bowlers were relentless. Manan Sharma, with his deceptive pace, struck early and often, Chaturanga De Silva walked back to the pavilion after a gritty 53 as their top scorer. The Southern Super Stars crawled to 144/9 in their allotted 20 overs—a total that seemed manageable. Manan Sharma was the architect of the Southern Super Stars downfall, finished with figures of 4-1-17-6.
As the Gujarat Giants’ chase began. Shikhar Dhawan, the seasoned opener, caressed the ball through the gaps. boundaries flowed, and the crowd dared to dream.
At 75/1 after 8 overs, the Gujarat Giants seemed in control, but cricket is a funny game. The Super Stars tightened their grip, the runs dried up, and wickets tumbled. Dhawan fought valiantly, reaching a half-century, but the rest faltered. Leverock, eager to make his mark, faced one ball from Abdur Razzak that spun, and eluded his bat, trapping him LBW without scoring.
The Gujarat Giants managed only 118/9 in their 20 overs. The Super Stars’ bowlers celebrated, knowing they had defended a modest total.
Pawan Negi was the pick of the Southern Super Stars bowlers returning figures of 4-0-13-3.
Southern Super Stars Inning..04 (09) Parthiv Patel c Morne van Wyk b Liam Plunkett
..22 (27) Martin Guptill st Morne van Wyk b Manan Sharma
..20 (12) Hamilton Masakadza c Morne van Wyk b Manan Sharma
..01 (05) Kedar Jadhav c Shikhar Dhawan b Manan Sharma
..02 (06) Pawan Negi c Lendl Simmons b S Prasanna
..18 (19) Dinesh Karthik c Lendl Simmons b Manan Sharma
..53 (28) Chaturanga de Silva Not Out..00 (01) Chirag Gandhi c Morne van Wyk b Manan Sharma
..00 (03) Suboth Bhati c Seekkuge Prasanna b Manan Sharma
..06 (10) Suranga Lakmal Run Out
..18 Extras (6lb-12w)
144 Total for 7 wickets after 20 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-29 (Patel), 2-49 (Guptill), 3-53 (Jadhav), 4-58 (Masakadza), 5-65 (Negi), 6-88 (Karthik), 7-88 (Gandhi), 8-88 (Bhati), 9-144 (Lakmal)
Gujarat Giants Bowlers
4.0-0-26-0 Sreesanth
3.0-0-21-0 Shannon Gabriel
4.0-0-35-1 Liam Plunkett
4.0-1-17-6 Manan Sharma
4.0-0-33-1 Seekkuge Prasanna
1.0-0-06-0 Asghar Afghan
Gujarat Giants Inning..15 (19) Morne van Wyk LBW Kedar Jadhav
..52 (48) Shikhar Dhawan c Suranga Lakmal b Chaturanga de Silva
..07 (10) Lendl Simmons Run Out
..05 (11) Mohammad Kaif st D Karthik b Pawan Negi
..03 (06) Asghar Afghan b Pawan Negi
..10 (04) Manan Sharma Run Out
..05 (12) Yashpal Singh c Kedar Jadhav b Pawan Negi
..00 (01) Kamau Leverock LBW Abdur Razzak
..00 (01) Seekkuge Prasanna LBW Abdur Razzak
..00 (03) Liam Plunkett Not Out
..01 (03) Sreesanth Not Out
..17 Extras (7lb-10w)
118 Total for 9 wickets after 20 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-63 (van Wyk), 2-75 (Simmons), 3-93 (Kaif), 4-99 (Dhawan), 5-109 (Afghan), 6-111 (Sharma), 7-113 (Leverock), 8-113 (Prasanna), 9-115 (Singh)
Southern Super Stars Bowlers
2.0-0-22-0 Suranga Lakmal
4.0-0-28-2 Abdur Razzak
2.0-0-11-0 Suboth Bhati
4.0-0-3-1 Chaturanga de Silva
4.0-0*14-1 Kedar Jadhav
4.0-0-13-3 Pawan Negi
