UAE Friendship Cup 2022: World Legends 11 defeats India Legends by 73 runs

The Indian Legends are beaten by a large margin of 76 runs, with only two runs from Kapugedra’s final over.

India Legends played against World Legends 11 in Match 1 of the UAE Friendship Cup 2022 today at Sharjah.

The toss was won by the World Legends, who elected to bat first.

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Tilakaratne Dilshan and Phil Mustard headed out to bat for the World Legends, while Amit Bhandari opened the bowling for India Legends. With only ten overs per innings, both batsmen took on the bowling right away and got the team off to a flying start, scoring 32 runs in the first two overs.

In ten overs, World Legends posted a formidable score of 139 for the loss of three wickets. The Indian Legends bowled 17 extras, which did not aid the team in any way.

The India Legends got off to a flying start, with Jai Prakash Yadav dismissing Chaminda Vaas. Yadav and Ajay Sharma continued to find holes in the field until Graeme Cremer cleaned him up in the fourth over. Imtiyaz couldn’t do much either, as the India Legends’ innings crumbled utterly.

The World Legends won by a massive margin of 73 runs and have already made a major stance in the T10 tournament.

Legendary cricketers from India and throughout the world renew their feuds. Seven T10 matches will be played in this competition.

Legends Squad – Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Venkatesh Prasad, Nayan Mongia, Vinod Kambli, W V Raman, Ajay Sharma, Rajesh Chauhan, Nikhil Chopra, Sanjay Bangar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Robin Singh, Munaf Patel, Mohammad Kaif, Irfan Pathan

World Legends XI Squad – Abdur Razzak, Shahriar Nafees, Dollar Mahmud, Jupiter Ghosh (Bangladesh); Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chamara Kapugedara (Srilanka); John Simpson (England); Samiullah Shenwari, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Ashraf Sharafuddin (Afghanistan); Graeme Cremer, Brendan Taylor, Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe)