World Giants vs. the India Maharajas Highlights: At Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Pankaj Singh took a wicket before half-centuries from Tanmay Srivastava and Yusuf Pathan propelled India Maharajas to a comfortable six-wicket victory over World Giants in a unique exhibition game that serves as the official start of Legends League Cricket in 2022. To save their squad from danger, Srivastava and Yusuf scored fifty goals and held out for a century. Yusuf stayed unbeaten with a score of 50 off 35 balls, while Srivastava struck 54 off 39. The game was subsequently concluded by Irfan with a 9-ball 20 that had three sixes in it. The money raised from this charity game will go to Kapil Dev's non-profit organisation, which promotes the education of girls.
Sourav Ganguly, the current president of the BCCI and a former captain of India, already stated that he would not be able to play in the charity match but promised to lend his full support on the historic field. The Gujarat Giants will now be captained by Virender Sehwag as they take against Gautam Gambhir's India Capitals on Saturday in the first game of the tournament (September 17). India is hosting the competition for the first time.
To save their squad from danger, Srivastava and Yusuf scored fifty goals and held out for a century. Yusuf stayed unbeaten with a score of 50 off 35 balls, while Srivastava struck 54 off 39. The game was subsequently concluded by Irfan with a 9-ball 20 that had three sixes in it.
The Giants were earlier stopped in their tracks by Pankaj Singh, who produced a triple-wicket maiden in his 20th over. In his four overs, he had a return of 5-26.
'Virat is best cricketer on earth, don't expect him to score..,' appeals Brett Lee