The final match of Legends Cricket League 2024 was played yesterday between Southern Super Stars and Konark Surya Odisha at Bakshi Stadium. Where the Southern team was able to win the super over match. Konark all-rounder Yusuf Pathan batted brilliantly during the match, but still failed to lead his team to victory. During the match, he came to bat at number six for his team. Meanwhile, he scored a blistering fifty of 85 runs off 38 balls at a strike rate of 223.68. 8 towering sixes and 6 brilliant fours came from his bat during the match. The result was that the Konark team managed to tie the match.
However, the Konark team could not do wonders in the Super Over match and faced defeat. In the super over match, the Konark team batted first and scored 13 runs in 1 over. Yusuf Pathan played the highest innings of 7 runs for the team with the help of 1 six in 5 balls. Apart from him, captain Irfan Pathan played an unbeaten innings of 1 run in 1 ball and Richard Levy played an unbeaten innings of 4 runs in 1 ball.
Yusuf Pathan hit towering sixes.
Pathan did such a celebration after batting wildly in the final
Martin Guptill's blast in the Super Over Martin Guptill and Pawan Negi entered the field to chase the target of the opposition team Southern Super Stars. Where Guptill contributed 12 runs with the help of 2 sixes in just 3 balls. While Negi managed to score 1 unbeaten run in 1 ball and Chirag Gandhi 1 unbeaten run in 1 ball.
The Southern Super Stars team managed to score 164/6 After losing the toss at the Bakshi Stadium, the Southern Super Stars team, who came to bat first, managed to score 164 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Hamilton Masakadza was the top scorer for the team. Who played an explosive half-century of 83 runs off 58 balls. Meanwhile, 8 sixes and 5 sixes came from his bat.
The Konark team, which came to chase the target of 165 runs given by the opposition team, could only score 164 runs with the loss of 9 wickets. After which the result of the match was decided by super over.
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